Alejandro Fernandez
De Rey a Rey - Homenaje a Vicente Fernandez
Toyota Center
May 30, 2025
In the late 1990s, right around the time The Summit was being renamed as Compaq Center, my high school sweetheart purchased concert tickets for us to attend a concert there by Alejandro Fernandez. We loved his voice and music, both the Ranchera songs as well as his pop ballads. I was particularly intrigued by his voice, a distinguished baritone with deep emotion and almost operatic virtue.
He certainly had big shoes, or boots, to fill. His father was the one and only Vicente Fernandez, the undisputed King of Mariachi. I was also lucky enough to catch his father's concerts here in Houston, his voice resonating vigorously every time, very natural and raw and loud. Alejandro's voice is more refin