Welcome to the Official YouTube Channel of Los Lonely Boys!

With its deeply personal and stunning fusion of electric blues and Texas roots, of soulful grooves and good old-fashioned rock'n'roll, of searing six-string licks and Latin beats, Los Lonely Boys is a band with a lot to say in their new upcoming album.

"New times, new songs, new rhythms," says frontman Henry Garza. "But it's still basically, Los Lonely Boys."

"Texican rock'n'roll man, that's just three brothers making up a name," Henry says. At 28, the singer and guitarist is the oldest Lonely Boy; middle child Jo Jo, 26, plays bass, while 24 year-old Ringo is the man behind the drums.

Of course, the reason that Los Lonely Boys sound like a band that's been together all their lives is because they have. Growing up in San Angelo, a Texas town of cowpokes, cotton and an Air Force base, Henry wrote his first song at the age of four, and all three brothers learned their chops from father Enrique, a longtime conjunto and country musician who played with his own brothers -- all seven of them -- back in the day.

"It's a blessing that we've been given, making music to make a living," Henry says. "For generations music has been something that our family's been doing, and every generation it seems like we progress a little more. Daddy taught his sons, and now the sky's the limit!"

Then of course, there were the 2005 Grammys, where the band opened the show, and won for best Pop Vocal Duo/Group and were also nominated for Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Best Rock Instrumental. Henry says they actually felt a little out of place amidst the hipsters and American Idol types, "but we loved that we were acknowledged. There are a lot of people that don't really get chances in this world. We really felt that all of them won that Grammy. To see brothers like us, from where we come from, and even our race, do what we do and cross boundaries like we did... I think it's really cool for people see to see a Mexican-American... an American dream come true. Anybody that knows us knows how hard we worked to get where we are today. You don't get success or get good at something without trying your best and giving it all you've got and believing in yourself."

For their new album, did a lot of writing in the studio—in two cases, with co-writers. Pat Simmons from the Doobie Brothers helped out on the hooky, bound-to-be-a-single "Roses," while Nashville veteran Gary Nicholson co-wrote "Outlaws." Both it and "My Way" are philosophical statements from a band that eschews the insincere and stays true to themselves.

The same goes for "Home," which is not just Henry's opportunity to let loose with a big guitar solo and some of that "Stevie Wonder pitch-bender harmonica," but also his personal reminder of what matters most—especially when your music takes on the road 200 days a year. "If home is where your heart is," he sings, "then I never want to leave."

"Family and music is our life, a way of life, and that's very sacred to us," Henry says. "You come into this world singing a song and you leave it singing a song. Music is that serious man."

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