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On January 16th, a 13 foot steel, glass, and bronze replica of a PRS SANTANA signature guitar was unveiled in front of House of Blues Las Vegas in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in honor of The House of Blues first resident Carlos Santana. The statue was created by premiere American artist and innovator Dale Evers. This immense sculpture is entitled “Wings of Legend.” It represents the tens of millions guitars that have become an intrinsic part of American pop-culture and pays homage to the artistry of Santana and his relationship with PRS guitars.

“The sculpture truly embodies the magnificence that is Carlos Santana,” says Artist Dale Evers. “It is an understatement to say I am honored and greatly appreciative for this grand moment in my life.” Evers’ unmistakable signature is characterized by a masterful fusing of glass, bronze and steel into creative realities. His numerous commissions have lead to permanent installations throughout the US and Mexico.

House of Blues Las Vegas General Manager Andrew Economon said, “House of Blues has been a wonderful home for music fans and performers ever since the first House of Blues opened 20 years ago, and a major part of the entertainment landscape in Las Vegas for the past 13 years. Our Vegas House of Blues in particular, has always been a favorite venue for locals and a big part of what we do here is about community and serving our community. That’s something we look forward to doing for another 20 years.”

For more than forty years and as many albums later, Carlos Santana has sold more than 90 million records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won ten Grammy® Awards, including a record-tying nine for a single project, 1999′s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). In 1998, the group was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whose web page on their induction notes, “Guitarist Carlos Santana is one of rock’s true virtuosos and guiding lights.”

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Are you a Carlos Santana fan?

Be sure to check out Creative Bone Artworks,: “Art That Rocks” Collection – specifically the Carlos Santana print from artist Tom Noll!

Tom’s “Art That Rocks” print collection includes Limited Edition prints from original oil paintings of many famous Blues and Rock guitarists and bands – available for immediate purchase!

Limited Edition prints are still available of this amazing Carlos Santana artwork! Contact Tom Noll directly to inquire about ALL art prints for sale. Place your order now for immediate shipment!

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From Premier Guitar:

If you could listen in on a conversation between Carlos Santana, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, and Paul Reed Smith, what do you think you might learn? While Santana and the Allman Brothers were on a recent tour, Paul Reed Smith sat down with this group of highly-respected guitarists to have a casual conversation about tone, finding your voice, and being a musician.

Follow the conversation as these three world-renowned musicians discuss their musical roots and how their individuality and tone developed with Paul. The candid conversation covers many topics, but all are of interest to any musician who is serious about their art and finding or refining their own musical “voice.”

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Guitar Face: The act of making an unusual face while playing the guitar. The look typically resembles a look of pain, intense ecstasy, or sometimes even plain old gas.

Guitar face is a horribly disfiguring condition effecting tens of thousands of guitar players around the world.

Blues players (particularly electric blues players) seem to suffer the most horrendous effects.

Carlos Santana give us a classic here…

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Are you a Carlos Santana fan?

Be sure to check out Creative Bone Artworks,: “Art That Rocks” Collection – specifically the Carlos Santana print from artist Tom Noll!

Tom’s “Art That Rocks” print collection includes Limited Edition prints from original oil paintings of many famous Blues and Rock guitarists and bands – available for immediate purchase!

Limited Edition prints are still available of this amazing Carlos Santana artwork! Contact Tom Noll directly to inquire about ALL art prints for sale. Place your order now for immediate shipment!

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Shape Shifter is Carlos Santana’s 36th album, and the first for his new label, Starfaith Records.

Set for release May 15, the 13-song set is an instrumental tour de force featuring tracks spanning from the late 1990′s to the present. It’s powered throughout by Carlos’ instantly recognizable virtuoso lead guitar and the Santana Band’s world-class musicianship. Only one song features vocals from Santana’s lead vocalists Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay, all other tracks are instrumental only.

Carlos dedicated the album to Native American Indians, acknowledging Australia’s 2008 apology to the Aborigines, and President Obama’s signing of the 2009 Native American Apology Resolution. He says, “I encourage any and all countries (that have not as yet done so) to acknowledge the first people of their land, and make this a collective global effort.”

Shape Shifter comprises mostly original compositions that Carlos has been stashing away for such an instrumental project—long awaited by fans—and he conceived the album’s sequence as thoughtfully as its track selection. The songs flow together as the magical sustain of Carlos’ guitar—and the spirit behind every note—makes music that breaks through all cultural and language barriers, the music of Santana.

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Want more Carlos Santana? Hang him on your wall!

Be sure to check out Creative Bone Artworks,: “Art That Rocks” Collection – specifically the Carlos Santana print from artist Tom Noll!

Tom’s “Art That Rocks” print collection includes Limited Edition prints from original oil paintings of many famous Blues and Rock guitarists and bands – available for immediate purchase!

Limited Edition prints are still available of this amazing Carlos Santana artwork! Contact Tom Noll directly to inquire about ALL art prints for sale. Place your order now for immediate shipment!

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Set to release on Feb 21, 2012…

Carlos Santana’s world music, blues, rock ‘n’ roll and jazz fusion has reached across the globe and stayed with audiences through the eras.

Santana, founded in the late sixties, came into the spotlight following their appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969.

Their eponymous debut album was released the same year and became a global success, introducing the public to the band’s unique blend of Latin rhythms and guitar based rock.

With legendary guitarist and band leader Carlos Santana at the helm, hit albums and singles followed through the seventies, eighties, nineties and up to the present day.

Both Carlos and the band have been frequent visitors to Montreux over the years and in 2011 they presented a stunning concert of their greatest hits, classic album tracks and brilliant cover versions from their debut album right up to 2010’s “Guitar Heaven”.

This is the ultimate Santana live concert and absolutely not to be missed.

Over three hours of music!

It’s been a while since I posted anything to the “Guitar Art” category, but after finding the web site of Tom Noll with Creative Bone Artworks, I knew it was time.

I have seen many works of art that were based around guitars and guitar players, but nothing like this.

In my opinion, Tom has taken the artistic beauty of the guitar (and guitarist) to an entirely new level.

Tom’s work is not totally guitar based — it also includes sculptures, murals and custom design work.

But the guitar niche will serve him well if he continues to produce paintings like the ones found in “The Rock Series – Oil on Canvas“.

Check out his masterpiece portraits of Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Les Paul, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews, BB King, David Gilmour, Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones.

To purchase most of the paintings as prints, follow this link to… Artprints for Purchase. Tom had this to say about his recently completed portrait of Carlos Santana:

My Newest Art Print… I envisioned this image of Carlos for many months before the paint hit the canvas. During all of my years growing up with the music of the 70′s and beyond, Santana always was at the core of my favorites. -Tom Noll

Just in time for THE HOLIDAYS!