Three Chicano brothers from Texas--Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza--make up the roots rock trio Los Lonely Boys. Touted as "Willie Nelson's favorite local band," the Lonely Boys accordingly spend much of their first album working their own variant on American musical traditions. Their blend of rock, blues, and soul is as full of references to their influences as it is teeming with youthful energy. Henry Garza strikes up an extremely Stevie Ray Vaughan-like guitar tone on the bluesy shuffle of "Crazy Dream" (in fact, Vaughan's keyboardist Reese Wynans is a guest on the album).
The lengthy near-instrumental "Onda," with its lyrical-but-biting guitar, Ringo's Latin percussion, and Wynans's rich organ, seems to be an homage to vintage Santana, and the band shows off its vocal harmonies on the old-school soul ballad "More Than Love." If Los Lobos were a couple of decades younger and hailed from Texas instead of California, they might sound quite a bit like Los Lonely Boys.
This special edition will contain a slipcover of brand new cover art. The package contains a bonus DVD with exclusive footage. Additionally the CD will contain more previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Los Lonely Boys: Henry Garza (vocals, guitar); JoJo Garza (vocals, bass guitar); Ringo Garza (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: John Porter, Willie Nelson (acoustic guitar); Reese Wynans (piano, organ); Diego Simmons (percussion).
Rolling Stone (8/21/03, p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The Mexican-American trio's laid-back energy comes from how it applies its loose-limbed roots music to Latin pop songs..."
An Apology And Some Greatness For Sure !!!!! To Frank in Ridgefield, Ct., please accept my apologies for ranting on your review of this great cd. I did read to quick and did not understand your review. Los Lonely Boys are something to behold in concert. Though I haven't seen them live, I did recently get their Live From Austin, Tx. dvd. It's excellent to say the least. Check out the kazoo playing the trio does on one song from the dvd. Now if they'll put out their Live At The Fillmore on dvd that ought to ice the cake.
Again my apologies to Frank in Ridgefield, Ct. Maybe we will run across each other at an LLB concert sometime in the future. Los Lonely Boys rock !!!!! Submitted by Behr Brown (Okieland, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
PAY ATTENTION BEFORE YOU SPEAK To the most recent reviewer below this one; try reading and understanding something before you give your opinion on it. I gave Los Lonely Boys a GLOWING, positive review. I LOVE them, think they're great, and oh yeah, I've seen them live FOUR times in the past six months. But all you saw was "Boyz To Men" and didn't bother reading and understanding my review before launching into your little rant. Are you too stupid to realize that I totally dig these guys and gave them a great review? Next time, pay attention and think before you speak! Submitted by Frank (Ridgefield, CT) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
No Ifs, Ands or Buts, Period. End Of Story!!!!! First things first. The fellow reviewer who had the insane/inane idiocy to compare Los Lonely Boys with Boys To Men should cut his writing hand off. Apparently he's never seen them and only listened to this project from the boys, because it was loaned to him. He never thought about purchasing it at all.
Now to review. I have this cd. It took a few times listening before it connected, but Los Lonely Boys far exceed Boys to Men (their not even brothers) vocally by a longgggggg shot, amigos. Their version of the late, great Mr. Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line" (I'm sure) would have made Johnny smile with a thumbs up on both hands. The rest of the cd is immaculently superb in all aspects. I have their live dvd "Live From Austin" and it shows quite well how they (la familia trio) can work their never ending pure energy and talent, lyrically and instrumentally for the audience. So if your needing a new road disc for your cd player, get this album. I highly recommend it for your collection. Sorry about the first part of this. Boys To Men my ass. Just had to vent, ya' dig ? Viya Con Dios mi amigos. Submitted by Behr Brown (Okieland, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
TALENTED MEXICAN GROUP!!! THESE ARE SOME TALENTED MEXICAN ARTISTS!BUY THIS ALBUM IMMEDIATLY! Submitted by ROBERT (H-TOWN,TEXAS) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
THIS MUSIC SHOULDN'T WORK, BUT IT DOES!! Take "Boyz II Men" vocal harmonies and slap them on top of Tex-Mex blues riffs, and the end result should sound awful, and just should NOT work. But the Los Lonely Boys do just that, and they make it work big time! I never would think that light, poppy, harmonized vocal melodies on top of gritty, slammin', muscular blues riffs would ever sound right, but somehow, these guys pull it off. You can hear their influences all over the place (especially Santana, Richie Valens, and Stevie Ray Vaughan), but so what, EVERYONE has their influences. The songs are very catchy (you'll find yourself humming along to most of them), and the playing is very impressive. And the vocals sung in Spanish sound so cool! Definitely check these guys out; this is one of the best CD's to come out in years! Submitted by Frank (Ridgefield, CT) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
An Apology And Some Greatness For Sure !!!!!
PAY ATTENTION BEFORE YOU SPEAK
THIS MUSIC SHOULDN'T WORK, BUT IT DOES!!
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