Canciones de Mi Padre

Performer: Linda Ronstadt
Producer: Peter Asher; Ruben Fuentes
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Danny Valdez (vocals, guitar); Gilberto Puente, Samuel Gutierrez, Humberto Hernandez (guitar); Felipe Perez, Antonio Ramos, Salvador Torres (violin); Steve Fowler (flute); Ron Kalina (harmonica); Juan Gudiono, Luis Salinas (trumpet); Jim Self (tuba); Larry Bunker (percussion). Recorded between July 20 & September 21, 1987. Following her commercially successful trilogy with Nelson Riddle, Linda Ronstadt once more lighted upon untested ground by recording this set of popular Mexican ballads and mariachis all dedicated to her dad. Fluent in Spanish, Ronstadt undeniably has the credentials and chops to tackle a project of this nature. And what a project it is, with full guitar-and-violin-laden orchestra on hand to accompany the singer. Singing in Spanish lends an unfamiliar, grainy timbre to Rondstadt's always powerful voice, allowing this archetypal baby boomer to sound like a grown-up at last, a quality which perhaps eluded her on the Riddle sessions which had their unmistakable air of dress-up, no matter how well executed.

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she showed her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country

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