Comments on: Carlos Santana

By: Ernie McCray

Ernie McCray — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:42:01 +0000

I hear you; I’ve never been that big on teen idols either as my musical tastes are far and wide and I like really good music – but a kid listening to bubble gum music, if you will, might just go on to appreciating other music. And you’re right, if there was any backing up it was Beiber backing up Carlos. Last note: Justin so far seems to have his head on straight and it doesn’t always work like that for teen stars. Kids need to see someone maintain while they’re enjoying their fame.

By: tunkashila

tunkashila — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:43:39 +0000

Love Santana-just wish the Grammys he won for his Supernatural album hadn’t inflated his head to the point where he abandoned Tucson as a regular concert stop. I know he was here a few months ago, but his last concert in Tucson before that was over a decade ago.

Come back to the Pima County Fairgrounds and give less-affluent Tucsonans the chance to show their kids why you rock, Carlos! And for god’s sake, let’s deport that mutant McKenzie brothers’ spawn Beiber back to the Canuck hellhole that spewed him…

By: Jim Gressinger

Jim Gressinger — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:05:29 +0000

Santana rocks! Always has. Has it really been 40 years? jg

By: Tyler Woods

Tyler Woods — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:17:22 +0000

Yeah Ernie I am trying not to put the Beiber down too much, I am trying to understand his youthful music. Even when i was a kid, I avoided teen idols, just not a huge fan of them…but I still believe that Beiber backed up Carlos ……lol

By: Tyler Woods

Tyler Woods — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:13:56 +0000

You are so right. I played in a band and a member was much much younger than I. I decided to do a Beatles song. I said you know who did this right, and they said Yeah Abby Road right? LOL I will never forget that because I could not imagine a musician not getting the Beatles, also it was the day I realized, I am getting older:::::::::::sigh

By: leftfield

leftfield — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:13:02 +0000

“Carlos started a band in the late 60s called Santana…”

This strikes me as supremely funny, sad and oddly surreal at the same time. The notion that it would have to be explained to younger music fans in very simple terms who Carlos Santana is leaves me feeling very old and very sorry for those younger music fans. I would have thought this was a piece of universal knowledge, like the fact that the sun rises in the East. It reminds me of the time someone I know expressed surprise at discovering the knowledge that Paul McCartney played in another band a long, long time ago.

Abraxas is also my favorite by Santana. I played it just last Sunday while making breakfast.

By: Phil Andrews

Phil Andrews — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:58:54 +0000

Whats not to love about Carlos Santana and his music. Carlos is a very nice man and I’m sure he made Justin’s day by playing with him.

By: Ernie McCray

Ernie McCray — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:53:48 +0000

I can’t think of the titles of Santana’s albums but I’ve loved everything he’s done over the years, going back to his Tijuana days before he exploded all over the music scene. He’s always played with a range of musicians, lending his signature style to whatever it is they have to lay down. Hey, let’s not hate on Justin and put his generation down. “Or else forget about it.” (smile) I’m sure he learned a lot from the experience as did Carlos because great artists never stop absorbing ideas and melding those ideas into their music. Isn’t that part of the beauty of it?

By: Tyler Woods

Tyler Woods — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:05:52 +0000

Right on Bobby! Justin who?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:49:04 +0000

who’s justin bieber ?