Miguel Vilanova He started at the age of 17 with Pappo's Blues.
Both with Pappo, with Durazno de Gala, or Botafogo soloist, he performed as support for BB King (in his presentations in Argentina 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995), James Cotton (1993), Guns N' Roses ( 1993), Carlos Santana (1993), Buddy Guy (1995), Scott Henderson (1998) and Jeff Beck (1998). He recorded together with Taj Mahal (1994). He acted as a musician for Deacon Jones and Johnny Rivers (on channel 13 for Badía y Compañía), Hubert Sumlin and Larry Mc Cray.
Botafogo travels to the United States, invited by harmonica player Bruce Ewan
sharing the stage with the Carey Bell Chicago Blues Band.
He ended his stay in a mythical place of Blues: Chicago where Buddy Guy's Blues club performed at Legends, in 2000 he returned to the East to face a second tour of Japan
In that same year, he released the album "Goodbye Botafogo, welcome Don Vilanova".