Chris Pérez

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

[edit] Personal Life

In 1988, Pérez met Grammy-winning Mexican-American singer Selena. Two years later, Selena's family hired him to play in her band and they quickly fell in love. At first her father didn't approve of the relationship and went as far as firing Pérez from the band. However, he eventually came to accept the relationship. On April 2, 1992, Selena and Pérez married in Nueces County, Texas and Selena legally added Pérez's surname to her own.

After Selena was murdered in 1995, Pérez remarried and had two children with his second wife, Vanessa.

[edit] Career

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, The Chris Pérez Band made their final album called "Una Noche Más."

After the Chris Pérez Band disbanded, Pérez joined his former brother-in-law's (A.B. Quintanilla III) 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 its current guitarist.