Santana American rock band · US Latin, blues, & rock band
Description American rock band Source: Wikidata
Formed Sources disagree: 1966 (MusicBrainz) · 1967 (Wikidata) Formed in San Francisco San Francisco Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Area United States Source: MusicBrainz
Country US United States Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Genres Latin rock music of Latin America Source: Wikidata
Record labels Arista Records Columbia Records Source: Wikidata
Awards Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Grammy Award for Record of the Year Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy Award for Album of the Year Latin Grammy Hall of Fame Source: Wikidata
Members Michael Carabello 1966–1967; 1969–1971; 2013–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Tom Frazier 1966–1967 · MusicBrainz Rod Harper 1966–1967 · MusicBrainz Gus Rodriguez 1966–1967 · MusicBrainz Gregg Rolie 1966–1972; 2013–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Carlos Santana 1966–present (eponymous) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Bob Livingston 1967–1969 · MusicBrainz Marcus Malone 1967–1969 · Discogs, MusicBrainz David Brown 1967–1971; 1974–1976 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Francisco Aguabella 1969–1971 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Michael Shrieve 1969–1974; 1988–1988; 2013–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata José “Chepito” Áreas 1969–1977; 1988–1989 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Pete Escovedo 1971–1971; 1977–1979 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Victor Pantoja 1971–1971 · MusicBrainz Rico Reyes 1971–1971; 1972–1972 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Coke Escovedo 1971–1972 · MusicBrainz Tom Rutley 1971–1972 · MusicBrainz Neal Schon 1971–1972; 2013–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz James Mingo Lewis 1972–1972 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Richard Kermode 1972–1973 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Doug Rauch 1972–1973 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Tom Coster 1972–1978; 1983–1984 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Leon Thomas 1973–1973 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Jules Broussard 1974–1975 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Leon Patillo 1974–1975 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Leon Ndugu Chancler 1974–1976; 1988–1988 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Greg Walker 1975–1976; 1976–1979; 1983–1985 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Joel Badie 1976–1976 · MusicBrainz Gaylord Birch 1976–1976; 1991–1991 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Byron Miller 1976–1976 · MusicBrainz Armando Peraza 1976–1976; 1977–1990 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Luther Rabb 1976–1976 · MusicBrainz Pablo Tellez 1976–1977 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Graham Lear 1976–1984; 1985–1987 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Raul Rekow 1976–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz David Margen 1977–1982 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Russell Tubbs 1978–1978 · MusicBrainz Chris Rhyne 1978–1979 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Chris Solberg 1978–1980 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Alan Pasqua 1979–1980 · MusicBrainz Alex Ligertwood 1979–1983; 1984–1985; 1987–1987; 1989–1991; 1992–1994 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Richard Baker 1980–1982 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Orestes Vilató 1980–1987 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Keith Jones 1983–1984; 1989–1989 · MusicBrainz Chester Thompson 1983–2009 · MusicBrainz David Sancious 1984–1984 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Sterling Crew 1985–1985 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Alphonso Johnson 1985–1989; 1992–1992 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Buddy Miles 1986–1986; 1987–1987 · MusicBrainz Walfredo de los Reyes, Jr. 1989–1991; 1992–1993 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Benny Rietveld 1990–1992; 1997–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz Billy Johnson 1991–1991; 1994–1994; 2000–2001 · MusicBrainz Tony Lindsay 1991–1991; 1995–2003; 2012–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Karl Perazzo 1991–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Oran Coltrane 1992–1992 · MusicBrainz Myron Dove 1992–1996; 2003–2005 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Vorriece Cooper 1993–1993 · MusicBrainz Rodney Holmes 1993–1994; 1997–2000 · Discogs, MusicBrainz Jorge Santana 1993–1996 · MusicBrainz Tommie Bradford 1994–1994 · MusicBrainz Lawrence Rogers 1994–1998 · MusicBrainz Curtis Salgado 1995–1995 · MusicBrainz Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernández 1997–1997 · MusicBrainz Ricky Wellman 1997–1997 · MusicBrainz Jeff Cressman 2000–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Bill Ortiz 2000–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Dennis Chambers 2004–2013 (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz Tommy Anthony 2005–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Freddie Ravel 2009–2010 · MusicBrainz David K. Mathews 2011–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Andy Vargas 2012–2013 · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata Greg Errico ?–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz Thomas Escovedo ?–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz Ray Greene · Wikidata Paoli Mejías · Wikidata Benjamin Rietveld · Wikidata José Areas · Wikidata Pepe Jimenez · Wikidata Cindy Blackman · Discogs Chester Thompson (2) · Discogs Mario Ochoa (2) · Discogs Wendy Haas · Discogs David Prater (2) · Discogs Keith Jones (3) · Discogs Paoli Mejias · Discogs Thomas Rutley · Discogs Bob "Doc" Livingston · Discogs Ray Greene (2) · Discogs Jose "Pepe" Jimenez · Discogs Also known as C. Santana Band Carlos Santana Carlos Santana & The Santana Band Carlos Santana And The Santana Band Carlos Santana Band D.C. Santana - T. Coster New Santana Old Santana Band, The S. Band San-Tana Santama Santana & Friends Santana - Band Santana Band Santana Blues Band Santana Musicians Santana's Band Santana-Band Santanna Santona Satana The New Santana Band The Old Santana Band The Santan Band The Santana Band Сантана سانتانا サンタナ 山塔娜 山塔那 山塔那合唱團 산타나
Links Identifiers mbid: 9a3bf45c-347d-4630-894d-7cf3e8e0b632 · wikidata: Q873384 · isni: 0000000123311694, 0000000123319223 · ipi: 00463582635 · discogs: 30724 · spotify: 6GI52t8N5F02MxU0g5U69P
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