Smooth as Santana

摘要

In a couple of weeks, at this year's Grammy awards— where he's nominated in 10 categories—we'll all get to watch what's almost certain to be the uplifting conclusion of the Carlos Santana comeback story, but only two people witnessed the beginning. Three years ago, in Clive Davis's private bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the aging rock-guitar icon (now 52) sat face to face with the aging Arista Records founder (now 66) and told him a story that might have had you or me rolling our eyes.