Written by Peter Green in 1968 about Sandra Elsdon, a former girlfriend he had nicknamed ‘Magic Mamma’, Black Magic Woman is a song that has legendary status when it comes to guitar history. It was ...

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In a spellbinding swirl of Latin rhythms and sensual blues riffs, “Black Magic Woman” blooms, coming to life against Santana’s trademark musical swelter. The intoxicating hit is unrivaled among the ...

Just two years before Santana released his hit “Black Magic Woman” on the band’s second album Abraxas, it already appeared on Fleetwood Mac‘s 1968 compilation English Rose. Originally written for ...