Gerry Rafferty

His next record, Night Owl, also sold well, but his star fell throughout the 1980s, and whilst he is still working, he has had little commerical success since. In 2001, Santana released Shaman, revisiting the Supernatural format of guest artists including P.O.D., Seal, and Michelle Branch. The single narrowly missed the UK number one spot, but the album sold millions of copies both there and in the US, and remains a mainstay of radio airplay. Supernatural was Santana's best-selling album ever, reaching number one on the Billboard albums chart, and won nine Grammy Awards. In 1978, Rafferty cut a solo album, City to City, which contained the song with which he remains associated, Baker Street. Carlos Santana dramatically returned to popular consciousness in 1999, upon the release of Supernatural, which included collaborations with Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill. After working with Billy Connolly (now better known as a comedian) in a band known as the Humblebums, in the mid-1970s Rafferty joined with his old school friend Joe Egan and others to form Stealers Wheel, a group beset by legal wranglings but which did have a huge hit with Stuck in the Middle With You (later immortalised in the infamous torture scene in Reservoir Dogs). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Gerry Rafferty is a British singer and songwriter, born 1947 in Paisley, Scotland. In 1991, Santana made a guest appearance on Ottmar Liebert's album "Solo Para Ti", on the songs "Reaching Out 2 U" and a cover of his own song, "Samba Pa Ti". In depth biography (http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/rafferty_gerry/bio.jhtml). Jones, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Official Website (http://www.gerryrafferty.com/). Many albums followed in the 1970s and 80s, including collaborations with Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, Booker T. During this period, Carlos took the name "Devadip", bestowed upon him by spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.

Carlos Santana used the name and a series of changing musicians to continue to tour around the country, releasing several albums. Rolie went on to become a founding member of Journey. The original Santana band then disbanded. Santana became a huge hit, as did Abraxas (1970) and Santana III (1971).

On the tour to support the album, the band played at Woodstock; the set was legendary and vastly increased Santana's popularity. Soon signed to Columbia Records, Santana released a self-titled album, Santana, the group at this point consisting of Carlos Santana (guitar), Gregg Rolie (keyboards and vocals), David Brown (bass guitar), Michael Shrieve (drums), Jose Areas (percussion) and Michael Carabello (percussion). Santana's recording debut occurred on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. The band started playing at the Fillmore West, where many of the great San Francisco bands began.

In 1966, he helped found the Santana Blues Band, eventually shortened to simply Santana. After a family move to Tijuana, Santana began playing in clubs and bars; he remained in Tijuana when his family moved to San Francisco, California, but soon joined them. Carlos Santana's father was a mariachi violinist and young Carlos learned the violin originally, but switched to the guitar when he was eight years old. He became famous in the 1960s with his eponymous band Santana.

Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a famous Mexican rock and roll guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco.