Santana is a band consisting of a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.
The band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco. The first members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Tom Fraser (rhythm guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums & percussion), Gus Rodriguez (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (lead vocals & keyboards). In the following years the members of the group changed frequently for a number of reasons, and from 1971 to 1972 there was a brief separation between the group and Santana.
Santana himself rarely sings in his songs despite being the leader of the band and recent hits have been frequently accompanied by a guest singer, rather than the members of the band.
Black Magic Woman
“Black Magic Woman” is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared first as a single in some countries, and subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK). It became a classic hit by Santana after appearing on their Abraxas album, becoming more closely associated with Santana than Fleetwood Mac.
http://djallyn.org/media/Santana-Black_Magic_Woman.flvGot a black magic woman
Got a black magic woman.I got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can’t see
That she’s a black magic woman
She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me.Turn your back on me baby
Turn your back on me baby.Yes, don’t turn your back on me baby
Stop messin’ eround with your tricks
Don’t turn your back on me baby
You just might pick up my magic sticks.Got your spell on me baby
Got your spell on me baby.Yes you got your spell on me baby
Turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad – magic woman
I can’t leave you alone.
- Audio from the 1970 album, Abraxas:
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