Maria Elena - written by Lorenzo Barcelata. Los Indios Tabajaras Cover by Rob Bourassa
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2008
- This is one of my favorites. Nato Lima is one of the best guitarists ever, and this is my rendition of his. The song was written by Lorenzo Barcelata. The guitar is my old favorite, an 18" Zimnicki Archtop. Magic tone and playability. zimnicki.com
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Hands up if you came from TXT new teaser on their new song😆✋
I just saw it. Thanks for the heads up. My three daughters love K-Pop. That is a great recording of that song too.
@@robbourassaguitarist I'm glad they choose this song in the trailer too!! Great song tho Love it😆💜
Ahhh finally i found this song 😭. The melody so beautiful
Most definitely one of the most beautiful songs.🤗🥰
@@AsWeSpeak154 never stop hearing
To my ear, one of the most beautiful songs ever written - played masterfully.
Thanks so much, Clark. It is one of the most beautiful for sure. I just try to copy Los Indios Tabajaras as well as I can. I still can't get over how beautiful that album with this one on it was. Magic.
@@robbourassaguitarist
THAT WAS MY MOMS NAME.
She was from MATAMOROS, MEXICO 🇲🇽
She passed away 3 years ago and she missed her 90 birthday by 2 weeks
As a Musician myself and LATIN, may I say that YOU have Mastered that Beautiful SONG by
FAR THE BEST.
When I was 16 I bought my first Guitar like yours but it was Acoustic for
$20.00 in today’s Price it would be $165.00
AGAIN THANKS
FOR YOUR WONDERFUL
RENDITION OF
MARIA ELENA
@@gilbertosuna3261 Wonderful. God Bless your memory Gilbert and thanks so much for the kind words. It is a testament to your mother and your love for her.
@@gilbertosuna3261 a pollo
To my ear too!
So beautiful...
It brings me back to 60s,
thanks Rob
I know what you mean. We listened to this album all the time in my house.
My grandmother loves this song because it reminds her of my grandfather who died, we always listen to it together, thank you very much
So beautiful. I listened to it three times in a row. We need more of this kind of music. FANTASTIC !
ONLY 3 TIMES DIXIE....ha ha stay well
Dear Rob, I never tire of hearing you play Maria Elena. It is the best performance of this song. Congratulations.
The Indios Tabajaras from Brazil did better. This performer just copied from them.
@@wilfredodelacruz9037very true
Tabajaras Style, friend,
Me, too, and it’s 2023
I love it 😻
😂un ricordo della mia lontana gioventù😅❤
None of us will ever live long enough to hear all the good music, drink the good wines and love for as long as we want……..
Wonderful, has to be the best laid back version of this beautiful melody, never tire of listening to this.
Your sweet music starts in your heart and moves its way to your fingertips ~ Beautiful 💙
Thank you Morning Dove.
Love the sound of this guitar and his phrasing is immaculate. In my opinion, one of the best, if not the best version here on You Tube so far!
PLAYED PERFECTLY !!!
Absolutely No errors! Perfect timing! All the notes played, right when they SHOULD be played! All the vibrato just right. All the runs just right! That piece would WOW you! THANK YOU FOR IT !!!
The simple truth -- so concisely expressed. Thank you General.
I love this song in my mind it is one of the most beautiful melodies every composed I am from NZ
Merry Christmas, from Wyandotte, Michigan, USA. My family has always wanted to visit your beautiful country.
@@robbourassaguitarist Please do , It is as we call it "Godzown" life here is normal and as we cannot travel overseas we are enjoying seeing our own country and it is so beautiful .Please continue to give joy to all that listen to your excelent musical talent. God Bless
@@robbourassaguitarist beautiful. Well done. Love it from new zealand
I could hear this piece 100 times a day and never tire of it. I love you tone Rob BRAVO!
Gave me goose bumps. Amazing how sound can enter the ear and affect the skin - and the heart.
It's one of those songs. I felt the same way when I listened to Nato Lima play it. It never gets old.
@@robbourassaguitarist You are absolutely right, sir! I have been listening to THIS song for 60 years, I NEVER get tired of hearing this timeless song. Thank you for your great rendering of this song!
You are soooo right !
This sound is only for romantic people !
🤗❤
I come back to this often. Reminds me of my childhood and the radio. I love this tune and you play it perfectly. Even the tone is like the original. Fantastic job.
Thanks so much, Larry. That means a lot to me.
ROB LOVELY YOUR VERSION OF THIS 150 YEARS OLD ROMANTIC SONG. I ADMIRE YOU FOR YOUR 'SKILLFULLY' PERFORMANCE OF MARIA ELENA. ELEGANCE N IMPECCABLE SHOW.😅
@@waynechan2804 Thanks so much, Wayne.
Such beautiful and breathe taking music. I can hear this all day long. Bravo!
Maria Elena is one of the most beautiful songs on the guitar ever. Mr Bourassa would make Los Indios Taba Lahara so proud today. Maria Elena must have been so enchantingly beautiful. She touched someone’s heart a longtime ago to deserve this wonderful song.
I never thought of it until you said it (so very well). That the original "Maria Elena must have been so enchantingly beautiful [that] she touched someone's heart ... to deserve this wonderful song."
I just do not understand why some people just listened to music to place negative comments about other talent musicians like this gentlemen playing this well known song. Instead people should encourage this sacrificed musicians to continue blessing us with their positive songs. I have listened to many versions of this song and most of them are really well played and with a lot of feelings. Sir, I can see that you feel every note you play of this beautiful song. Thanks for sharing your talent with YOU TUBE viewers like me.
Juan
Maryland, USA
Juan Antonio Gomez Gracias Juan. I do love the tune and I have always loved Nato's rendition. I pretend I am him when I play it. His recording are among my favorite in the world.
Henri Eche g
Ain't it so! Neither can I...people are so hyper-critical and judgmental it just makes me puke. I guess we just have to ignore the meanness and pettiness we encounter...nothing else to do.
Lovely. Really enjoyed listening. Great talent.
They think its a volume button, or simply morons.
É impressionante a interação do mestre em tocar com o seu instrumento. É divino.Parabéns meu caro.
No matter how many times I listen to this, I'm just amazed at how the relaxingly the soft mellow sounds puts me in a calming and grateful frame of mind!! Thanks Rob!
Heavenly music, superb rendition of this beautiful song which touches the heartstrings. Thank you ever so much Rob Bourassa!
Thank you for your kind words, Thelma. God Bless.
I could hear this version million times, without getting tired. Splendid.
Me recuerdo de mi papá con Los Indios Tabajaras
Siempre los escuchaba.
Nostalgia ya que mi papá no está. A él le debo el escuchar música que te eleva. Gracias papá. 🤗
Que bonito lo que haces amiga .recordar a tu padre con buena musica.saludos desde chile
A gifted guitarist who plays well. My late mother loved this piece, and would sing to it. Each time I hear it, it bring back loving memories .
How wonderful to hear REAL music...Beautiful...Thank you for brightening my day!
This is absolutely beautiful. I could listen for hours.......Hmmmmmmmmmm!
Thanks so much, Sandra.
Moje najpiękniejsze wspomnienia moja wielka milosc
Bravo !-----This is the most beautiful rendition of Maria ElenaI have ever heard
I also shared with my husband family in Wisconsin and they all love your music you make us forget for few moments the problems we are having with this virus. We just 💕💕💕💕😊😊😊
It's hard to believe how much things have changed in the last four months.
I remember my mother with this music, she always waited for it played over the radio ..such a soothing music...
@le petite montanaro
What a beautiful memory.
LUCIA
BENIAMINI
An absolutely great rendition of this most beautiful song and performed by a master on the guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bästa tänksbara, kickan erkers
Brilliant!!
a very lovely tune well played and worth listening to over and over again, the man is very talented and i wish him luck
Just simply amazing! Absolutely beautiful ❤️. Thank you so much for playing this for all of us.
Such a beautiful instrumental done to perfection. Thank you Mr. Bourassa for sharing it with the world.
¡Oh que hermosa melodía que me trae recuerdos de mi niñez y yo escuchaba a mi padre que también tocaba guitarra! Felicitaciones Rob Bourassa que acompaña bien en primera ! Gracias y saludos desde Perú.
No me canso de ver y escuchar, para mi el mejor cover de los Indios Tabajaras, fantástico!!
Simplemente maravilloso!!! Está melodía interpretada en guitarra es
excelente, destacándose mucho más acordes y sonidos. Viajé a mi pasado, momentos hermosos. Gracias
Índios Tabajaras, grandes músicos, compositores e uma história que daria um lindo filme. E essa interpretação ficou incrível.
I've always liked this tune. Thanks, Rob. You did an FINE job on it. Proud to listen 2 U!
Bluflim
Cuando una guitarra le habla al corazón, brota en el espíritu lo más apreciable de este mundo, la belleza poética hecha melodía. Sencillamente preciosa y brillantemente ejecutada. ¡Gracias mil! Caracas- Venezuela
Played this song with my Dad 40 years ago,great times,thanks Pop
Wonderful memories.
I SO appreciate your facial response to this piece. I believe your "feeling" the music so deeply translates to your performance. Thank you SO MUCH for being so open AND talented!!
What beautifully plaid ! You bring me up in the sky . 😍😍
Great playing very tasty to our ears. Technic, knowledge and feeling. Congratulations!!!!!
This is one of my all time favourite songs, love it played by guitar.
I listen to this over and over and over again. I love it so much. Thank you.
Gonna finally learn this song today. Awesome work sir. You're awesome!!!
SEI UN MITO !!!!!! OGNI VOLTA CHE ASCOLTO QUESTO BRANO .......MI COMMUOVO....SEI DI UNA BRAVURA..INDESCRIVIBILEEEE!!!!!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!!
This is the best version of this beautiful instrumental I have ever heard. Awesomely played! Greetings from Munich/Germany
Meravigliosa melodia...esecuzione stratosferica...bravissimo...
Emocionante! Maria Helena é um clássico musical e sua interpretação está impecável!!!💞💞💞
I have not had the pleasure of listening to this lovely music in decades! Although several years have passed, thank you for this posting. Beautiful rendition.
+CrampedGrampy Thanks, Grampy. I have always loved this one too.
CrampedGrampy play Maria Elena
Gee, 5 years later and I am yet enjoying this music by Rob just as much or more. Classics such as this never fall out of favor.
Absolutely great how beautiful you play this Melody. I hear it now for the hundrest times. Thank you.
I love this music! So soul-searching and reflective!
I remember hearing this on the radio when I was a child, and I've never forgotten it. Watching my parents dancing in the kitchen or living room. Beautiful song.
That is also one of my favorite memories. We'd pull the furniture back and my mom and dad would dance in our living room too. They met as dance instructors at Arthur Murray School of Dance. I don't think many folks know how to dance well anymore.
@Rob Bourassa Ah, man !! Today's young'uns would NEVER know the meaning of a slow, romantic dance, with candle lights, or watching your parents dancing, or "dipping" one another, romantically. Yep, my friend, sadly, except in our memories, those days are gone. "Arthur Murray", huh? The one thing that tells me, is, your parents must have been terrific dancers. I used to beg my brothers to take me, but they would yell & say "Heck NO, You're our sister, NO WAY, the girls that go there & work there are KNOCK-OUTS & you're just our sister". So, I never got to go, but I ALWAYS wondered what it was like or what it looked like. Would you mind telling me what it was like for them to work there? If if you don't mind, please?
They always talked fondly of it. My dad did it part time while he was in the Air Force in Texas. They were both excellent dancers in many styles. When they got married and moved back to Michigan, they quit teaching dance but still lit up the floor wherever they went. I remember having a very good high school stage band that did standards from the 40s and during our concerts, our director invited the parents to dance. It only took a few seconds for the floor to clear and everyone around them stood in awe. They were really something. They always stayed in shape and my mom was always a pretty slender girl, so they made a very striking couple. It was always a big part of their lives.
Rob, don't tell me your dad was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base (LAFB) in San Antonio, Texas. That's where I live. Man, I bet they were some REAL "floor sweepers", an old Texas term describing people that dance & they're SO good, they sweep EVERYONE else off the dance floor. But how wonderful for y'all !! If I remember correctly, the Arthur Murray dance studio was downtown on St. Mary's Street or on Broadway. Obviously, my brothers never took me, but sometimes the T.V. stations, (we had three, don't laugh) would pick some of the dance instructors & do a piece on them. Say, I wonder if your parents may have been any of the instructors a story was done on? This is REALLY some great memories you shared with us. Really wonderful to read & imagine them dancing, teaching some oaf & NOT getting your mom's feet crushed. Many Thanks !!
Excellent and outstanding performance. I'll hear your music again and again. From a rating of 1 to 10, your rating is 101. You exceeded the rating scale. You are a guitar virtuoso!!!
One of the most gorgeous songs ever written, and this gentleman does Los Indios proud ...
Thinking of my dearly departed grandmother again, and always come here to hear her favorite music. Thank you Rob.
It's a beautiful thing to have a memory like that. As we get older, they somehow get stronger.
I came back to listen to this wonderful and very tasty sound very well played by this great artist.
From BraSil,
minhas sinceras congratulações.
Beautiful !!
E' una di quelle canzoni che non passano mai, che ti procurano sempre i brividi....
One of my all-time favorites Maria Elena
Magically done by the best. Awakens me to be reminded of wonderful memories of long ago!
Love it since i was very young
Don Draper and Peggy brainstorming on this song, what an iconic moment in the show! and yes, Mad Men brought me here. Such a Classic.
Thank you,Rob, this is an excelent version of this “Maria Elena”. Lorenzo Barcelata,the composer, was a member of the Trio Los Calaveras, in the 1930,s, that appeared in films with the great Jorge Negrete.
Красивая мелодия, хорошее исполнение! Душу ласкает. Спасибо!👌🌹🌹🌹
Belíssima interpretação Rob Bourassa! Os "Los Índios Tabajaras" encantaram o mundo com suas magistrais performances! Desde Brasil 🇧🇷, um abraço.
This is the best cover ever done on this song. 👏 Made me teary eyed after repeatedly listening to it for an hour, taking only one bathroom break.
Bravo.. de por si la pieza es hermosa y tocada tan magistralmente.. lloré de emoción.. bendiciones
Great play...flowing leisurely like a lazy river....two thumbs up!
Thank you, Michael.
The very best guitar cover version of one of the most beautiful songs ever written!!!
Thank you for such kind words. I appreciate your kindness.
Vraiment très belle interprétation en plus mon prénom, merci
Rob Bourassa .
Mexican song, Lorenzo Barcelata
Best version ever heard ....love it ...so soothing for the soul
My favorite instrumental and song……. Will always enjoy playing the cd!!! Thank you for writing this beautiful melody!!!☺️👏🏼👏🏼❤️❣️💕♥️
Rob.. At 82 I still love this piece more so your rendition.. Love it immensely. Just learning to play the ukulele..
That's great, Michael.. I have some free ukulele lessons on my channel. Search for Uke With Rob.
l love that kind of music ! very nice
I can’t see anything wrong with listening to this on replay for the rest of my day.
Absolutely brilliant and brings back so many memories .Thanks for posting
One of my favor songs played by guitar. I love :Los Indios Tabajaras playing the same song, you however add your own melodic touches making it wonderful. Thank you
My dad was a guitarist. He showed me your video before he passed. I watch this video and think of my pops. Thanks
My sincere condolences, Jessica. I have a daughter named Jessica as well, and know it must be hard to be separated. We will meet with your father someday in heaven and God will comfort us all with His music. Till then, it comes through imperfect hands. God Bless.
Rob Bourassa Great arrangement and playing. Any chance of finding the music/tab for it? Thanks, Wes
Thank you Rob,love this song and the way you play it!I despair to play like this!
Jessica Orosco 😄
A large family here. God Bless.
EXCELLENT AND BEAUTIFUL!!! Grande Nato Lima and your rendition ROB is just amazing...
Lorenzo Barcelata was my great uncle, and I feel a great sense of pride to be connected to such beautiful music. I'm currently writing about his life, and his music is so vivid I could write a million words. Truly amazing cover, thank you for the sound!
Wonderful. Thank you so much. He was truly great and left this world too soon. Vaya con Dios.
Absolutely stunning for all of the right reasons.!! Beautifully presented too. Thank you.
Thank you, David, for the kind words.
hola buenas noches. Que bella interpretación maestro Rob Bourassa, me encantó su ejecución de Maria Elena. Muchas gracias.
I listened to Rob's cover of this music many many times, and to me this is most relaxing and smoothest. I will listen again and again. This really is music to my ears
L
Still listening in 2023.
One of the most beautiful songs and compositions!
There is no song I can think of more captivating than Maria Elena, and I come back to listen to this piece, again and again. So, over the years I appreciated this piece so much, it sometimes evokes so much passion, emotion and tears. My father and I loved this lovely instrumental many years ago, and it rekindles fond memories of a simpler time. Thank You so much. I hope to listen to you more often.
Linda música! Sempre amei essa música, mas nessa guitarra ela ficou maravilhosa!
Es un regalo de Dios
@@victorjulioguzmanarias2457 ❤
And you play a great Guitar,love the sound, and love the way you play .
Your MUSIC brings peace to my soul. I never get tire of listening you play. Thank you Yolanda from CA
This kind of music never faded away just go on forever in your heart 👍👏👌🥰👏👏👏
¡ Oh ! Marìa Elena, por siempre tuyo es mi corazòn. ¡Bravo! Maestro Rob.
Magnífica a melodia e ultra sensível o músico. Como não apreciar? Parabéns pela escolha.
Thanks Mr. Bourassa and to the advances in technology that I can listen to this song over and over to relax me.
Absolutely beautiful,your mastery of the guitar is fantastic,what a sweetness, thank you.
Encore un très bon musicien qui fait chanter sa guitare, c'est un vrai plaisir pour les tympans, merci pour le partage
Le imprime un hermoso “relieve” a la melodía. Enhorabuena.
Simply the best. I keep coming back to hear you play this❤️
przepiękne wykonanie tego utworu, najlepsze jakiego słuchałam. Pozdrowienia i wszystkiego dobrego.
Thanks again Mr. Bourassa for this nice interpretation of this song. It relaxes me by listening and observing the feeling you show interpreting it.
Juan
Maryland, USA
Thank you, Juan. It's one of my favorite tunes.
I have always thought that this is one of the best songs. I had a friend who played it in a slower tempo on a mandolin. Really beautiful both ways
Mis respetos para este bella canción. Mil gracias por compartir!!
I watch this all the time it's still beautiful every time thank you for sharing
Magnificent , can listen to this all night ...what a fantastic performance
Thank you, and Gwendoline has always been one of my favorite names, BTW.
Irmãos Tabajara que descansem em paz.... belo legado único. 🇧🇷
Very beautiful, ever green, and so nostalgic! 💞