Los Lonely Boys to play Capitol Theatre
CLEARWATER – Grammy Award-winning band Los Lonely Boys will bring their tour to the Tampa Bay area with a performance on Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol G Grammy Award-winning band Los Lonely Boys will perform at the Capitol Theatre in Tampa Bay on April 13. The Garza brothers, Henry, Jojo and Ringo, have been making music together for their entire lives. Their father, Ringo Garza Sr., was a member of another sibling band, the Falcones. The brothers recorded their eponymous debut album in 2003 at Willie Nelson's Pedernales studio in Austin, with Nelson himself guesting on the sessions. Their debut album, "Heaven," won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The band's 2006 album "Sacred" and "Forgiven" also received multiple Grammy nominations. They aim to create music that brings people together, not to divide them.
Published : 4 weeks ago by Tampa Bay Newspapers in Politics
CLEARWATER – Grammy Award-winning band Los Lonely Boys will bring their tour to the Tampa Bay area with a performance on Saturday, April 13, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.
The Garza brothers — Henry, Jojo and Ringo — have been making music together for their entire lives. Their father, Ringo Garza Sr., was a member of another sibling band, the Falcones, which played throughout southern Texas in the ’70s and ’80s. When that group disbanded, Ringo Sr. went solo, and recruited his three young sons to back him. The family relocated to Nashville in the ’90s, and soon Henry, Jojo and Ringo Jr. began writing and performing their own material as a trio.
After moving back to Texas, the brothers recorded their eponymous debut album in 2003 at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales studio in Austin, with Nelson himself guesting on the sessions. Although originally released on small Or Music label, Epic Records picked up Los Lonely Boys for major-label distribution in early 2004. The album quickly won the band a large national audience. Its lead single “Heaven” became a Top 20 pop hit, reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, and eventually won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
After a prominent guest appearance on the 2005 Santana album “All That I Am,” Los Lonely Boys solidified their success with 2006’s “Sacred,” which brought two more Grammy nominations, and 2008’s “Forgiven,” as well as the holiday-themed “Christmas Spirit.” Meanwhile, the band continued to build its reputation as a singularly powerful live act.
In early 2009, Los Lonely Boys made their LonelyTone/Playing in Traffic debut with the all-covers EP “1969,” followed by the unplugged “Keep On Giving: Acoustic Live!” Those releases set the stage for the band’s acclaimed 2011 album “Rockpango,” and for the creative leap forward that “Revelation,” their 2013 release, represents.
“We want to make music that brings people together, not music that divides people,” Jojo said. “We’re all about having a good time, but we also make an effort to write about things that really matter.”
He went on to say that many people write songs about superficial things, like how you look and what kind of car you drive and how much money you have – but Los Lonely Boys aren’t really interested in that. They strive to create music that’s about the love and the energy and the spirit all people carry.
“We’re very thankful that God blessed our family with a drummer, a guitar player and a bass player, and that the three of us get to make music together,” Jojo said. “There’s been a few bumps in the road here and there, but that happens in any family and in any band. The main thing is that we stick together, and that we’re trying to pass on that feeling of brotherhood, of familia, in the music that we make.”
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