The Carlos Santana comeback was richly rewarded at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. The 52-year-old Californian took home eight awards this year, a number matched only by Michael Jackson in 1983. And that doesn't include Itaal Shur and Rob Thomas's Song of the Year selection for the album's signature track, "Smooth." In a year when the far younger likes of Beck, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Metallica took home trophies, Santana (and, to a lesser degree, the war horses in Black Sabbath) carried the flag for rockers with rich histories.

Here are some of the top winners in the rock categories:

Best Rock Album: "Supernatural" Santana

Why It Won: Carlos Santana caused a huge stir when he emerged with his band in 1969, but the San Francisco guitarist long ago settled in as something considerably more than a journeyman, but less than a superstar. All that changed with the release of "Supernatural," a guest-star- studded outing that's far surpassed the first two hit Santana albums in popularity, a development few would have predicted a year ago. Who'd have thought Carlos Santana would be a bigger name after Woodstock '99 than Woodstock '69?

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Best Rock Instrumental Performance Winner: "The Calling" Santana (featuring Eric Clapton) Track from "Supernatural"

Why It Won: One much-loved guitar god from the West Coast matched with a perhaps even more revered British counterpart proved to be an irresistible combination for the Recording Academy. "The Calling" doesn't represent either Santana or Clapton at their fret-burning best, but millions of new fans now have a fresh incentive to explore their superior earlier works.

Read more about the award win:
http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa022300a.htm

Carlos Santana - Official Site
http://www.santana.com/

Santana Discography:
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=901834247/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/ArtistID=SANTANA

To check out a specific breakdown of Carlos Santana's Grammy performance, check out the following:
http://guitar.about.com/library/blsantanagrammybreakdown.htm

And, if you're interested in Santana guitar tab and lyrics, you'll find all you're looking for here:
http://guitar.about.com/library/blsupernaturallyrics.htm

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BECK

Best Alternative Performance Winner: "Mutations" Beck

Why It Won: Beck's breakthrough year was 1996, when he won Grammys for his album "Odelay" and its hit single "Where It's At." "Mutations" was by no means an attempt to ride the "Odelay" wave. Acoustic-based and weary where its predecessor was funky and frisky, "Mutations" demonstrates Beck's continuing appeal to the alt segment of the Recording Academy.

The official beck site:
http://www.beck.com/

Beck Bio: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B43291

With his portastudio, keyboard, drum machine, and guitar, singer/songwriter Beck (b. Beck Hansen) created music that celebrated the junk culture of the '90s. Beck's music drew from hip-hop, folk, experimental rock, psychedelia, pop, and rock & roll, recycling everything into a colorful, messy and willfully diverse brand of post-modern rock, filled with warped, satiric imagery and clumsy poetry. With all of his rootless eclecticism, Beck is distinctly a product of the '90s; all of his influences were processed through television and records, not real-life experiences. But that trashy, disposable quality is what makes his music unique.