Since he had joined
Santana in 1972, keyboard player
Tom Coster had been
Carlos Santana's right-hand man, playing, co-writing, co-producing, and generally taking the place of founding member
Gregg Rolie. But
Coster left the band in the spring of 1978, to be replaced by keyboardist/guitarist
Chris Solberg and keyboardist Chris Ryne. Despite the change, the band soldiered on, and with
Inner Secrets they scored three chart singles: the discoish "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (#59), "Stormy" (#32), and a cover of
Buddy Holly's "Well All Right" (#69), done in the
Blind Faith arrangement. (There seems to be a
Steve Winwood fixation here. The album also featured a cover of
Traffic's "Dealer.") The singles kept the album on the charts longer than any
Santana LP since 1971... ~ William Ruhlmann