Joe Ojeda

Jose "Joe" Ojeda is an American keyboardist and songwriter. Demonstrating a proclivity for music from an early age, Ojeda began assembling a band and eventually partnered with Pete Astudillo to form Los Bad Boyz. The duo performed locally until a Laredo-based DJ secured them a regular slot at a local nightclub. Their performances gained the favor of the club's staff and management, who recommended them as an opening act for Selena y Los Dinos. Impressed by their stage presence and musicality, the group's manager, Abraham Quintanilla, and the members of Los Dinos invited Los Bad Boyz to serve as regular openers. In December 1988, Ojeda and Astudillo integrated into Selena y Los Dinos, with Ojeda taking on the role of second keyboardist alongside Ricky Vela. Ojeda and Astudillo's influence was featured in Selena, their first studio album to feature compositional and production input. A.B. Quintanilla, the group's bassist and producer-songwriter, was particularly drawn to Ojeda and Astudillo's integration of cumbia music. He encouraged the adoption of this stylistic blend, recognizing its potential to broaden the group's appeal and infuse an "international flavor" into their sound. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ojeda) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)