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VivaSantana, a celebration of the music of Carlos Santana. Featuring inspirational Spanish guitarist Marcos Rodriguez..........Now in thier 9th year this phenomenal 6 piece latin rock explosion continues to amaze fans wherever they present their celebration of the music of the legendary Carlos Santana..........Playing to full houses as diverse as the prestigious London Guitar Show Wembley to theatres and rock festivals in the UK, Europe and even Cuba where as soloist Marcos Rodriguez' performance was described as "a musical bridge between Cuba and Spain".........."When they made Carlos Santana someone forgot to break the mould !" said one astonished fan, who himself was veteran of listening to 5 decades of that distinctive Santana guitar tone..........It's all there, from the powerful 4 piece rythmn section that brings the heartbeat of the band that is congas, timbales, drums and bass, to the infectious Cuban piano and haunting Hammond organ wizzardry of a truly gifted keyboard maestro. The famous soulfull vocal melodies in the native languages of the Americas complete what was recently described by Classic Rock Magazine as "One Of The Top 5 Must See Tributes In The UK" Though the tag of Tribute band just dosen't do this group of talented musicians justice..........Guitarist Marcos was recently quoted as saying "Santana live is almost like a religious service. Carlos is the Pope and you can't always get to see him. So when I play I'm just a priest reciting the Gospel.But the message is the same! The audience response at our shows and their messages on our website proves it!! "..........Carlos Santana changed the face of Rock Music forever when he stormed Woodstock in 1969 with his own special fusion of rock, latin, jazz and the music of Africa. Now, at last, a chance to experience the raw emotion of a Santana concert.......... Created in the spring of the Millennium year by inspirational Spanish guitarist Marcos Rodriguez. The VivaSantana family consists of talented, dedicated, professional musicians who fully immerse themselves to recreate the moods, sounds and atmosphere of Santana's music with passion, heart, soul and chilling accuracy. This powerful six piece band take you through the Santana years from Abraxas to the recent hits from Supernatural and Shaman.Now recognised as the number one tribute to Carlos Santana..........VivaSantana Much more than a tribute, a Supernatural experience!!.........."One of the top 5 tribute bands in the UK. A must see for all Santana fans." CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE.........."The music sounds great" JOAQUIN SOLORZANO , California , U.S.A , EX - MALO BASSIST, Jorge Santana..s band.........."My personal rating of Viva Santana on a scale of 1 to 10, is 25. Highly recommended " Doug Whitney Real Music Live Review.........."The complete Santana experience "The Blue Note Jazz Club.........."This band kicks ass" Pete Feenstra ( Promoter ).........."You guys are the real deal"Galo Rivera, G.R. Music U.S.A.........."Marcos is Carlos" Plinston Hall review.........."A great show by a great band playing great music! Anything else just isnt Carlos. Viva Santana!" Plinston Hall review..........Featured in this months Classic Rock magazine
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Member Since: 14/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.vivasantana.com
Band Members: The Milagro Foundation is a publicly supported foundation established by Carlos Santana and his family in 1998. Milagro benifits underserved and vulnerable children around the world by making grants to community based tax-exempt organizations that work with children in the areas of education, health and the arts. Milagro means ''miracle.'' The image of children as devine miracles of light and hope, even as gifts to our lives, is the meaning of the name. With funds generated by concert ticket donations and generous individual and corporate donors,Milagro supports children and youth in the San Fransisco bay area, across the United States and around the world touched by the music of Santana. www.milagrofoundation.org ............................................................ ..................................................... The new Santana CD Multi-Dimensional Warrior CD is available now. Pick up your copy & more Official Santana items in the Santana store! www.santana.com/............................................ ............................................................ .........VivaSantana Current Touring Line up : Lead Guitar / Vocals - Marcos Rodriguez ; Timbales, Percussion / Lead Vocals - Sedge Santinni ; Drums - Marc Parnell ; Keyboards / Vocals - Martin Lawrie ; Bass Guitar - Colin DaSousa ; Congas, Percussion / Vocals - Cliff Martinez ; Keyboards / Vocals - Juan Ward ; Drums - Erique Cobanna. ............................................................ .....................................................The long awaited VivaSantana LIVE CD will now be available at gigs along with the new Dove design t-shirts both reasonably priced at £10 for the CD which has 1hour of classic tracks including Soul Sacrifice, Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va plus seven more songs. We hope to have an online shop up and running soon so these can be purchaced online through the website. T-shirts available in S,M,L & XL . VivaSantana original Aztec design T-shirts are still available at gigs priced £10 in XL & S sizes only these are now limited edition with very few left..

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VivaSantana welcome Martin Lawrie

Hi everyone well it's been a bit of a wait and a nice break but the guys are now well into rehearsals for the forth coming Summer/Autumn tour. We would like to welcome Martin Lawrie who has joined us ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Summer / Autumn Tour 2008

VivaSantana will be back on the road later this year after a well earned break. With some Summer festivals and a Autumn UK tour there will be plenty to look forward to and a chance to see the band per...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:04:00 GMT

cropredy 2007

What a fantastic end to the bands tour playing in front of 25,000 people at Fairports Cropredy festival. The guys went down a storm check out some live footage at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8vzT...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:46:00 GMT