Care free Luis Banuelos jumped into a dumpster in Southern California 25 years ago set him on a musical path to Austin Texas. He saw only broken furniture in the junk heap to hide from his brothers while playing hide and seek. Punggg!! Luis dug into the castoffs to find the source of the mystery sound a battered guitar. Who would’ve known that the guitar happened to be a Martin that would eventually have led Banuelos on a years long hard luck journey to Austin. Luis moved to Austin sight unseen, another music junkie drawn to the city culture of embracing self starting artists. Some build a loyal following, some need a day job and some, like Banuelos, end up making a musical living. Banuelos is a self-taught Spanish style guitarist who’s music is influenced by Latin-jazz, Hip-Hop, Motown, R&B, He calls it Flamenco Fusion. On January 11th 2009 he arrived in Austin to pursue his dream of performing live and being a part of the Austin music scene. 12 years later as of July of 2021 Banuelos starts his new journey Composing his Style of Guitar work for a Broadway Project in NYC called "Picasso in Paris". November of 2021 he will be releasing his new revised album called Playing a Cloud. "I had nothing." said Banuelos, "I want to start my life all over out here in Austin, because this is my dream and I need to do something with my gift. There is a fire in me to do this, a passion I didn’t put inside of me, I was born with it and I can’t ignore or deny it."
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Luis Banuelos plays a distinctive style of Spanish guitar and Flamenco Fusion that blends Latin-jazz, R&B, and acoustic textures.
Luis Banuelos is based in Austin, Texas, where he is an active part of the regional music community.
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