NPR’s Weekend Edition featured a terrific segment on Los Lonely Boys this past Sunday. In it, they discuss (among many things) their familial introduction to music…
As they tell Weekend Edition guest host David Greene, fraternal harmony runs deep in their family: Their father, Ringo Garza Sr., was in a band with his own brothers called The Falcones, and made a point of bringing up his sons in a musical house.
“Our father was our biggest influence,” says bassist Jojo Garza. “He showed us all kinds of music — of his music, as well as the music of a lot of the greats.”
Those greats included the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Three Dog Night, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Nelson is also a family friend — the brothers have even golfed with him.
Listen to the entire ten-minute segment here.
