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Chris Pérez Background information Birth name Chris Pérez Born August 14, 1969 (1969-08-14) (age 39) San Antonio, Texas Origin San Antonio, Texas Genre(s) Cumbia, Tejano Occupation(s) Guitar Instrument(s) Guitar Years active (1990-Present) Label(s) EMI Associated acts Selena, Selena y Los Dinos, Abraham Quintanilla III, For the baseball player, see Chris Perez Chris Pérez (born August 14, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Grammy-winning guitarist and the widower of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. He is the current guitarist for A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia All Starz. He also used to be in A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Later years 1.3 Recent 2 External links // Biography 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 of the relationship between them. Eventually, Abraham fired him from the band. He rejoined Selena y Los Dinos after he and Selena were married on April 2, 1992 in Texas. Later years At the Grammy Awards of 2000|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, Selena. In 2001, Chris Pérez Band Recent After the Chris Pérez Band disbanded, Pérez joined his brother-in-law's (A. B. Quintanilla) music group called Kumbia Kings. However, Quintanilla had conflicts with fellow band members, Cruz Martínez and Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas, and left the Kumbia Kings followed by Pérez. Quintanilla started a new band called Kumbia All Starz, with Pérez as its current guitarist. Los Dinos performed together at the Selena ˇVIVE! tribute concert on April 7, 2005. 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/ This article on a U.S. guitarist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_P%C3%A9rez" Categories: 1970 births | Living people | Selena | Texas musicians | American guitarists | Grammy Award winners | Mexican Americans | Mexican American musicians | People from San Antonio, Texas | United States guitarist stubs | ||||
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