Chaquico was born and raised in Sacramento, California, and attended La Sierra High School in the suburb of Carmichael. His mother, Muriel, was a state government employee, and his father, Bill, owned an upholstery business. Both were of Portuguese descent. He had an older brother named Howard. The household was a musical one; Chaquico recalls: “My mom and dad were musicians and played around the house all the time. I thought everybody played the piano and organ like Mom and the sax and accordion like Dad together after dinner.” He began playing guitar as a young boy, when his parents bought him his first guitar at the age of ten. When Chaquico was twelve, the car he and his father were traveling in was hit head‑on by a drunk driver. Both of his arms were broken, as were his leg, ankle, foot, wrist and thumb. During physical therapy, his father told him that guitarist Les Paul had been in a car accident and had played guitar to help himself heal. His father promised to buy him a Les Paul guitar when he recovered. Although he could play only the high E string of his acoustic guitar due to his casts, he benefited from playing — and his father kept his word about the Les Paul.
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