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Carlos Santana’s
Supernatural Summer
We’re going to honor
yesterday, today and
tomorrow.” Despite
the marathon sets,
he says, “music never
drains me or exhausts
me.” Santana credits
a healthier lifestyle
he started embracing
around 1972: “Now I’m
71, and because I didn’t
abuse my body, I have
the stamina and the
vibration to present
myself and be any age
I want.” KORY GROWBEFORE CARLOS
Santana hits the
stage, he consults
with a higher power.
“It’s kind of the same
thing I did when I was
at Woodstock,” he
says, describing this
photo, taken in May at
the BottleRock fest in
Napa Valley, California.
“I was praying, ‘Keep
me in tune and in time.
I can do the rest.’ ” This
summer, of course,
marks the 50th anni-
versary of Woodstock,
where Santana explod-
ed onto the nationalstage with a magical
set the guitarist played
while tripping on LSD,
and he will headline
a golden-anniversary
event on the original
grounds in Bethel,
New York. Santana
has other things to
celebrate too: It’s the
20th anniversary of
his megaselling album
Supernatural, and he
just released a new
LP, Africa Speaks, fea-
turing African songs
cut with Rick Rubin.
“We’re going to bring
a lot of fury and fire,”
Santana says. “Most
of the time, we play
close to three hours.