A Conversation with Los Lonely Boys’ Henry Garza – HuffPost 1.21.14
Mike Ragogna: Henry, why did Los Lonely Boys call the new album Revelation?
Henry Garza: Because it was revealed to us by God.
MR: At this point in your lives, are you and your brothers looking at the world differently than when you began making records?
HG: We look at ourselves the same, but not the world.
MR: For the new album, you expanded the sound. Was that intentional or did it happen organically?
HG: A little bit of both.
MR: The music on Revelation ranges from intimate acoustic tracks to baroque to reggae to rock making this album the most musically diverse project of your catalog. How does the band approach writing, arranging and recording the material these days?
HG: We write the same way we always do, but for this record, we had a different plan to step outside ourselves and allow ourselves to let the songs be what the songs wanted to be rather than molding it into something we wanted. We also wrote with other writers and worked with different producers. We felt like for this record, the more people we could get excited about working with us, that it could only be a good thing.
MR: “Give A Little More” kind of explores reggae via Los Lonely Boys. Do you see the band ever recording an album in a style that’s even more exploratory for the group, maybe in a genre like soca?
HG: I see us recording any style of music you can come up with from soca to Broadway musicals as long as it has Corazon–Texican Corazon!
MR: How has making music and having successful careers together affected your relationships as brothers?
HG: Our relationship as brothers is the same; if anything, we’ve only gotten closer and stronger and a lot wiser about the music business.
MR: What does the future hold for Los Lonely Boys?
HG: Let me ask the crystal ball…just kidding! Seriously though, that is a question and answer we leave up to God. We just hope to wake up tomorrow and can still help our families.
MR: What advice do you have for new artists?
HG: I would tell new artists today if this is something you really want to do NEVER GIVE UP, but if you are in it for the fame and fortune, turn back now.