Chris Pérez

For the baseball player, see Chris Perez (baseball).

Chris Pérez
Birth name	Christopher Gilbert Pérez
Born	August 14, 1969 (1969-08-14) (age 42) San Antonio, Texas
Origin	San Antonio, Texas
Genres	Heavy metal, Rock, Latin rock, Cumbia, Tejano
Occupations	Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer
Instruments	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	1988–present
Labels	EMI
Associated acts	Selena, Selena y Los Dinos, Abraham Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez, Kumbia Kings, Kumbia All Starz

Christopher Gilbert "Chris" Pérez (born August 14, 1969) is a American guitarist and the widower of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena.^[1] He is currently a guitarist for A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia All Starz since he joined in 2006. Prior to that, Pérez was the lead guitarist for his wife's band Selena y Los Dinos from 1989 to 1995 and A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings from 2003 to 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Early years

Pérez met Selena in 1988. The Quintanilla family hired him to play in Selena's band and the pair fell in love. At first, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Selena's father and manager, did not approve of their relationship. Eventually, Selena's father fired Pérez from the band. He rejoined Selena y Los Dinos after he and Selena were married on April 2, 1992 in Nueces County, Texas, when she was 20.

On March 31, 1995, Selena was shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, leaving Chris as a widower.

Later years

At the 2000 Grammy Awards his eponymously titled group, 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 wife, Selena. In 2002, Chris Pérez Band made their final album called Una Noche Más.

Recent

After the Chris Pérez Band disbanded, Pérez joined A.B. Quintanilla's music group, Los Kumbia Kings, in 2003. In 2006 however Quintanilla had conflicts with fellow band member Cruz Martínez and left the Kumbia Kings. Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas left also and Pérez soon followed. In the summer of 2006, A.B. Quintanilla started a new band called Kumbia All Starz, with Pérez as their lead guitarist. In early 2009, Chris Pérez announced he would be forming his own band along with Angel Ferrer. Their debut album titled Fenix is expected to be released sometime in 2010. Pérez no longer continues to perform with Kumbia All Starz and now has a new band project with Angel Ferrer to be debut sometime in Summer 2011 .

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

Perez remarried but in April 2008, Vanessa Villanueva filed for divorce from Chris Pérez. They have two children, Cassie and Noah.

Discography

Albums With Selena/Selena Y Los Dinos

Main article: Selena discography

• 1990: Ven Conmigo
• 1992: Entre a Mi Mundo
• 1993: Selena Live!
• 1994: Amor Prohibido
• 1995: Dreaming of You
• 2001: Live! The Last Concert

Albums With Chris Pérez Band

• 1999: Resurrection
• 2002: Una Noche Más

Albums With Kumbia Kings

• 2004: Los Remixes 2.0
• 2004: Fuego
• 2005: Duetos
• 2006: Kumbia Kings Live
• 2007: Greatest Hits

Albums With Kumbia All Starz

• 2006: Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz
• 2008: Planeta Kumbia
• 2010: La Vida De Un Genio

References

1. ^ Harris, Craig. "Biography: Chris Pérez". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kvfuxqygld0e~T1. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 

External links

• Chris Pérez Official Website
• Chris Pérez Facebook
• Chris Pérez YouTube
• Chris Pérez Twitter!
• Chris Pérez Bands Twitter
• Chris Pérez at the Internet Movie Database
• Chris Pérez at Allmusic
• Chris Pérez at VH1.com

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Name	Pérez, Chris
Alternative names	Pérez, Christopher Gilbert
Short description	Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer
Date of birth	August 14, 1969
Place of birth	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death