Jimmy Kimmel Live! ’s house band is going by a new moniker.

The group, originally named Cleto and the Cletones , revealed their new name during the late-night show’s Nov. 17 episode, which comes days after the death of bandleader Cleto Escobedo III .

In the opening sequence for the show, the credits rolled to the band’s new name The Cletones , illuminated by a flashing light. The change comes a week after Jimmy Kimmel shared that his longtime friend and musician died Nov. 11 at the age of 59.

“Early this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III,” Jimmy wrote in a post on Instagram . “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement.”

Cleto’s cause of death was determined to be cardiogenic shock, a condit

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