José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera Sierra (born 8 December 1959) is a Mexican musician and songwriter who is the secondary guitarist, composer and lead singer of the rock band

Maná Maná () is a Mexican pop rock band formed in 1981. Originally called Sombrero Verde, the current lineup of members is vocalist-guitarist Fher Olvera, drummer Alex González (musician), Alex González, guitarist Sergio Vallín and bassist Juan ...

Biography

Early career

Born as José Fernando Emilio Olvera, he started his musical career as a teenager playing with Gustavo Orozco and the brothers Ulises, Juan Diego and Abraham Calleros in

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

; forming a band called Sombrero Verde in the 80s.

Maná

With Abraham Calleros and Gustavo Orozco switching interests, Olvera continued his musical trajectory with the Calleros, Juan Diego (bass), Ulises (lead guitar) and himself (vocals and backup guitar), and a new member: Alejandro González (drums). The band recreated itself with a new name in 1987:

. The current members are: *Fher Olvera — lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

. * Alex González — drums, backup vocals. *

Juan Calleros Juan Diego Calleros Ramos (born 19 April 1962) is a Mexican musician. Calleros was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He began playing in a group at age 13. Along with Fher Olvera and his brothers Ulises and Abraham, Juan was part of Sombrero Verd ...

— bass,

acoustic bass guitar The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than, a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar ...

. *

Sergio Vallín Sergio Vallín Loera (born May 26, 1972) is a Mexican guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state ...

— electric guitar, acoustic guitar.

Personal life

Olvera's father died when he was 7 years old. His mother died when he was making the album ''Drama y Luz''. Olvera has a child, Dalí, with his ex-girlfriend Ana Ivette Verduzco. He later had a 4-year relationship with TV host Monica Noguera. He keeps a close relationship with fellow band members, especially with Ulises Calleros and Alex González. He made an appearance in Coldplay's 2022 Tour Music of the spheres singing "Rayando el Sol" along with the Coldplay members in the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 29 March 2022.

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External links

* http://www.mana.com.mx/ 1959 births Mexican rock guitarists Mexican male guitarists Mexican male singer-songwriters Mexican singer-songwriters Latin Grammy Award winners Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year honorees People from Puebla (city) Living people Mexican activists Maná members Grammy Award winners Latin music songwriters Latin music record producers {{Mexico-musician-stub