"In 1967 in San Francisco, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later, after he played a historic set at Woodstock, the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and the legendary band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin rhythms, and modern jazz, and that still bears his name. A page-turning tale of musical self-determination and inner self-discovery, with personal stories filled with colorful detail and life-affirming lessons, tracing his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in Tijuana while barely in his teens, the development of his signature guitar sound, his indebtedness to musical and spiritual influences -- from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte; and his deep, lifelong dedication to a spiritual path that he developed from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies, and other mystical sources. His recording some of the most popular and influential rock albums of all time, up to and beyond the 1999 sensation Supernatural"--Provided by publisher.