# The Universal Tone

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- Book: [The Universal Tone](https://www.bookquiver.com/carlos-santana/the-universal-tone) ([The Universal Tone.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/carlos-santana/the-universal-tone.md))
- Authors: [Carlos Santana](https://www.bookquiver.com/carlos-santana), [Ashley Kahn](https://www.bookquiver.com/ashley-kahn), [Hal Mille](https://www.bookquiver.com/hal-mille)
- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0915-656-7
- Published: 2014-11-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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.