Jimmy Kimmel Dwell is paying tribute to certainly one of its personal.

In honor of Cleto Escobedo III, host Jimmy Kimmel's longtime bandleader and buddy, who died on Nov. 11 on the age of 59, the Kimmel Dwell home band is formally rebranding from Cleto and the Cletones to easily the Cletones.

A brand new title sequence that launched Monday's episode of Kimmel Dwell debuted the change, flashing "The Cletones" for the primary time within the band's 23 years on the air.

Kimmel introduced Escobedo's loss of life in an emotional Instagram put up on Monday, writing partly, "Early this morning, we misplaced an awesome buddy, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III. To say that we’re heartbroken is an understatement. Cleto and I’ve been inseparable since I used to be 9 years outdated. The truth that we set to work collectively day-after-day is a dream neither of us may ever have imagined would come true."

A famous saxophone participant, Escobedo based Cleto and the Cletones in 1995. When Jimmy Kimmel Dwell was ordered to air in 2003, Escobedo's childhood buddy instantly pulled him into the combo. The Cletones additionally included Escobedo's father, Cleto Escobedo Jr.

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Kimmel additional mourned Escobedo throughout his monologue on the Kimmel Dwell episode that aired Nov. 11, the day of his loss of life.

"Everybody loves Cleto," Kimmel remarked, "everybody right here on the present. We’re devastated by this. It's not… It's simply not truthful." Because of Escobedo's premature passing, Kimmel Dwell put Nov. 12 and Nov. 13's episodes on maintain, returning Nov. 14 for one final present earlier than the weekend.

Escobedo's loss of life has solely added to the tumult at Jimmy Kimmel Dwell. For the reason that historic cancelation of the Late Present franchise after 33 years in July, President Donald Trump has blazed a warpath towards all of late evening, threatening Seth Meyers and celebrating the controversial, but transient suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Dwell in September.

"The president of the US made it very clear he needs to see me and the a whole lot of people that work right here fired from our jobs," Kimmel stated upon his return, urging his viewers to be "10 occasions as loud" in resistance to Trump if he ought to transfer towards anybody else on the late-night lineup.

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