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SANTANA Delivers: Legendary musician Carlos Santanascratched and wailed on two guitars before a near-capacitycrowd at the Saprissa Stadium in Tibás, north of San José,Wednesday night. He punctuated his sets with an eccentric,laborious drum solo by Dennis Chambers and a proud smile forhis son, Salvador Santana, who soloed on the piano. The avatarof classic rock delivered a mind-blowing concert in his trademarkmodesty, and, also true to form, slipped in political digs, dedicating“You’ve Got to Change Your Evil Ways,” to U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush.

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