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Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone (July 29, 1944 – October 12, 2021) was an American percussionist and a founding member of the Latin rock band Santana. Life and career [ edit ] Malone was born in Memphis, Tennessee . [1]
Feb 27, 2020 · Marcus "the Magnificent" Malone played percussion in an early incarnation of Santana, the late '60s Santana Blues Band. He left the band in 1969, on account of how he was sentenced to a long spell in the famously brutal San Quentin prison after being convicted of manslaughter. Eventually released, Malone disappeared for years, and Carlos ...
Dec 29, 2013 · Marcus Malone was a conga player for Carlos Santana in the late '60s. He landed in legal trouble and disappeared from the music scene. ... LUDDEN: What happened when he got out of prison? ROBERTS ...
Dec 23, 2013 · Marcus "Magnificent" Malone was a percussionist in Santana's band before it hit big in 1969. Since then, he's spent time in prison and time on the streets. By chance, he was part of a local TV ...
- Mark Memmott
Dec 23, 2013 · Carlos Santana has been reunited with a former band-mate who has lived homeless for almost 40-years. Marcus “The Magnificent” Malone was one of the founding members of Santana’s first ever band – The Carlos Santana Blues Band. Santana’s experience with the band paved the way for his phenomenal success in later years, which includes 10 ...
- David La Rosa
Dec 25, 2013 · The man turned out to be Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone, a percussionist for Carlos Santana's Santana Blues Band in the '60s.. But a stint in prison forced Marcus to leave the band shortly before ...
Aug 5, 2023 · ‘Marcus the magnificent’ used to be a drummer in Santana’s band in the 1960s. They lost touch before the Woodstock festival in 1969 after Malone was arrested for manslaughter. Ever since he was released from prison, Malone had been living as a homeless man on the streets of Oakland, praying for a miracle and a chance meeting with Santana.
