To celebrate Carlos Santana’s brand new album, Clive Davis and Santana hosted a private VIP listening event at Vanity Nightclub inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on August 25, 2010 (Carlos Santana, Clive Davis and Chris Daughtry – Photo: © Erik Kabik/ RETNA/ www.erikkabik.com).
At the event, the duo unveiled Santana’s new album titled Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
Carlos Santana and Clive Davis
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Three of the tracks played included collaborations with india.arie, Gavin Rossdale and Chris Daughtry, who were also there to support the album’s launch. Other celebrities at the event included Olivia Harrison, wife to the late Beatles member George Harrison; Santana band members; Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Famer; Matt Serletic and Howard Benson, track producers of Guitar Heaven…; Mary Wilson of the Supremes; Terry Fator, ventriloquist and headliner at The Mirage Hotel & Casino and VIPs in the industry.
Carlos Santana and Clive Davis
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Chris Daughtry
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Olivia Harrison (wife of the late George Harrison of The Beatles)
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Gavin Rossdale
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Taylor Makakoa and Terry Fator
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India.Arie
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Mary Wilson, India.Arie, Carlos Santana, Clive Davis and Chris Daughtry
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Inside the party at Vanity Nightclub in Las Vegas
Clive Davis, Olivia Harrision and Carlos Santana
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Carlos Santana talks about his new album "Guitar Heaven"
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Clive Davis talks about Santana's new album "Guitar Heaven"
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Inside Vanity Nightclub
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Carlos Santana, India.Arie and Bill Walton
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Daughtry, Carlos Santana, Mary Wilson, India.Arie and Bill Walton
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Carlos Santana and Mary Wilson of The Supremes
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Carlos Santana, Bill Walton and wife Lori
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For more information about Santana’s new album, click on Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
