Chris Pérez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Chris Pérez

Guitarist, singer-songwriter

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1969

Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, United States

Profession: writer, singer, songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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About Chris Pérez

  • Christopher Gilbert Pérez (born August 14, 1969) is an American guitarist, songwriter and author best known as lead guitarist for the Tejano band Selena y Los Dinos.
  • He married the frontwoman of the group, Selena, on April 2, 1992.
  • Pérez grew up in San Antonio, Texas as one of two children of Gilbert Pérez and Carmen Medina.
  • In 1986, he joined Shelly Lares' band.
  • By the late 1980s, Pérez was respected among Tejano musicians for his guitar skills.
  • This caught A.B.
  • Quintanilla's attention; at the time, Quintanilla was seeking another guitarist for the band he produced, Selena y Los Dinos.
  • Between one and two years after Pérez joined the band, he and Selena began a personal relationship. Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., forced them to end their relationship because he felt Pérez' image might damage Selena's career.
  • They ignored his threats to disband the group, and continued their relationship.
  • Quintanilla Jr.
  • fired Pérez from the band, forbidding Selena to go with him.
  • They later eloped, and Selena's father accepted the relationship and he grew to love and accept Chris as his son-in-law.
  • Pérez was asked to collaborate on several of Selena's songs with A.B.
  • and other members of the band, using his guitar to piece out melodies and incorporating a number of musical genres into their songs. During the early 1990s, Pérez was arrested for driving under the influence in San Antonio, but was released without charge.
  • Within months of his first arrest, Pérez was involved in a trashed-hotel-room incident; he and two members of Selena y Los Dinos were intoxicated and began wrestling in a room, breaking the door and punching holes in the walls.
  • On March 31, 1995 Selena was shot and killed by her former friend and former manager of her boutiques, Yolanda Saldívar.
  • Selena's murder greatly devastated Pérez, who began abusing drugs and alcohol.
  • Pérez has since remained in touch with the Quintanillas following Selena's death. In 1998 he met Vanessa Villanueva through his friend John Garza, and began dating her.
  • That year, Pérez formed the Chris Pérez Band and began writing songs for their debut album.
  • They signed with Hollywood Records and released their first album, Resurrection, which won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.
  • The band disbanded after their second album, Una Noche Mas (2002), was released.
  • Pérez and Villanueva had two children, Cassie and Noah, before divorcing in 2008.
  • Pérez continued in the music business and often played with his brother-in-law A.B.'s groups, the Kumbia Kings and the Kumbia All Starz.
  • He left both groups and formed another band (the Chris Pérez Project, which included Puerto Rican singer Angel Ferrer) in 2010.
  • In 2012, Pérez wrote a book about his relationship with Selena, entitled "To Selena, with Love." It received a positive reception from critics and fans.

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