Is Carlos Santana still married to Cindy Blackman? How did Carlos Santana meet Cindy Blackman?

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana.

Carlos Santana was born on July 20, 1947 in Autlan de Navarro in Jalisco, Mexico.

Carlos Santana learned to play the violin at age five and the guitar at age eight, under the tutelage of his father, who was a mariachi musician.

In October 1966, Carlos Santana started the Santana Blues Band and by  1968, the band had begun to incorporate different types of influences into their electric blues.

Carlos Santana’s Santana Blues Band was signed by Columbia Records which shortened its name to simply “Santana” and it went into the studio to record its first album in January 1969, finally laying down tracks in May that became its first album.

Is Carlos Santana still married to Cindy Blackman?

On July 9, 2010, Carlos Santana proposed to Cindy Blackman on stage during a concert at Tinley Park, Illinois. Blackman is Santana’s touring drummer; he proposed immediately after her drum solo. They got married on Maui, Hawaii on December 19, 2010 and are still married.

How did Carlos Santana meet Cindy Blackman?

Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman met several years earlier at a festival in Europe while she was touring with Kravitz.

Cindy Blackman first played with Carlos Santana in spring 2010.