Career
He has been performing since the 1970s. Santana"s band has been chosen as the house band or session musicians for blues performances, including the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans with C.P. Love, and at the Bay Area Music Awards backing Bukka White, Joe Louis Walker, the Gospel Hummingbirds and Bonnie Raitt. Foreign five years running they were chosen as the host band for the Hollywood Hall of Fame Festival, backing Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, Luther Tucker, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Myers, Carey Bell and William Clarke.
They were also featured artists at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival backing Earl King.
As the host band at Moe"s Alley they backed Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Thackery, Coco Montoya, Tommy Castro, and Chris Cain. In addition, Santana"s band backed Nappy Brown at the San Francisco Blues Festival.
Santana has recorded and toured with Junior Watson and Angela Strehli. Santana has also been employed as a record producer, and completed Jackie Payne"s latest album for Delta Groove Productions.
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
San Jose Jazz Festival
Santa Cruz Blues Festival (four times)
Monterey Blues Festival (twice)
San Francisco Blues Festival (four times)
Portland Waterfront Blues Festival
Bammies
Black Diamond Blues Festival
Houston Blues Festival
Filmore Auditorium
Monterey Jazz Festival (four times)
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Moulin Blues Festival, Belgium
Sacramento Blues Festival
Belgium Blues Nites Festival
Monterey People’s Festival
Battle of the Harmonicas (twice)
Dallas Blues Festival.