Maria Elena - written by Lorenzo Barcelata. Los Indios Tabajaras Cover by Rob Bourassa 

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

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!

ONLY 3 TIMES DIXIE....ha ha stay well

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😅❤

I know what you mean. We listened to this album all the time in my house.

Thank you Morning Dove.

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

The simple truth -- so concisely expressed. Thank you General.

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.

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."

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 !

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Thank you for your kind words, Thelma. God Bless.

Que bonito lo que haces amiga .recordar a tu padre con buena musica.saludos desde chile

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.

Thanks so much, Sandra.

Moje najpiękniejsze wspomnienia moja wielka milosc

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

@le petite montanaro

What a beautiful memory.

LUCIA BENIAMINI

Wonderful memories.

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

Wonderful. Thank you so much. He was truly great and left this world too soon. Vaya con Dios.

I personally think it's one of the most beautiful names I have ever heard. Now I wish I had named one of my daughters Maria Elena.

Yes I like this song Maria Elena . I always listen to my phone . Thank you very much.

It's hard to believe how much things have changed in the last four months.

You play it so beautiful. It just touches my very soul.

@@marykuga4589 Thanks so much, Mary. It has always been one of my favorites.

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 !!

Memories, one sadness we like to feel over and over again. Just heard this piece again a few days after over 30 years of not hearing it and it took me back to those days...

Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it.

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.

Thank you, and Gwendoline has always been one of my favorite names, BTW.

Thank you, David, for the kind words.

Bluflim

+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.

Bästa tänksbara, kickan erkers

Brilliant!!

It's a beautiful thing to have a memory like that. As we get older, they somehow get stronger.

Thanks for the kind words, William. I appreciate it.

Thanks so much, Tim. I had the pleasure of knowing Nato and was the dinner guest of he and his wife. They were beautiful people with quite a lot of passion for music. Nato was a brilliant guitarist, but the true artistry came in his expression of technique. All those who appreciate this have the same artistry, even if they don't play themselves. The artistry is in the appreciation and this is a common bond to all who understand what Nato did.

There is a great difference between playing music (no matter how well) and feeling the music and projecting that feeling to others. Thank you for the pleasure of your expression which is so similar to the passion that Nato and his brother put into their music. Thanks *****

Maria Elena The song could bring peace to the world