Festival

by Santana

Overview

Santana's follow-up to its comeback album, Amigos, was another David Rubinson-produced effort that moved back toward more of a Latin rock feel, although it retained an essentially pop focus -- "The River" was the first real vocal ballad on a Santana album. If any doubt still existed that the group was no longer a band of equals but a platform for its lead guitarist, the current lineup dispelled that; Carlos Santana was now the only original member of the band left. Although the album went gold, the lack of a hit single hurt the album's commercial standing; its number 27 peak was the lowest yet for a Santana band album. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/15/1999
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	5099749175228
Rank:	123881

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Santana   Primary Artist
Paul Jackson   Guest Artist,Bass
Carlos Santana   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Vocals (Background),Bass
Leon Patillo   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Jose "Chepito" Areas   Congas,Timbales,Percussion
Julia Waters   Vocals (Background)
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Pablo Tellez   Bass,Percussion,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Raul Rekow   Congas,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Tom Coster   Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Gaylord Birch   Drums,Timpani,Percussion
Greg Walker   Vocals
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Oren Waters   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Francisco Zavala   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Joel Badie   Vocals,Percussion,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Carlos Santana   Composer
Fred Catero   Engineer
Leon Patillo   Composer
David Rubinson   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Jose "Chepito" Areas   Composer
Pedro Izquierdo   Composer
Pablo Tellez   Composer
Nonato Buzar   Composer
Tom Coster   Composer
Pio Leyva   Composer