{"id":32875,"date":"2026-08-18T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=32875"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:02:44","slug":"santana-legend-dies-at-79-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=32875","title":{"rendered":"Santana Legend Dies at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"34\" data-end=\"95\"><strong data-start=\"34\" data-end=\"95\">Alex Ligertwood, longtime Santana lead singer, dies at 79<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"216\">Alex Ligertwood, the Scottish singer best known as a longtime lead vocalist for Santana, has died at 79 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"433\">Ligertwood fronted Santana across several lineups from 1979 to 1994, during one of the band\u2019s most successful periods. His powerful voice featured on hits including <strong data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"433\">\u201cWinning,\u201d \u201cHold On,\u201d and \u201cAll I Ever Wanted.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"645\">His wife, Shawn Brogan, said Ligertwood died peacefully in his sleep with their dog Bobo by his side. She described him as a man who lived for music and performed his final show just two weeks before his death.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"769\">Before Santana, Ligertwood performed with artists including Jeff Beck, Brian Auger, Average White Band and David Sancious.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"883\">He leaves behind a legacy defined by his extraordinary voice, soulful performances and decades devoted to music.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"926\"><strong data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"926\">Rest in peace, Alex Ligertwood. \ud83c\udfa4\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthebroganagencytalent%2Fvideos%2F1328768345983128%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"591\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ligertwood, longtime Santana lead singer, dies at 79 Alex Ligertwood, the Scottish singer best known as a longtime lead vocalist for Santana, has died at 79 in Los Angeles. Ligertwood fronted Santana across several lineups from 1979 to 1994, during one of the band\u2019s most successful periods. His powerful voice featured on hits including&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=32875\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Santana Legend Dies at 79&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32877,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32875\/revisions\/32877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}