Carlos Santana collapses during concert in Michigan

Daniel Chaitin

July 05, 10:26 PM July 06, 12:16 AM

Guitarist Carlos Santana collapsed in the middle of a concert in Michigan on Tuesday.

The musician's team says he was overcome with exhaustion and dehydration and is recuperating after being taken to the hospital.

Santana, who is 74, was performing at the Pine Knob Music Festival. Billing for the event showed he was appearing with Earth, Wind & Fire for a "Miraculous Supernatural Tour" stop in Clarkston, which is roughly 40 miles northwest of Detroit, and video posted to social media showed him performing earlier in the night.

Word of Santana collapsing hit social media, creating cause for concern.

"Medical personnel on stage. Crowd asked to pray for him because of a 'serious medical' issue," tweeted Roop Raj, a journalist with Fox 2 News.

Video posted to social media showed a crowd on the stage after the collapse. Billboard's Gary Graff tweeted that Santana was being "treated."

Santana appeared to wave at fans as he was helped off the stage on a stretcher 20 minutes after the health scare.

"No word on condition yet but he waved while being rolled off," Graff said in another tweet. People in the audience could be heard cheering him on as he left. Graff later said Santana had been taken to a hospital.

Santana's manager, Michael Vrionis, said the artist was taken to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston "for observation and is doing well" in a statement just before midnight.

A show planned for Wednesday in Pennsylvania is being postponed, Vrionis added.

Santana was born in Mexico. After his family moved to San Francisco in the 1960s, he formed a band, according to CBS News. Ever since, he has established himself as a well-known presence in the rock band scene, blending Afro-Latin beats and electric blues, the report added.

Santana has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammys, according to Billboard.

"Consistently recognized as one of the best guitarists of all time since his band’s breakout at Woodstock in '69, his unmistakable sound and genre-transcending collaborations in recent years have made him a household name around the world," said a Cincinnati Enquirer interview report ahead of a performance in Ohio scheduled for this weekend.