Burning Desires

About the Artist
Frank Corrales has won a national reputation for his instrumental guitar work featuring the classic songs of Mexico. In addition to his solo CDs, Corrales has played with Tex-Mex legends like Santiago and Flaco Jimenez.

Product Description
"Burning Desires" is a unique CD that presents the legendary guitar playing of Frank Corrales with actual recipes for a full-course Mexican dinner by PBS chef Melissa Guerra. The various songs in the upbeat CD are linked to recipes for a variety of dishes including enchiladas, tortillas, quesadillas and chili con carne. Several songs even used the sound of hands patting tortillas as a rhythm instrument.

Tracks:

Aquellos Ojos Verdes
Jesusita en Chihuahua
Enchiladas Rojas
Adios Marquita Linda
Mira Luisa
La Bamba
Mi Rosal
Quiereme Jesusita
Rosita Alvires
El Porro de Jaime {Theme from "The Texas Provincial Kitchen"}
Atotonilco
Cuatro Milpas
Las Nubes
Pararillo Barranque
Gabino Barrera

Album Description

"Burning Desires" is a unique CD that presents the legendary guitar playing of Frank Corrales with actual recipes for a full-course Mexican dinner by PBS chef Melissa Guerra. The various songs in the upbeat CD are linked to recipes for a variety of dishes including enchiladas, tortillas, quesadillas and chili con carne. Several songs even used the sound of hands patting tortillas as a rhythm instrument.

Customer Reviews:

Frank and Ben Cook up another spicy Tex-Mex listening treat!.......2000-05-22

Frank, with the help of Ben Tavera King has done it again, this time instead of movies and cantinas, the influence is on cooking and yummy Tex-Mex treats. Frank is accompanied on this album by Los Tortilleros (the tortilla makers) who consist of: Ben Tavera King who plays rhythm guitar, lead guitar on the cut "Enchiladas Rojas", harpa Mexicana and my favorite the corn tortillas, (which don't last long in my possession to use as an instrument); Jose Alfredo Trevino who provides the "gritos" in just the right places in the musical dishes. There is a double delight to this album, which is a collection of six traditional Tex-Mex recepies from the pen of Melissa Guerra, the celebrated PBS-TV chef. Track number 10, El Porro de Jaime, an adopted traditional Colombian folk tune is the intro music to Melissa's TV program, "The Texas Provincial Kitchen" Included in this platter is "un poco the todo" (a litte of everything) musical to cook and savor by. Track # 2 "Jesusita En Chihuahua" is a yummy spicy polka number used in the move "Like Water For Chocolate". Each track has it's own flavor which like "Mira Luisa" and "La Bamba" adds a bit of spark to "comiendo o cocinando" (eating or cooking). My sombrero is off to chef Frank and his most able assistants Ben and Melissa in assembling a treat for both ear and palate. What a great idea!