Mahin, Michael James

"Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el viol?n. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violin, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the cilantro-scented sway of the music he'd grown up with in Mexico. There were a lot of bands in San Francisco but none of them sounded like this. Had Carlos finally found the music that would make his angels real?"--Provided by the publisher.

Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play the violin. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing---a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried the clarinet and violin, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the cilantro-scented sway of the music he'd grown up with in Mexico. There were a lot of bands in San Francisco but none of them sounded like this. Had Carlos finally found the music that would make his angels real?.

An illustrated look at the life of American blues singer and guitarist, Muddy Waters.