A ranchera attributed to José López. Its bittersweet melody of love under the laurels was sung in Sonora/Tucson homes — the childhood soundscape Linda carried forward.
On 1987's Canciones de Mi Padre, Linda Ronstadt recut the song with Mariachi Vargas at peak production. Bel canto projection and modern studio fidelity lifted a folk ranchera into U.S. pop scale.
A borderland home ranchera is redefined by Linda’s bel canto and modern production as a hinge of Latin pop.