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Ask a Rock Star: Carlos Santana

By Peter Maiden
March 6, 2008 6:03 PM ET

In the latest installment of RollingStone.com's "Ask a Rock Star" feature, we caught up with axe-wielding phenom Carlos Santana and picked his brain with questions provided by you, the fans. Click above for who Santana's favorite guitar player is, what he thinks of Guitar Hero and what his undergarment of choice is.

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