On Tuesday night, legendary musician Carlos Santana collapsed on stage during a concert in Michigan.
The 74-year-old was about 20 minutes into his set at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkson, an outdoor venue on the edge of Detroit, when he collapsed, prompting medical personnel to rush to the stage, cover him with a tarp and carry him off.
“Medical personnel on scene. The crowd asked to pray for him because of a ‘serious medical’ problem,” local Fox 2 Detroit’s Roop Raj reported.
In a statement, a rep for Santana said he was “overwhelmed by heat exhaustion and dehydration” during the show and was “taken to the McLaren Clarkson emergency room for observation and is doing well.” Video shot by a fan shows Santana waving to the crowd as he is led away.
In early February, Santana announced that he and his band members had contracted COVID-19, prompting them to cancel a number of tour dates. And late last year, the 10-time Grammy winner and groundbreaking Mexican maestro canceled a number of dates at his Las Vegas residency due to his recovery from heart surgery.
“I just wanted to share with you some clarity and specifics about what’s going on with my physique,” Santana said in an online video. “There are rumors about this and that. So, I’m here to crystallize and clarify. I had an accident last Saturday where I asked my wife Cindy to take me to the hospital because this thing was going on in my chest.
Santana rose to fame by blending rock and roll, blues and Latin jazz, influenced by guitarists B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix, as well as band leader Tito Puente. He started playing in the 1960s with his band Santana, whose breakthrough performance came in Woodstock – with a spirited rendition of the band’s song “Soul Sacrifice”, featured in the famous 1970 documentary. Woodstock. Santana’s second album from 1970, Abraxasfeaturing the singles “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye Cómo Va”, reached No. 1 on the US album charts and is considered one of the greatest LPs of all time.
After a relatively inactive period, Santana returned to the top of the charts with her 1999 album. Supernatural. The collaborative effort, including guest turns on the mic by Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill and Rob Thomas (who sang on “Smooth,” which was a No. 1 billboard charts for 12 consecutive weeks), sold 30 million copies and won nine Grammys, including Album of the Year. The previous year, he and his band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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