Chris Pérez

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Chris Pérez (born August 14, 1970 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Grammy-winning guitarist and the widower of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Later years 1.3 Recent 2 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Pérez was a guitarist for Selena y Los Dinos. He met Selena in 1988, and two years later, the Quintanilla family hired him to play in Selena's band and they quickly fell in love. At first, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., his manager and Selena's father, did not approve the relationship between them. Eventually, Abraham fired him in that band. He rejoined Selena y Los Dinos after he and Selena were married on April 2, 1992 Texas.

[edit] Later years

At the 2000 Grammy Awards his eponymously titled band, Chris Pérez Band, won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album for their album Resurrection. In this album Pérez dedicated the song, "Best I Can," to his late first wife. In 2001, Chris Pérez Band made their final album called Una Noche Más.

[edit] Recent

After the Chris Pérez Band disbanded, Pérez joined his former brother-in-law's (A. B. Quintanilla) music group called Kumbia Kings. However, Quintanilla conflicted with fellow band member, Cruz Martínez, and subsequently left the Kumbia Kings followed by Pérez. Quintanilla started a new band called, Kumbia All Starz, with Pérez as it's current guitarist.

Los Dinos performed together at the Selena ¡VIVE! tribute concert on April 7, 2005.

[edit] External links

• http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/perez_chris/artist.jhtml
• http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=15852090
• http://www.ondanet.com/latinos/Chris.Perez.Band/