Furthermore, this compilation arrives at a crucial time. In late 2024 and early 2025, blues guitar sales have seen a resurgence, with Fender and Gibson reporting a 15% increase in sales of hollow-body guitars—exactly the kind Santana uses for his blues work. Young guitarists discovering Santana through TikTok clips of "Europa" are now backtracking to find Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. This compilation serves as that map. Though it is a niche release, the blues press has taken notice. Guitar World magazine gave the digital compilation 4.5 out of 5 stars, writing: "Hearing Santana confined to the blues is like watching a Olympic sprinter run the 100m dash—you knew he was fast, but you never realized he was that fast. 'Its a Blues Compilation' is the most honest Santana has sounded in twenty years."
When you strip away the psychedelic lights, the Latin percussion, and the swirling organ of Woodstock, Carlos Santana has always been, at his core, a blues guitarist. His sustain—that singing, crying, human tone—is directly descended from B.B. King's vibrato and T-Bone Walker's string-snapping single notes. Now, a new compilation, unofficially circulating among collectors and digital music platforms under the working title "Santana and A Few - Its a Blues Compilation 2024" (and potentially expanding into 2025 releases), is finally putting that truth front and center. Santana and A Few - Its a Blues Compilation 202...
For decades, fans have had to dig through Santana’s deep catalog to find his pure blues moments—tracks like "Jingo" (a blues trance), "Savor," or his haunting cover of "Black Magic Woman" (a Willie Dixon structure). But this new compilation gathers those gems and places them alongside a rotating cast of modern blues masters, creating a dialogue between Santana’s guitar and the past, present, and future of the genre. If you have been searching for the exact phrase "Santana and A Few - Its a Blues Compilation 202…" you have likely stumbled upon a curated playlist or a specialized digital album release that aggregates rare collaborations. While Santana has not released a solo album titled precisely that, the phrase refers to a wave of post-2020 compilations (specifically from 2022, 2023, and now 2024) where Santana appears as a featured guitarist alongside artists like John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Keb’ Mo’, and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. Furthermore, this compilation arrives at a crucial time