Emerging from the depths of the tail-end psychedelic 1960s music scene in San Francisco, the Latin-inspired rock band Santana has moved the masses with dozens of lively performances and energetic hit albums and singles for more than three decades. Named for the smooth guitar genius and Autlan de Navarro, Mexico native Carlos Santana, the Latin rockers have made and repeated history using breezy guitar sounds and other smooth instrumentals (congas and timbales), along with vocals.Carlos Santana has always been the go-to man with the band Santana. The Mexico native formed the Santana Blues Band in 1966, attracting an ever-changing posse of musicians. By 1967, the band consistently contained the musicians David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello, Bob Livingston and Marcus Malone, and the sextet signed with Columbia Records. Altering the starting lineup but keeping with a sextet, Santana released its self-titled debut album soon before playing at the Woodstock festival in 1969. Santana was instantly Top Five hit on the charts with songs like "Jingo" and "Evil Ways" snaking up the charts, as well, and the band's second album Abraxas was released one year later. The album was Santana's first number one, containing the smash singles "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va". Soon thereafter, Santana gained one more member and several more hits. Santana III was released in 1971, with Caravanserai closely following. Although Santana members Rolie and Neal Schon left to form the classic group Journey, the band continued to move forward, continuing to release a multitude of albums while Carlos also worked on side projects.1986 marked the 20th anniversary of Santana's tenure in the music industry, and the hits just kept coming for them. Santana started to go more mainstream with a switch in labels to Arista, and guest stars like Eric Clapton and Wyclef Jean brought the band up-to-date on albums like 1999's Supernatural.