Santana: Latin Limbo Dancing Over Hot Coals
Max Bell, NME, 28 December 1974
OF ALL the really big American bands perhaps Santana remain the most enigmatic, the least publicised – yet, ironically, enduring the test of time and favour which affects even the most resilient of their peers.
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