Edward Anthony Perez (born June 26, 1968, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist and singer.
[1] He has also played with other notable artists such as James Intveld, Connie Smith, Jim Lauderdale, Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan and Kim Richey.
I was never the same after that.”[2] Perez began playing in bands at the age of 13 and discovered honky tonk music when he first heard "Guitars and Cadillacs" by Dwight Yoakam, with whom he would later perform.
But then I also had that rock ’n’ roll background, too.” In 2003, Perez replaced Nick Kane in the Mavericks, just a short time before the band broke up.
"You wouldn’t think that an influence of Jimmy Page or Angus Young of AC/DC would fit into the Mavericks, but somehow it does,” Perez says of his stage presence.