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Los Lonely Boys
Origin	San Angelo, Texas, USA
Genres	Latin rock Tex-Mex
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Playing In Traffic Records
Associated acts	Willie Nelson John Porter Carlos Santana
Website	http://www.loslonelyboys.com/
Members
Henry Garza Jojo Garza Ringo Garza

Los Lonely Boys is a Grammy Award-winning rock band from San Angelo, Texas. They play a style of music which they dub as Texican Rock n' Roll, combining elements of rock and roll, blues, soul, country, and Tejano.

The band consists of three brothers, Henry (guitar, vocals), Jojo (bass guitar, vocals), and Ringo (drums, vocals).¹ They follow the tradition of their father, Ringo Garza Sr., who formed a band with his brothers called The Falcones. The Falcones played conjunto music in southern Texas during the 70s and 80s. To date, Los Lonely Boys has released three studio albums and a live album, all on the Epic Records label. Their debut single, "Heaven", was a Number One hit on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004. The trio released a tribute EP titled 1969 on October 13th, 2009, paying homage to the 40th anniversary of one history's most fabled years; the album features covers of Santana's "Evil Ways", The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues", Blind Faith's "Well All Right", The Beatles' "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window", and Tony Joe White's "Polk Salad Annie". The EP was produced by Andy Johns and marks the first release on their new label, Playing In Traffic, and their own imprint, Lonely Tone.

Contents 1 Musical career 2 Members 3 Supporting Musicians 4 Discography 4.1 Studio albums 4.2 Live albums 4.3 Holiday albums 4.4 Compilation albums 4.5 Singles 4.6 DVDs 4.7 Other contributions 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

Musical career

This section requires expansion with: Musical styles, critical reception, early history.

The three brothers emerged as a group in Nashville in the 1990s. After moving back to their home state of Texas they recorded an album in 2003 in Austin at Willie Nelson's Pedernales recording studio.² The album was initially released by Or Music and later acquired by Epic Records for distribution in March 2004.

The group's single, "Heaven", reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, also crossing over even to the Hot Country Songs chart, where it peaked at #46. "Heaven" was featured in Guitar Hero On Tour. In 2005 the song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Other songs nominated for Grammys include "More Than Love" and "Onda", both in 2006.

In 2005, the group recorded "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love," with Santana for his album All That I Am. The Sacred CD features the song "Outlaws". In a very interesting "closing of the circle", Enrique Garza Sr., sings the verse about the "missing outlaws, just like me". Willie Nelson, (who is credited on the 2004 album) also provides a verse which makes reference to his hit, "On The Road Again".

In 2007, Los Lonely Boys participated in Amnesty International's "Make Some Noise" project. Their cover of John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" is the second single from the "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur." The song released on iTunes April 17, with the entire album available on June 12 courtesy of Warner Bros. Records. "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" is noteworthy as John Lennon's only US number one solo single while he was alive.

Their third studio album, Forgiven, was released on July 1, 2008. The album was recorded at East Side Stages in Austin and was produced by Steve Jordan.

On October 23, 2008, Los Lonely Boys sang the US National Anthem to open game two of the 2008 World Series in St. Petersburg, Florida. ³ In March 2009, Los Lonely Boys left Sony/Epic and signed on with Austin-based Playing In Traffic Records.

Members

• Henry Garza (b. 15 May 1978) vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Jojo Garza (b. 4 June 1980) bass guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Ringo Garza (b. 29 November 1981) drums, percussion, vocals

Supporting Musicians

• Reese Wynans (2004) Organ, Keyboards, Piano
• Michael Ramos (2006) Organ, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
• Carmelo Torres (2008, 2009) Percussion

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales threshold)
		US	US Rock	US Heat	US Indie
1997	Los Lonely Boys Released: 1997 Label: self-released	—	—	—	—
1998	Teenage Blues Released: 1998 Label: self-released	—	—	—	—
2004	Los Lonely Boys Released: March 30, 2004 Label: Epic Records	9	—	1	4	US: 2× Multi-Platinum
2006	Sacred Released: July 18, 2006 Label: Epic Records	2	1	—	—
2008	Forgiven Released: July 1, 2008 Label: Epic Records	26	13	—	—
2009	1969 Released: October 13, 2009 Label: Epic Records	124	—	—	15
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year	Album details	Peak positions
		US
2005	Live at the Fillmore Released: February 22, 2005 Label: Epic Records	69
2006	Live at Blue Cat Blues Released: February 14, 2006 Label: Blue Cat Blues	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Holiday albums

Year	Album details	Peak positions
		US Holiday
2008	Christmas Spirit Released: October 14, 2008 Label: Epic Records	40

Compilation albums

Year	Album details
2009	Playlist: The Very Best of Los Lonely Boys Released: June 30, 2009 Label: Epic Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions4							RIAA	Album
		US	US AC	US Pop	US Adult	US Country	Singles Sales	NZ
2003	"Real Emotions"	—	—	—	—	—	71	—	—	Los Lonely Boys
2004	"Heaven"	16	1	11	2	46	—	26	Gold
	"More Than Love"	—	31	—	15	—	—	—	—
2005	"Diamonds"	—	28	—	26	—	—	—	—	Sacred
2008	"Staying with Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Forgiven
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

DVDs

• Texican Style (2004) (Platinum)
• Los Lonely Boys: Live at the Filmore (2004)
• Cottonfields and Crossroads (2007)

Other contributions

• Eklektikos Live (2005) - "Velvet Sky"
• Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007, Warner Bros.) - "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"

References

See also

• Power trio
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Santana (band)
• Music of Texas
• Music of Austin

External links

• Official Los Lonely Boys website
• LLB music
• Los Lonely Boys at MySpace
• The Texican Chop Shop website
• Los Lonely Boys Documentary: Cottonfields and Crossroads
• Los Lonely Boys collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• Los Lonely Boys Give Back With Forgiven from HonestTune.com.