The Universal Tone

Carlos Santana

The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana.

In 1967 at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium a young guitarist played a blistering solo that announced a prodigious talent. Two years later he played a historic set at Woodstock and the world came to know Carlos Santana by name.

THE UNIVERSAL TONE is a tale of musical self-determination and self-discovery. It traces his journey from his teen days playing in Tijuana and the establishment of his signature guitar sound; his roles as husband father and rock star; and his recording of some of the most influential rock albums of all time up to and beyond the sensational SUPERNATURAL which garnered nine Grammy awards. The book abounds with a fearlessness that finds humour in the world of high-flying fame speaks plainly of personal revelations and celebrates the divine and infinite possibility Santana sees in each person he meets.

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