Luis Villegas is a Mexican American guitarist best known for his debut CD Cafe Olé 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 is known for popularizing an unusual technique of playing very fast intricate lines by using the fingernail of his right index finger in place of a guitar pick. He also had a small role, as a member of a band, in the film Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.

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  • Luis Villegas is a Mexican American guitarist best known for his debut CD Cafe Olé 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 is known for popularizing an unusual technique of playing very fast intricate lines by using the fingernail of his right index finger in place of a guitar pick. He also had a small role, as a member of a band, in the film Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
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  • Luis Villegas is a Mexican American guitarist best known for his debut CD Cafe Olé 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 is known for popularizing an unusual technique of playing very fast intricate lines by using the fingernail of his right index finger in place of a guitar pick. He also had a small role, as a member of a band, in the film Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
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