Carlos Santana collapses on stage
NewsMessage from the guitarist’s team:
Carlos Santana was over-taken by heat exhaustion and dehydration during a concert Tuesday (July 5) evening in Michigan. The guitar great was taken from his show at Pine Knob Music Theatre (formerly DTE Energy Music Theatre), an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, some 40 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. Carlos was taken to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston for observation and is doing well, it was announced by Santana’s manager Michael Vrionis tonight. ‘The show with Earth, Wind & Fire for tomorrow July 6th at The Pavilion at Star Lake (formerly the S&T Bank Music Park) in Burgettstown, PA will be postponed to a later date. More details to follow…’
They guy whose band brought Cuban rhythms into mainstream rock music and in such a joyous manner. Hope he is ok. I’m tempted to call him a legend but probably lots of contributors to this site will object to such laudatory language.
Not this one.
He IS a legend to me since he is the man who made me like “modern” music.For years I had disregarded anything outside classical(proper) music.
Until one day I heard Europa,Samba pati…
Many thanks to him!
He is indeed a legend! I saw him and his band at Wembley Stadium in the mid-70s… with 3 drummers and assorted percussionists, their Latin/Cuban/Mexican rhythms were tighter than tight! His guitar style is unique.
I once had the opportunity to interview the great Argentine tenor sax player, Gato Barbieri, who said he always wished he could form a group with Carlos on guitar and Marvin Gaye on vocals. Now that would have been a tasty supergroup. (Gato said conflicting label commitments among the three made such a project impossible.)