In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of
Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore
Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a
prodigious musical talent. Two years later -- after he played a historic
set at Woodstock -- the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his
sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and the legendary band
that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin rhythms, and
modern jazz, and that still bears his name.
Carlos Santana's
unforgettable memoir offers a page-turning tale of musical
self-determination and inner self-discovery, with personal stories
filled with colorful detail and life-affirming lessons. The Universal
Tone traces his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in
Tijuana while barely in his teens and brings to light the establishment
of his signature guitar sound; his roles as husband, father, recording
legend, and rock guitar star; his indebtedness to musical and spiritual
influences -- from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and
Harry Belafonte; and his deep, lifelong dedication to a spiritual path
that he developed from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies,
and other mystical sources. It includes his recording some of the most
popular and influential rock albums of all time, up to and beyond the
1999 sensation Supernatural, which garnered nine Grammy Awards and
stands as arguably the most amazing career comeback in popular music
history.
It's a profoundly inspiring tale of divine inspiration
and musical fearlessness that does not balk at finding the humor in the
world of high-flying fame, or at speaking plainly of Santana's personal
revelations and the infinite possibility he sees in each person he
meets. "Love is the light that is inside of all of us, everyone," he
writes. "I salute the light that you are and that is inside your heart."
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