Julio Fernández (musician)

Fernández was born in Havana, Cuba, but grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he started playing guitar at the age of nine.

The first band he played for outside of school was The Meteors, a group composed of some neighborhood kids Fernández grew up with in Hoboken.

Except for a two-year hiatus at the end of that decade, Fernandez has continued in that position, contributing on 24 of the band's 31 albums.

[5] Fernández has also worked for a variety of other musicians, including Bernie Williams, Chuck Loeb, Dave Samuels, Phoebe Snow, Richie Cannata, David Broza, Eric Marienthal, B.B.

Since 2012, Fernández has been involved with Voices Of Valor, an organization that provides therapeutic songwriting programs for veterans.