Behind the scenes with AB Quintanilla From: La Prensa de San Antonio | Date: February 18, 1994| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Chito de la Torre
La Prensa de San Antonio
02-18-1994
Behind the scenes with AB Quintanilla.

Standing behind baby sister Selena, strumming on his bass guitar, AB Quintanilla is content with keeping the beat and interjecting a few comments while on stage. But behind the scenes, it's a different story.

Thirty-year-old AB Quintanilla is the driving force behind all of Selena's productions including the English album she's recording for SBK Records. It is the songs he writes, like "Como La Flor," (which won a "Lo Nuestro" award in Miami last year) that we hum to while whizzing on our way to work ...

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