The 5 Unexpected Influences Behind Santana’s Signature Sound

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00:00The 5 Unexpected Influences Behind Santana's Signature Sound

00:045. West Montgomery, The Melodic Architect

00:08Santana's compositions, like Europa, most clearly display West Montgomery's impact

00:14with their sophisticated chord progressions and melodic development.

00:184. Gabor Sabo, The Cross-Cultural Explorer

00:22Gabor Sabo's spellbinder-fused folk, jazz, and Indian colors,

00:26inspiring Santana's Abraxas modal explorations and enduring cross-cultural guitar language.

00:333. B.B. King, The Emotional Storyteller

00:36B.B. King's vocal vibrato, expressive bends, and strategic silence taught Santana restraint,

00:43shaping his singing tone and patience.

00:452. John McLaughlin, The Spiritual Technician

00:49John McLaughlin's virtuosic East-West fusion and shared spirituality

00:53pushed Santana toward complex transcendent harmonies,

00:57documented on love-devotion-surrender.

01:001. Jimi Hendrix, The Cosmic Connection

01:03Jimi Hendrix's fearless effects and psychedelic experimentation

01:07expanded Santana's horizons,

01:10emphasizing guitars as emotional conduits over technical display.

01:131. Jimi Hendrix, The Cosmic Connection