Carlos Santana Finds Homeless Ex-Bandmate Thanks to Local News Story

Carlos Santana Finds Homeless Ex-Bandmate Thanks to Local News Story (Gawker)

It started with a local news piece about illegal dumping in east Oakland, and ended with the reunion of two musical greats: Carlos Santana and his former Blues Band drummer Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone.

Malone was just another homeless person featured in KRON 4's "People Behaving Badly" segment two weeks ago, until he happened to mention that he was once a valued member of the original Santana band before trouble got him thrown in jail just before Woodstock, before the band hit it big.

Having been living on the streets ever since, Marcus had mostly long given on ever seeing his old friend Carlos Santana ever again.

That is, until the segment went to air.