A longtime veteran of the Nashville music scene, CCM singer/songwriter Chris Rodriguez was born in the Bronx, NY; arriving in Music City during the mid-Eighties, he immediately emerged as a sought-after session player and composer, in the years to follow collaborating with everyone from Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith to Wynonna Judd and Shania Twain. Rodriguez made his long-awaited solo debut in 1999 with Beggar's Paradise. ~ Jason Ankeny