THIS IS SOME GENIUS LEVEL CREATIVITY! First Time Hearing Santana - Black Magic Woman Reaction! 

It wasn’t Bruno Mars… it was Rob Thomas.. and the song is called Smooth

Classic Rock wouldn’t be classic rock without Santana!

CARLOS SANTANA is one of the great guitarist. You have to check out their performance video at Woodstock, Soul Sacrifice but make sure you get the full version not the cut up short version. Also check out the song Smooth.

“SAMBA PA TI” - No vocals just straight up guitar pleasure.

This is a cover of a Fleetwood Mac song (the original band before Stevie, Lindsey, and Christine came aboard), from 1968. With Peter Green on vocal and guitar. Green wrote it and is considered on the same level as a guitarist as Carlos. Peter passed a few years ago.

Peter Green song from Fleetwood Mac. The Blues years

His guitar playing is unmistakable.

He doesn't play the guitar, he makes it sing!!

The vocals are by the keyboard player Greg Rolie who was one of the original founders of Journey after leaving Santana

Nobody, absolutely nobody sounds like his guitar. You have a deep rabbit hole to dive into.

The Abraxas album is a true classic.

Carlos Santana is a legend. If you are going to check out the Woodstock Performance, make sure it the longer version. There is a shorter version out there that cuts out some of the amazing drum work. I would suggest listening to Santana with Rob Thomas performing Smooth.

As far as mainstream pop/rock music goes he has the most instantly recognizable guitar sound, it's almost like a fingerprint. 😮

You can hear 3 notes on the guitar and know it's Santana. His sound is unique to him. He is the Shaman.

lead vocals is the keyboardist Gregg Rollie who would help found the group Journey with guitarist Neal Schon (who joined Santana at age 16)

ABRAXAS is one of the best albums ever created. The segue from Black Magic Woman into Oye Como Va is epic, yet no one plays them together. A crime!

Try the original by Peter Greens Fieetwood Mac

The hippie generation loved this tune

I can't believe you haven't reacted to Santana live at Woodstock playing Soul Sacrifice

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. Born on July 20, 1947 and raised in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Hes done Latin rock, blues rock, jazz fusion guitar/ vocals. In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at No. 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists. In 2023, Rolling Stone named him the 11th greatest guitarist of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. He learned to play the violin at age five and the guitar at age eight, under the tutelage of his father, who was a mariachi musician. His younger brother, Jorge, also became a professional guitarist. The family moved from Autlán to Tijuana, on the border with the United States. Carlos' rock and roll career started in the city park: Parque Teniente Guerrero, his mother took him to see the Tj's, the pioneer rock and roll band from the city. TJ (tee jay) is a nickname for Tijuana. They were formed by Javier Bátiz. At the age of 12, Carlos became a roadie and eventually he would join them as a bass player, bass because Bátiz was playing guitar. He later left so he could play guitar in another bar band. The Tj's and Bátiz turned Carlos on to blues music, especially that of T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, and James Brown. The Santanas then moved to San Francisco, where his father had steady work. In October 1966, Santana started the Santana Blues Band. By 1968, the band had begun to incorporate different types of influences into their electric blues. Santana later said, "If I would go to some cat's room, he'd be listening to Sly [Stone] and Jimi Hendrix; another guy to the Stones and the Beatles. Another guy'd be listening to Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaría. Another guy'd be listening to Miles [Davis] and [John] Coltrane... To me it was like being at a university." Around the age of eight, Santana fell under the influence of blues performers like B.B. King, Javier Bátiz, Mike Bloomfield, and John Lee Hooker. Gábor Szabó's mid-1960s jazz guitar work also strongly influenced Santana's playing. Indeed, Szabó's composition "Gypsy Queen" was used as the second part of Santana's 1970 treatment of Peter Green's composition "Black Magic Woman", almost down to identical guitar licks. Santana's 2012 instrumental album Shape Shifter includes a song called "Mr. Szabo", played in tribute in the style of Szabó. Santana also credits Hendrix, Bloomfield, Hank Marvin, and Peter Green as important influences; he considered Bloomfield a direct mentor, writing of a key meeting with Bloomfield in San Francisco in the foreword he wrote to a 2000 biography of Bloomfield, Michael Bloomfield: If You Love These Blues - An Oral History. Between the ages of 10 and 12, he was sexually abused by an American man who brought him across the border. Santana lived in the Mission District, graduated from James Lick Middle School, and left Mission High School in 1965. He was accepted at California State University, Northridge and Humboldt State University, but chose not to attend college.

The 70s must be the best decade for proper music and musicians ever

Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon, two of the founding members of Journey, were members of Santana.

Black Magic Woman was written by Peter Green one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac in the sixties

I would check "Oye como va", "Europa (Earth"s cry heaven's smile)", and them some more recent stuff like "Smooth", "Maria Maria" or "Corazón Espinado".

Hey guys, you need to see Santana doing Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock, it's awesome !

Carlos Santana does not just play the music…he becomes the music. When this first came out I was about 12 or 13 and immediately drawn to the sound.

Since you asked Carlos Santana will be 77 this July and is still touring.

Yes, I agree with the others that you must do "Soul Sacrifice" (the extended version) from Woodstock in 1969!!!

This is one of my ALL time favorites. 67 year old!

This guy should be a deejay.he definitely has the voice for it.

Oh no, everyone reacts to this, but not the original. Please do the original Black Magic Woman, sung by the original Fleetwood Mac, including the incredible Peter Green (of Albatross fame) their founder - it is is on record that B.B. King said Peter Green was one of the few people who gave him the chills, and surely that is praise enough to be worth reacting to them. I suggest live at the Boston Tea Party 1970, posted on RU-vid by rowfant123, so you can see and feel what others will tell you about Peter Green and Danny Kirwan performing together

Oh now y'all are jamming!!! Santana's Latin undertones, with his amazing guitar skills, make for some really sexy music.

Oye Como Va and Evil Ways should be your next tracks! Both mega hits as was Black Magic Woman.

Love it when a guitar talks or sings like this.

"Black Magic Woman" is a song written by British musician Peter Green, which first appeared as a single for his band Fleetwood Mac in 1968.You should check them out.cheers both.

Santana's sound was one of a kind. If you listen closely you can hear Rock, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Latin Salsa all mixed together in his style. Santana is the Guitar player but doesn't sing. Like others here have said it wasn't Bruno Mars but it was Rob Thomas and The song is Smooth. Also the song from Woodstock 1969 is Soul Sacrifice The hand drums are called congas or Bongos.

Ck out Soul Sacrifice at 69 Woodstock ..

One of my all time favourite Santana songs is Europa Earths cry Heavens smile

Santana’s first two albums were 🔥! !

Santana’s an original icon - no one else like him. Such a cool vibe. He did a song with Rob Thomas in 2010s., Smooth. 👍

When their first album came out everybody - I mean EVERYBODY was blasting it on their 8 track tape decks in their cars!

My favorite group ever! With the best album cover ever!

Yes, "Soul Sacrifice" Woodstock 1969. So many stories about that performance!

Phil Sam look into "Soul Sacrifice" Woodstock 69....

On the original Abraxas album, 3 tunes were recorded as a continual trilogy, "Black Magic Woman," then "Gyspy Queen" (which begins at the rhythm break at the end of Black Magic Woman), then, after the guitar "tone break" the band broke into "Oye Como Va." In later iterations, Black Magic Woman referred to the combination of Black Magic Woman and Gypsy Queen. The three tunes were written by three different songwriters: "Black Magic Woman" by Peter Green of Fleetwod Mac, "Gypsy Queen" by jazz guitar artist Gabor Szabo, and "Oye Como Va" by Latin jazz bandleader Tito Puente. Carlos Santana has always been influenced by jazz, especially Latin Jazz. His first drummer ( performing on this recording) was a young Michael Shrieve who was very much a jazz-type drummer. Santana has used jazz drummers periodically in his band, including Dennis Chambers, and Carlos' current wife, Cindy Blackman. Santana has used other jazz musicians, as well, including jazz pianist/keyboardist Alan Pasqua on Santana's "Marathon" album.

One of my all time favorite albums. I strongly recommend that you listen to the whole album, front to back. It's arranged beautifully.

Fun fact, the guy singing and playing keys, Greg Rolle, went on to co-found a small, second band called Journey.

Saw him twice in mid 70s, some of the greatest music ever

You can't Google the best guitarists of all time without seeing Santana.

The Band Santana on basically first 4 albums Carlos Santana. Guitar Gregg Rolie lead vocals/ keyboards David Brown. Bass Michael Shrieve. Drums Jose Areas. Timbales / Percussion Mike Carabello Congos / Percussion ** Gregg Rolie would leave a few years later with new second guitarist Neal Schon to form the band Journey Saw Santana last year in SF Bay Area, they were quite good A friend of mine was in the studio recording with him late last year. Carlos is still out there working. 👍

Neal Schon guitar and Gregg Rolie, Organ and vocals, after leaving Santana went on to form ''Journey'' a group you may have heard of. Santana also played at Woodstock and knocked them dead. You have to watch their performance of Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock,fyi it's an instrumental ...

Santana are icons! Love this song so much. Love your reactions!

One of the greatest rock songs ever made with all the different sounds and instruments and that guitar . Awesome ending also.

I had the pleasure of seeing Santana live on several occasions. Once in the mid 80's at Merriweather Post Pavilion, it was during a wild thunderstorm. We were on the lawn (so in the rain) and the harder they played, the harder it rained. The entire lawn area become a giant mudslide. Amazing show and a great memory. I am still drying off.

We have a local radio station that, when it plays "Black Magic Woman," often does not play the "Gypsy Queen" section...one of the best guitar solos ever recorded.

Abraxas is one of the greatest albums of all time. Saw these guys live at The Fillmore Auditorium and Winterland back in the day. What a great time to experience the best musical age of a generation.

Carlos was such a clean and elegant guitarist and he became one of the most influential musicians of his generation. The original Santana band was characterized as "Latin/acid" with three drummers providing the power source. BTW, the cover art, the naked lady with the strategically placed dove, was by visionary artist Abdul Mati Klarwein

Santana was one of the bands at my first concert; Cal Jam 2 - 1978...I was 15yrs9mos and my older brother lost me and I was there alone until Aerosmith finished. Then had to go to the track tunnel and ask "is anyone going to Berdoo?" Luckily someone spoke up quickly to give me a ride, and they live just around the corner from me. My Bro had an asthma attack, when he went to get us something to drink, and they sent him to the hospital.

One of the top Guitar players out there. He had some great music.

This takes me back to my 69 graduation. Best yrs of my life.

One summer when I was in high school, a bunch of us stoners were out on a road cruise. We came across a sign that said free music ahead. We wound up at a local ski hill called Little Switzerland. There was a stage setup, with people sitting on the ski hill watching the show. When we got there it was the Booze Brothers on stage finishing their set. Up next was Santana. We had an awesome time sitting on the ski hill watching Santana for free, stoned out of our heads! That was 1981. Those were the days

Dang! I had forgotten just how good this song was! You should check out Smooth and Oye Como Va! There's another band who's lead guitar sounds like either Santana or Stevie Ray Vaughn depending on the song. That band is Los Lonely Boys, a Texas Blues rock group. Check out Onda (from the album, the live version is way long), and Cotton-fields and Crossroads. Los Lonely Boys are three brothers. Also, Samantha Fish has THE best version of I Put a Spell on You here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GL9rBAjut2g.html. Also It's Your Voodoo Working (from the album is best). That ought to keep y'all busy for a while! :)

This came out when I was in Jr high 1970. We were so lucky to have these songs and these musicians growing up

One of the greatest bands ever. No contest, bought all his stuff

Yes, definitely check out Soul Sacrifice from Woodstock. If you want to hear the full drum solo then do the full version.

Top 5 album all time for me. Just pure ear candy.

"Black Magic Woman" was written by *Peter Green.* The "Gypsy Queen" instrumental was originally composed by jazz guitarist *Gabor Szabo.*

Carlos said it decades ago. His music has a way of connecting with women....casting a spell....Sam proves it.... Carlos similar to Clapton Great stuff. Keep it coming!

Early Santana could be described as Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion music

A little Tidbit: In 1973, Santana's former road manager, Herbie Herbert, recruited two of that band's members (Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon) and former Steve Miller Band bassist Ross Valory to form the Golden Gate Rhythm Section-the band that later became Journey.

I haven't listened to this song in far too long. I almost forgot how much I like. Thank you for bringing it back into my consciousness.

I saw Santana at a Day on the Green, July 1977 along with the Outlaws, Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Awesome concert.

African Bamba Oye Como Va Smooth ft. Rob Thomas (recent huge hit)

I was lucky enough to see Santana in the 70s, 80s, 2000s & 2010s. Never disappoints! Black Magic Woman is a top 100 GOAT on everyone's list.

Oh, thank you for this trip down memory lane! Back in early 1971, I took a ballroom dance class (as many kids still do over here), "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va" were the songs we learned to cha-cha to! Santana also played at Woodstock, btw.

Santana 3 captures more energy than nearly any other recording in history. A phenomenal under rated album. The Cuban conga player really adds to the feel, formerly of Buena Vista club.

I’ve seen Santana perform multiple times here in New Orleans. Great live show.

The instrumental prior to this one on the album "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts", leads perfectly into this.

From their wonderful album,Caravanserai,check out one of the most spiritual instrumentals you’ll ever hear,Song of the Wind. It just sends me,always has,always will.

Carlos Santana has the smoothest style! instantly recognizable!

"Oye como va" ! If you wanna dance...

Super late 60's - mid-70's will blow your mind see yah

This was my late brothers favorite song-Thank you.

This album, Abraxas, and the Woodstock recording were our introduction to Carlos that let us know he had a different sound that the other guitar players of the time. also to reiterate original Fleetwood Mac version and Smooth----the version recorded on the street in Harlem

Their live performance at Woodstock is legendary. Samba pa ti is their most famous song.

A magnificent era of musicality

Santana,”new music” God,I feel old.

One of the best covers I've ever heard.❤

Everything goes better with Santana. He has played with the top artists in virtually every genre. Abraxas was an incredible album.

You should check his collaboration with Michelle Branch, "The Game of Love".

This song transitions into "Oye como va" on the album. Also another great song you should do.

After you explore early Santana (huge deep well of music), he also did a lot of collaborations with other pop/rock stars, like one with singer Michelle Branch (The Game of Love). Michelle looks a bit like Sam 😉

You should do another ABBA reaction. "I still have faith in you" is one of the most unique ABBA songs. It is like no other. It is kind of a ballad anthem that speaks to their tremendous journey. It was the first song that they were nominated for a grammy for. And that was in 2021. The video is a masterpiece of simplicity

Now you've gotta get him and Clapton together. Anything.

The lead singer and keyboardist of this song is Gregg Rollie who later went on to form Journey. NEIL Schon joined Santana after this album also before co-founding Journey with Rollie

You have to see his bands live. Just awesome!

Santana's style has been described as... : Latin rock, Jazz fusion, Blues rock, Psychedelic rock and Chicano rock. I look at it basically as FUSION. There are so many layers to this song. Of note... this is the first song that I learned to play... "Air Guitar" on....... Take care....

One of the all time greatest guitarists! Carlos blended all types of music from rock, soul, blues, Latin and even African music to create the Santana sound. You will always get an experience with him. To experience his guitar excellence, play Samba Pa Ti and Europa

Great reaction, Sam and Phil! Santana is a blend of Latin Rock. They were big in the 60s and 70s and had a large resurgence in the late 90s and 2000s. The Woodstock performance you mentioned is Soul Sacrifice. If you react to it, go with the longer version, not the short one.

The lead singer and organ player is Greg Rolie who would leave a few years later to form Journey (along with Neil Schon). Carlos Santana also as a Latino always had great percussion on their records and were a treat to see live.