Also known as: Santana Blues Band  
Years active: 1966 – present
Origin:Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico; San Francisco, California, United States

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 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 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 Carabello, Gregg Rolie and Michael Shrieve being honored.

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