“Vicente Fernández is the (Frank) Sinatra of ranchera music. He’s the supreme singer; the man who does things his way.” -The Houston Chronicle 10/11/91- It was early fall 1991 when Vicente Fernández was in Houston, Texas, on another one of his U.S. tours. On the morning of Fernández's concert at the city's historic Hofheinz Pavilion, the top-of-the-page headline in the national newspaper, The… Read more in Amazon's Vicente Fernández Store
This review is from: Mi Amigo El Tordillo (Audio CD)
Vicente Fernandez must have known that he took a big risk when he recorded this album. Afterall, he had to compare his renditions of those famous ballads with the renditions of Jose Alfredo Jimenez (El Caballo Blanco), Miguel Aceves Mejia (El Potro Lobo Gateado), Gilberto Valenzuela (El Moro de Cumpas), and Antonio Aguilar (his version of virtually every song on this album). Thank God Vicente Fernandez took the risk because this album redefined and remastered those classic ballads. Vicente Fernandez's voice and the fresh orchestrations make this album a classic and one of Fernandez's finest works of art.
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