Artist	Song
Maná	Oye Mi Amor
from ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? (Bonus Track Version) (2004)
Ozomatli	(Who Discovered) America?
from Street Signs (2006)
Rob Thomas	Lonely No More
from Something to Be (2005)
Los Lobos	Kiko and the Lavender Moon
from Kiko (2009)
Los Lonely Boys	Dime Mi Amor
from Los Lonely Boys (2004)
Sheila E	The Glamorous Life (Club Edit)
from The Glamorous Life (2005)
Prince & The Revolution	Purple Rain
from The Very Best of Prince (2005)
Metallica	Fade to Black
from Ride the Lightning (2008)
Joe Satriani	If I Could Fly
from Is There Love In Space? (2004)
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Demasiada Presion
from Vasos Vacios (1994)
Los Mocosos	Caliente
from Shades of Brown (2007)
deSoL	Karma
from deSoL (2004)
Tinariwen	Tamatant Tilay
from Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2007)
Brownout	Brown Wind and Fire
from Homenaje (2008)

Comment:

Santana built his career on breaking stereotypes, so it's no surprise that some of the pop world's most adventurous artists — in all genres — follow his lead. It's pretty easy to trace the three-decade line that stretches from Santana in S.F. to Ozomatli in L.A., but while rock was [i]el rey[/i] back in the day, Ozomatli fuses their salsa-fied jazz-funk to a hip-hop foundation in "(Who Discovered) America?" When you first hear Maná lead singer Fher Olvera cutting loose on "Oye Mi Amor," you might think Sting, but its rockin' rhythm section has Santana etched in every fat bass groove. And make no mistake: Santana's reach [i]absolutely[/i] transcends borders, languages, and styles, as the native Minneapolitan genius occasionally known as Prince proves from the second he digs his spurs into the guitar solo on "Purple Rain." From the six-string pyrotechnics of Joe Satriani to the Tex-Mex [i]conjunto[/i] of Los Lonely Boys — and more — four decades of artists have turned to San Francisco's #1 shaman for some supernatural inspiration.

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