Luis Villegas

Luis Villegas is a Mexican American guitarist best known for his debut CD Cafe Ole which mixed New Age music, flamenco, and jazz and garnered a spot on the Grammy ballot for Best New Age Album of the Year in 1999. He also had a small role, as a member of a band, in the film Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. EARLY YEARS~~ Luis Villegas is a first-generation Mexican-American born in East Los Angeles, CA and is now an Internationally-re... more

Luis Villegas is a Mexican American guitarist best known for his debut CD Cafe Ole which mixed New Age music, flamenco, and jazz and garnered a spot on the Grammy ballot for Best New Age Album of the Year in 1999. He also had a small role, as a member of a band, in the film Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. EARLY YEARS~~ Luis Villegas is a first-generation Mexican-American born in East Los Angeles, CA and is now an Internationally-renowned guitarist. A self-taught guitarist who plays flamenco, jazz, rock, blues and classical, he grew up listening to traditional Mexican Ranchero music. As a boy, he met the famous Mexican Ranchero singer, Vicente Fernandez, and listened to traditional Mexican ballads. It was not Mexican music, however, that attracted him to the guitar but rock and roll since the heavy metal explosion was in full swing in Los Angeles. Luis played in rock bands all through High School and into college garnering some mild success with the band Slumlord in 1988... less