Los Lonely Boys draw a crowd

updated 3:55 p.m. ET June 15, 2006

When you’re a lonely boy, life can seem sad, disconnected and full of despair. But when you’re a Los Lonely Boy, you are filled with the light and have the power to bring good people around you.

For the Garza brothers — Henry, JoJo and Ringo — life is sweet. Ever since they released their multi-platinum, self-titled debut three years ago things have only seemed to get better. They won a Grammy, birthed numerous children, met and played their music for Paul McCartney and teamed their dad up to sing with Willie Nelson — somewhat of a dream for the former singer who greatly influenced his three boys.

“The story of my father is he never got that chance to become what we’ve become,” said JoJo Garza after spending a day fishing and running around hometown San Angelo, Texas. “He is on (the new) record on a song called ‘Outlaws’ with Willie Nelson. His part of the song talks about him. He’s always been the missing outlaw.”

When the Garza boys were young, their father, who JoJo calls “the fourth Lonely Boy,” played in a conjunto band called Falcones with his brothers until one’s death caused the band to break up. Shortly after, papa Garza went solo — backed by his three sons who naturally gravitated toward music and the instruments they played.

As they got older, they started making their own decisions — one of which was to split from dad and do their own thing. Today, all wounds mended, the boys are trying to get dad his own record deal, JoJo said.

Trying to help people like this and think about others is a main theme on LLB’s forthcoming sophomore album, “Sacred,” set for a mid-July release.

“We still sing about life, we’re just speaking a little more,” JoJo said. “There’s a couple of songs that focus on the bad things that happened (in the world) over the last few years.”

Another karmic kickback came in the form of the Texican Chop Shop, the auto body shop the brothers opened in late 2005 that is run by Ringo’s father-in-law. One of the main reasons for opening it was to help “a friend who got into auto body. We’re just trying to help a brother out,” he said.

But all of it, the importance of family, the music, interest in cars — it all comes back to their dad and making dreams possible.

“It’s our job to be messengers of the light. You have to tell people we’re all the same,” JoJo said. “There’s so much connection in music. We pretty much preach that everywhere we go.”

As for their own relationship, there’s no place for feuding or jealousy. There’s just no time for it.

“As we get older we get closer. Time is running out every day. Hopefully we gain a little more wisdom each day.”

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