The discordant notes of a violin in Autlán de Navarro, Mexico, provided the unlikely start to a global revolution in rock music. As the son of a professional mariachi musician, Carlos Santana’s early education was steeped in traditional sounds, though he found little joy in the instrument his father favored. His true passion emerged only when he picked up the electric guitar, an obsession that would follow him from the border towns of Mexico to the global stage. This journey was marked by early ...