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Premiered November, 2003

There's something about the unstudied perfection of sibling vocal harmonies that creates a distinctive, irresistible style. Los Lonely Boys are the three Garza brothers -- Henry on guitar, Jojo on bass, and Ringo on drums -- aged 21-25, from a tiny town in West Texas. They began as their father's backing band. Now, Los Lonely Boys are making their own mark.

This remarkable trio of brothers has been making music together since they were small children, and they now have a decade of professional experience under their belts. Weaned on Tex-Mex, country, blues, rock and pop music, Los Lonely Boys augment those solid basics with red-hot guitar playing, percolating rock and Latin rhythms, and luscious vocal harmonies to produce songs rife with engaging hooks, expressive lyrics, and melodic sumptuousness.

"We're like the Mexican Beatles," Henry concludes. "People always ask us what kind of style we play. I tell 'em it's a cross between Stevie Ray meets Santana, Jimi Hendrix meets Richie Valens, or the Beatles meet Ronnie Milsap. I call it my music burrito theory. What we've done is made like our own tortilla, right, with all the knowledge of all the greats that are out there, I can't even think of 'em all right now, but we put 'em inside the tortilla, fold it up in there, we make our own burrito and we're sellin' it to the world, y'know?"

Willie Nelson has called Los Lonely Boys his favorite band and invited them to record their self-titled debut album at his own Pedernales studio. Farm Aid 2003 marks the second Farm Aid show that Willie has invited Los Lonely Boys to perform. You'll soon see why he invited them back!

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