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NORTH TEXAS TEJANO
LIVING LEGEND
Crazy Chuy
Hernandez,
inducted into the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame
in August of 2003 and the recipient of the
"Living Legend Award" at the 3rd Annual Tejano
Connection's Music Awards in May of 1998, began
his professional musical career in
1963 at
the age of 12 as a drummer with his brother
Refugio in a Rock & Roll band. In
1966,
influenced by the Tex-Mex sounds of the Legends,
Little Joe and Sunny Ozuna,
Chuy joined
The Sun-Lites (Tex-Mex
Orquestra) and has never looked
back.
His career spans more
than 45 years as a musician with Los
Latinos,Chayo Luna y Sus Tres Reales, The
Organization Band, The Laymen Gospel Quartet and
many more. He has, on numerous occasions,
performed as special guest drummer with grupos
such as Fandango U.S.A, Texas Latino, Johnny
Bustamante & L.A. Band, Conjunto Villarreal,
plus many more.
In 1977, Crazy Chuy still very active
as a musician, also became a radio broadcaster
beginning his radio career at KXCL 108.5FM with
his Chicano Express Show where he played Chicano
and Tejano music til 1979 and then again in 1982
thru 1984.
In the
1980's, due to
legal blindness,
Chuy left performing with bands
and became a radio announcer with KUQQ 1540 AM
in Ft. Worth, Texas where he earned his
radio name of Crazy
Chuy for his humor and wild
antics on the airwaves. In
1983-84, he
produced and hosted The Chicano Express on cable
television in Dallas. In
1985 he came
to KBEC 1390 AM, and produced a Tejano show
called Chicano Express, where he promoted Tejano
music of the present and Chicano classics of the
past until 1996.
In 1988, Crazy
Chuy presented Selena her first
Female Entertainer of the Year Award at the 8th
Annual Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio,
Texas. In
1994-1996, he,
with Joe Herrera, co-produced and hosted
Tejano Music Videos in the D/FW metroplex.
Later he, with another living legend, Super Loop
Figueroa, worked together at KNON 89.3 FM in
Dallas.
Numerous awards adorn
his office wall such as the Tejano Connection's
Living Legend Award, 1998, Hispanic
Broadcaster's Association Most Promising Deejay,
1992, and most recently he was inducted into the
prestigious Tejano R.O.O.T.S Hall of Fame, 2003.
There are also many awards from
civic organizations, bands, and car clubs for
his contributions on working to raise funds for
scholarships, and youth gang
preventions.
In November of 2007,
Crazy Chuy was presented with a Proclamation
from the State of Texas Senate for his
longevity, love, and devotion to Tejano Music.
Presently, Crazy Chuy is
still very involved in the music world with his
new Chicano Express Radio Show the First Tejano
Music Radio Formatted Program on the internet,
coming online in 1999, and still broadcasting
great Tejano and Chicano Music
at:
www.ChicanoExpress.com.
Check it out, you'll be glad you
did.
CRAZY CHUY, STILL
CRAZY ABOUT TEJANO
MUSIC
AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS
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