boo boo

You could say this for a lot of musicians from that era. Eric Clapton for example, it doesn't take away from what they have done and the fact that they were revolutionary musicians for the time and spoke for a whole generation during a very trying time for western culture.

If you don't think your favorite musicians are gonna do some stupid sh*t when they get older, you got another thing coming.

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SATCHMO

Well as much as I'm not an Eric Clapton fan, I can at least appreciate the way he's going about it. Take a look at the albums he's released in the past ten years. There's been two collaborations with JJ Cale, a collaboration with BB King, A live album released with Steve Winwood. These are all his contemporaries, if not older more influential musicians. Not to mention the album of Robert Johnson covers. Compare that to Santana recording a couple mellodramatic licks on top of a Michelle Branch or dude from Matchbox 20 pop song and slapping his name on it , and Clapton seems full of integrity these days.

boo boo

Well in retrospect you have a mighty fine point.

He's trying to stay "hip" and not doing a terribly great job.

Then again he might even be proud of the success he's had, Supernatural revived his career so to speak, sold 25 million copies and won over a billion kazillion grammys. I don't think it's keeping him up at night thinking "god what have I done?".

On the up side it did expose him to a lot of younger people who then got to learn about the great stuff he was doing in the 60s and 70s.

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Plankton

This has always been a favorite of mine:


Frank Zappa - Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression - YouTube

...and I like Carlos. Saw him live a couple times.

blastingas10

Was this meant in a derogatory manner? It sounds great, and ya it does sound like santana. Both are great guitarists.

Plankton

No, I always thought it was meant to poke fun at Carlos, but still be respectful to his craft. I "get it" on a few levels.

As far as the man himself, Blues For Salvador is a "If I were stranded on a desert island..." CD for me.

cledussnow

There are some Santana songs that I love SO MUCH.

Samba Pa Ti, Oye Como Va, his super famous cover of Fleetwood Mac, Evil Ways, Everything's Coming Our Way, Jingo, Fried Neckbones and Homefries especially.

But then there are many many that I don't care for, and he does sound monotonous.

I actually prefer his band over him on some songs. The congas and bongos do more for me many times than does the "secret Santana Chord Progression".

In most cases however, if there is good percussion going on, I can listen to that Santana sound all day, and have.

DropThaSystem

Santana is an amazing guitarist. 'Nuff said.

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zEPfAN

Yep, great guitarist. Maybe not as dynamic as other greats, but incredible at what he does.