The comparisons with Carlos Santana are more than apt, but the brothers Garza — Henry on guitar, JoJo on bass, the appropriately named Ringo on drums and all three on vocals — mix in a Tex-blues vibe that adds guitar-driven rock heft to their blues music and a heartfelt blues tone to their rock music.
The Boys’ latest disc, “Forgiven,” came out this summer on Epic Records. Their third studio album, “Forgiven” shows the trio’s versatility with the crunching opener “Heart Won’t Tell a Lie,” the pop smoothness of “Staying With Me,” the breezy Latin folk of “Loving You Always” and the psychedelic wah-wah of “I’m A Man,” a cover of the tune by the Spencer Davis Group.
Los Lonely Boys will play Sunday at Higher Ground with opening act Dave Barnes, a singer-songwriter and Nashville native who’s been on the road recently with the likes of Taylor Swift and Bonnie Raitt. He’s touring in support of his recent disc “Me and You and the World.”