Pepe Guizar

In regional Mexican music, Pepe Guízar has often been fondly referred to as El Pintor Musical de México -- the Musical Painter of Mexico -- and that is an appropriate name for the late composer because many of his songs vividly paint musical pictures of his country. Guízar (who was also an actor, singer, and pianist but was a songwriter above all else) is best remembered for "Guadalajara," a Mexican standard that paid tribute to his home town of Guadalajara, Jalisco. But Guízar not only wrote about the Mexican state of Jalisco -- he wrote about Mexico in general, and his songs...