SANTANA (BAND)

'Santana' (originally the 'Santana Blues Band') is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known as the one which made Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.
The band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco. The first members were Tom Frazier (guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums), Gus Rodriguez (bass) and Gregg Rolie (keyboard, vocal). In the following years (and decades) 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.
In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose Chepito Areas, David Brown, Mike Carrabello, Gregg Rolie and Michael Shrieve being honored.

Contents

Current lineup

Previous band members

Vocals

Keyboards

Guitars

Bass

Drums

Percussion

Other instruments

Discography

Main Releases

EP's

External links

Current lineup

★ Carlos Santana - Guitar & Vocals

★ Chester Thompson - Keyboards

★ Benny Rietveld - Bass Guitar

★ Dennis Chambers - Drums

★ Andy Vargas - Vocals

★ Karl Perazzo - Timbales, percussion

★ Raul Rekow - Congas, percussion

★ Bill Ortiz - Trumpet

★ Jeff Cressman - Trombone

★ Tommy Anthony - Guitar & Vocals

Previous band members

Vocals

★ Gregg Rolie - 1966-72 ★ Leon Thomas - 1973 ★ Leon Patillo - 1974-75 ★ Greg Walker - 1975-76, 1976-79, 1983-85 ★ Luther Rabb - 1976 ★ Joel Badie - 1976

★ Alex Ligertwood - 1979-83, 1984-85, 1987, 1989-91, 1992-94 ★ Buddy Miles - 1986, 1987 ★ Tony Lindsay - 1991, 1995 -2003 ★ Vorriece Cooper - 1993 ★ Curtis Salgado - 1995

Keyboards

★ Gregg Rolie - 1966-72 ★ Tom Coster - 1972-78, 1983-84 ★ Richard Kermode - 1972-73 ★ Chris Rhyne - 1978-79 ★ Alan Pasqua - 1979-80

★ Richard Baker - 1980-82 ★ David Sancious - 1984 ★ Sterling Crew - 1985 ★ Lawrence Rogers - 1994-1998

Guitars

★ Myron Dove - 2003 - 2005 ★ Tom Frazier - 1966-67 ★ Neal Schon - 1971-72

★ Chris Solberg - 1978-80 ★ Buddy Miles - 1986 ★ Jorge Santana - 1993 - 1996

Bass

★ Gus Rodriguez - 1966-67 ★ David Brown - 1967-71, 1974-76 ★ Tom Rutley - 1971-72 ★ Doug Rauch - 1972-73 ★ Byron Miller - 1976 ★ Pablo Telez - 1976-77

★ David Margen - 1977-82 ★ Keith Jones - 1983-84, 1989 ★ Alphonso Johnson - 1985-89, 1992 ★ Benny Rietveld - 1990-92, 1997- ★ Myron Dove - 1992-1996

Drums

★ Rod Harper - 1966-67 ★ Bob Livingston - 1967-69 ★ Michael Shrieve - 1969-74, 1988 ★ Ndugu Leon Chancler - 1974-76, 1988 ★ Gaylord Birch - 1976, 1991 ★ Graham Lear - 1976-84, 1985-87 ★ Chester C. Thompson - 1984

★ Walfredo Reyes - 1989-91, 1992-93 ★ Billy Johnson - 1991, 1994, 2000-2001 ★ Rodney Holmes - 1993-94, 1997-2000 ★ Tommie Bradford - 1994 ★ Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez - 1997 ★ Ricky Wellman - 1997

Percussion

★ Michael Carabello (Congas) - 1966-67, 1969-71 ★ Marcus Malone (Congas) -1967-69 ★ Jose 'Chepito' Areas (Timbales) -1969-77, 1988-89 ★ Rico Reyes (Timbales) -1971, 1972 ★ Victor Pantoja (Timbales) -1971 ★ Coke Escovedo (Timbales) -1971-72

★ Pete Escovedo (Timbales) -1971, 1977-79 ★ James Mingo Lewis (Congas) -1972-1972 ★ Armando Peraza (Congas, Bongos) -1976, 1977-90 ★ Francisco Aguabella (Congas) - 1969 - 1971 ★ Orestes Vilato (Timbales) -1980-87

Other instruments

★ Jules Broussard - Saxophone 1974-75 ★ Oran Coltrane - Saxophone-1992

★ Russell Tubbs - Flute - 1978

Discography

Main Releases

★ ''Santana'' (1969)

★ ''Abraxas'' (1970)

★ ''Santana III'' (1971)

★ ''Caravanserai'' (1972)

★ ''Welcome '' (1973)

★ ''Borboletta'' (1974)

★ ''Greatest Hits'' (1974)

★ ''Lotus'' (1975)

★ ''Festival'' (1976)

★ ''Amigos'' (1976)

★ ''Moonflower'' (1977)

★ ''Inner Secrets'' (1978)

★ ''Marathon'' (1979)

★ ''Zebop!'' (1981)

★ ''Shangó'' (1982)

★ ''Beyond Appearances'' (1985)

★ ''Freedom'' (1987)

★ ''Blues for Salvador'' (1987)

★ ''Spirits Dancing in the Flesh'' (1990)

★ ''Milagro'' (1992)

★ '' (1993)

★ ''Santana Brothers'' (1994)

★ ''Supernatural'' (1999)

★ ''Shaman'' (2002)

★ ''All That I Am'' (2005)

★ ''Ultimate Santana'' (2007)

★ ''The Very Best of Santana (live in 1968)'' (2007)

EP's

★ ''Live'' (1972)

★ ''Love Devotion Surrender'' (1973)

External links

★ Official website

★ Santana at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame website