Cat Stevens Stephen Demetre Georgiou
born in 1948.
began playing in the middle of Swingin 'London, is the commercial pop singer of the time, polite and sympathetic rhetoric and false image that appeals to record companies.
come out the first two album Matthew and Son New and Mastes.
work they get some success, especially thanks to some individual such as I Love My Dog.
soon became seriously ill with tuberculosis and was hospitalized for several months in a sanatorium.
The disease causes him to reflect on their future, about their career and lifestyle.
The period away from the scene, however, leaves the sign and within two years in '70 and '71 and affect Mona Bone Jakon Tea for Tillerman (considered one of the best albums ever engraved) and Teaser And The Firecat that contain most of his best songs and that they will become famous around the world: Lady D'Arbanville, Wild World, Father and Son, Morning Has Broken, Moonshadow,
Peaxce Train.
musical style is what will characterize Cat Stevens throughout his career: acoustic guitars in the foreground, delicate sounds, references to Greek tradition, texts half way between the song of love and mysticism. Later albums
leave some style acoustic solutions for more experimental power while losing the feeling in part of its most representative songs.
will continue to have great success with some songs like Sitting, The hurt and Oh Very Young, and especially during his tour around the world, went on to sell over forty million records.
In '76 his brother, returning from a trip to Jerusalem, gave him a copy of the Qur'an: The event will mark his life forever.
In 1977 at the height of his career, becoming Muslim, adopting the name Yusuf Islam.
still accounts Isitzo and Back to Earth in 1978 but shortly afterwards withdrew completely from the scene and became a leading member of the Muslim community in London.
was released in 2006, after nearly three decades, the album An Other Cup
In May 2009 he released his new job Roadsinger, a self-produced album that always comes with the name of Yusuf, but actually brings us back to the first Cat Stevens.
In the album there are three songs that will be part of the musical, which is preparing its track Monnshadow.
Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
born in 1947.
started playing in 1966 and began to collect his first success in 1970 with the album Abraxas, very beautiful album which sets the style that made him famous, a mix of salsa, classic rock, blues and fusion, with its famous guitar solos.
After the great success of the group broke up in Woodstock, especially for the approach of Santana Eastern philosophies and musical choices as diverse as jazz and blues.
His career will be a continuous alternation between the business needs imposed by the record that they want true to his style, and desires change and instead of joining sounds completely different, certainly the most difficult for the general public and will not be never fully accepted.
Caravanserai released in 1972, a critically acclaimed cast album, and
Santana began working with John Mc Laughin, becoming a disciple of the guru Sri Chinmoy.
The change is not very well received by the public in 1976 and returns to his style and the famous Amigos track Europe.
In 1982 he leaves to follow the guru and go back to a more catchy music but without much luck.
collaborates with Weather Report, McCoy Tyner and John Lee Hooker, he returned to his love for jazz and blues.
The great revival of 1999 when it finally returned to his style and Supernatural has its greatest success. An album that has sold over 25 million copies, with songs like Corazon Espinado Smooth and sung by Rob Thomas.
year after leaving Shaman and All That I Am in 2005, some big hits, made along the lines of Supernatural.
E 'considered one of the best rock guitarists in existence.
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