Multiply that penetration by hundreds of songs and it means there is practically no Mexican on the face of this earth who has not listened, drank, partied, cried and screamed - as Mexicans like to do - to Jose Alfredo’s songs.
Nothing shabby given that Pedro died in 1957 so promotion has been minimal. I counted another 70 plus renditions on Spotify of the same song by other artists over the years.Īmong those many versions is Pedro Infante’s version which besides being 2nd on his own listens on Spotify, also had a clip on YouTube with more than 27 million views. Luis Miguel, the well-known Mexican bolero singer recently released an album in 2017 - 44 years after Jose Alfredo’s death - with his song Deja que salga la luna (Let the moon come out). My all-time favourite is El Jinete, although most people would say, El Rey. In some case, some very popular songs took his lyrics and applied them to new music. Jose Alfredo has a large body of very well-known songs that have been sung by other artists across in many genres – ranchero, mariachi, bolero, ballad and even rock. Here are some interesting facts I found out. Those are the words on the wall of Jose Alfredo’s Caminos de Guanajuato - the Roads of Guanajuato - where “La Vida No Vale Nada” and its special message for a world increasingly full of protectionism and hate.įollowing this visit, I decided to learn more about Jose Alfredo, listen to a good wack of his songs on Spotify, and indulge in a couple stiff shots of Don Julio. With this in mind, a visit to Jose Alfredo’s house can almost be a religious experience. No one would deny that Mexicans have a strong sense of culture and national affinity, even when they are living outside of Mexico, and songs like those of Jose Alfredo are a universal bonding agent. Easy to see why Mexicans of all ages, and some foreigners, like his tunes. Most of his songs talk about his adventures with women and with the booze. He also drank a bit too much tequila, dying in 1973 at the ripe old age of 47 due to these excesses.
Jose Alfredo apparently loved women, many of them and sometimes at the same time. Jose Alfredo Jimenez lived in this house until he was 11 years old, which is about the same time he started composing songs, more than 1000 throughout his lifetime which is not bad for a guy that didn’t play any instrument and apparently didn’t read or write music … although he was a great whistler.
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