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The Mavericks are an American
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band from
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, Florida. The band consists of
Raul Malo Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. (born August 7, 1965, in Miami, Florida), known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the ...
(lead vocals, guitar), Paul Deakin (drums), Eddie Perez (lead guitar), and Jerry Dale McFadden (keyboards). Malo and Deakin founded the band in 1989 along with Robert Reynolds (bass guitar) and Ben Peeler (lead guitar). After one independent album, the band was signed by
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and
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replaced Peeler on lead guitar; he would be replaced by Nick Kane shortly after their second MCA album and third overall 1994's '' What a Crying Shame''. The band recorded a total of four albums for MCA and one for
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before disbanding in 2000. They reunited for one album in 2003 on
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, by which point Perez had become their fourth guitarist, and former touring keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden became an official fifth member. The lineup of Malo, Deakin, Reynolds, Perez, and McFadden reunited a second time in 2012 for a series of new albums, first on
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' Valory imprint and then on Mono Mundo. Reynolds was fired in 2014 and while he was not officially replaced, Ed Friedland is their touring bassist. The Mavericks have charted fifteen times on the American '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts; their highest-peaking single there is " All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", a collaboration with accordionist
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which reached number thirteen in 1996. Three of their singles made top ten on the country music charts of the defunct '' RPM'' magazine in Canada, and " Dance the Night Away" was a hit single in the United Kingdom in 1998. Their most commercially successful album ''What a Crying Shame'' has been
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in the United States and double-platinum in Canada. In addition, the band has received one
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, two Country Music Association awards, and three
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awards. Their sound is defined by a wide variety of musical styles outside of country music, such as Tejano,
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,
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, and the
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of the 1950s, with particular emphasis on Malo's singing voice.


History

The Mavericks were founded in
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, Florida, in 1989. Lead vocalist and guitarist
Raul Malo Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. (born August 7, 1965, in Miami, Florida), known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the ...
met bass guitarist Robert Reynolds, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, when both were performing in local bands. The two of them developed a friendship after realizing that they both shared interest in musicians such as Roy Orbison,
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, and Johnny Cash, and decided to form their own band. Paul Deakin, a friend of Reynolds's and native of
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, was chosen as drummer. Completing the original lineup was lead guitarist Ben Peeler, a native of
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. They immediately began touring throughout the Miami area, primarily at venues that typically booked rock bands. This was because the band wanted to perform original songs, while most of the country music-themed venues at the time preferred acts that performed
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s instead. In late 1990, The Mavericks released their self-titled debut album on a local independent label called Y&T Music. Malo wrote every song on the album.


Musical career


19921993: ''From Hell to Paradise''

Due to the independent album's success throughout the Miami music community, the band was invited to perform for a showcase in
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, at which talent scouts for major country music labels were present. One of these labels,
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, signed the band in May 1991. According to Colin Larkin in the ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music'', the band was signed before they had finished their soundcheck. Peeler was fired from his role as guitarist in October 1991 due to concerns from the other three band members and their then-manager that his playing was not suitable for a country music band. He was replaced by
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, a session musician who had also played for Joe Ely and
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. After Holt Joined, the band began recording their first MCA album '' From Hell to Paradise'' at Miami-based Criteria Studios late in 1991. Malo wrote the title track, which was about his parents emigrating from
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to the United States. He co-produced it with guitarists Richard Bennett and Steve Fishell, both of whom also played on the album. The album was released in May 1992 and charted one single a month later: a cover of Hank Williams' " Hey Good Lookin'", which the band took to number 74 on '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs. Sandra Schulman of the South Florida '' Sun-Sentinel'' wrote that this album "reflected their Miami roots with social issues of homelessness and immigrant rights shoehorned in with the boot-kicking country ballads". Rating it "B+",
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of ''
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'' wrote that "Some of the group’s writing could use a finer bead, but the Mavericks earn major points for integrating the hillbilly heart of the masters with the consciousness and muscle of the contemporary generation." Holt quit the band after only one album. Dale Martin, music reviewer for ''
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'', attributed Holt's departure to "friction of some sort". Conversely, Karen Essex of ''New Country'' magazine stated that Holt left amicably. After leaving The Mavericks, Holt would become a founding member of the blues rock band Storyville. In 1993, The Mavericks chose Bill Dwyer to fill in on lead guitar while on tour in
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. Reynolds told Mike Cooper of ''The Hard Report'' in July of that year that the band did not yet know who would replace Holt.


199495: ''What a Crying Shame''

The Mavericks' next MCA release was 1994's '' What a Crying Shame''. This was also their first to be produced by
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, best known for his work with
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. By the time of the album's release, Reynolds had selected Nick Kane, another friend of his, to become the band's third guitarist. Although Kane was pictured on the album's liner notes and in promotional material, the project was completed prior to his joining. As a result, Bruce Bouton and Mark Casstevens of Garth Brooks' studio band The G-Men played guitar on the album alongside session guitarist
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. It was also at this point that keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden began accompanying the band in concerts. Malo wrote four of the album's ten songs with Greek-American songwriter Kostas, best known for his work with
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and
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. Three months prior to the album's release, Reynolds married country singer
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; she, along with James House and Joy Lynn White, contributed backing vocals. Mark Deming of
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thought that Cook's production was "glossier" than the preceding albums, also stating that they "fully hit their stride with...the band's blend of rootsy country and vintage pop sounds". ''What a Crying Shame'' produced a total of five singles, four of which made top forty on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts. First was " What a Crying Shame", one of the songs which Malo and Kostas co-wrote. The song was initially unsuccessful at radio, but Malo insisted that the label keep promoting it through the Christmas season of late 1993-early 1994, after which it began ascending the airplay charts. As a result, it reached a peak of number 25 in early 1994. After it was a cover of
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's " O What a Thrill", which would become the most successful single off the album with a number 18 peak on the country charts. It was followed by " There Goes My Heart", "I Should Have Been True", and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "All That Heaven Will Allow". "What a Crying Shame" and "O What a Thrill" both made top ten on '' RPM'' Country Tracks, then the main country music chart published in Canada. In February 1995, ''What a Crying Shame'' was
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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies. In Canada, the album was certified double-platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (now Music Canada), a certification which at the time honored shipments of 200,000 copies in that country. The commercial success of ''What a Crying Shame'' also led to the first of several industry award nominations for the band. The title track earned the band their first
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nomination at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards in 1995, in the category of Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The
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also awarded the band as Top Vocal Group and Top New Vocal Duet or Group in 1994; they would win the former again in 1995 and be nominated a third time for it in 1996. In mid-1995, The Mavericks covered Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's 1934 standard " Blue Moon" for the soundtrack of the film '' Apollo 13''.


19951997: ''Music for All Occasions''

MCA released the band's next album ''
Music for All Occasions ''Music for All Occasions'' is the fourth studio album by the American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on September 26, 1995, by MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "Here Comes the Rain", "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Dow ...
'' in 1995. The album was led off by the single " Here Comes the Rain", which charted at 22 on Hot Country Songs that year. "Here Comes the Rain" was their most successful single in Canada, peaking at number 4 on ''RPM'' Country Tracks. Its follow-up was " All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", a collaboration with Tejano accordionist
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. The song peaked at number thirteen on Hot Country Songs in 1996, representing not only The Mavericks' highest peak on that chart, but also Jiménez's only appearance on it. Despite this, the follow-up single "Missing You" failed to make top 40. Malo wrote nine of the eleven songs on the album, including all three singles. He collaborated with Kostas on "Here Comes the Rain" and with former
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member Al Anderson on the other two. Also included on the album was a collaboration with Trisha Yearwood on a cover of Frank Sinatra and
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's 1967 single "
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". Yearwood, along with
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and
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, also sang backing vocals on the track "Foolish Heart". Nash described the Sinatra cover as "
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", but otherwise praised Malo's voice and the musical variety. Rick Harmon of the ''
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'' called the album "more subtle" than its predecessor, highlighting the singles in particular and considering the Sinatra cover superior to the original song. Similarly, Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote that it was "a slyer, more subtle affair" compared to ''What a Crying Shame'', and added that "the record's abundant pleasures become clear upon repeated listenings". Joel Bernstein of
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noted that the band did not "play it safe", praising "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" and "Somethin' Stupid" in particular. In 1996, ''Music for All Occasions'' was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies. At the
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in February 1996, ''Music for All Occasions'' was nominated for
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, while "Here Comes the Rain" won Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; one year later, "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" was nominated in the same category. Despite the commercial success of the album, Deakin was critical of its overall sound, saying that "there was little vibe to it" and that he considered "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" to be its only good song. After this album's release, The Mavericks contributed the original composition "I Don't Care (If You Love Me Anymore)" to the soundtrack of the 1996
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film '' Michael''; the song would also receive a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997. The Country Music Association nominated the band for Vocal Group of the Year for four consecutive years between 1995 and 1998. They would win this award in both 1995 and 1996.


19971999: ''Trampoline''

The band went on a touring and recording hiatus starting in December 1996. The only exception was a live album called ''It's Now! It's Live!'', composed of earlier concert recordings and released only in Canada in 1997. During this hiatus, Malo performed solo shows throughout Nashville which focused on pop standards from the 1930s through the 1950s. Accompanying him at these shows was a nine-piece band assembled by session musician Dennis Burnside. In May 1997, Malo also previewed new songs at live sessions from the Bluebird Café, a venue in Nashville which is frequented by songwriters. Accompanying him was Jaime Hanna, son of
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founder
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. Jaime Hanna would also go on to tour with The Mavericks as a backup musician. The band's hiatus ended in early 1998 with the release of their next studio album ''
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''. Contributing songwriters to ''Trampoline'' once again included Malo, Kostas, House, and Anderson; another contributing writer for this album was
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, later one-half of
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. Deakin told the ''
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'' that the album was recorded in only one week, and unlike their previous albums, did not include any overdubbing. After the album's release, the band toured throughout
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in support. Writing for ''Entertainment Weekly'', Scott Schnider described Malo's singing voice favorably, also noting influences of samba and
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in the album's tracks. John D. Buchanan of
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wrote that "Easily the group's most musically ambitious set to date, ''Trampoline''s blend of pop and
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textures didn't connect with the mainstream country audience in the United States". The album charted only two singles in the United States: "To Be with You" and " Dance the Night Away", neither reaching top 40 on Hot Country Songs. The latter was more successful in the United Kingdom, reaching number four on the
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in 1998. Its success led to two more singles charting in that country: "I've Got This Feeling" and "Someone Should Tell Her". "Dance the Night Away" was also the band's fifth and final Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Following this album's failure in the United States, The Mavericks left MCA Nashville in 1999; Deakin told the website Country Standard Time in 2000 that the band chose to leave MCA in favor of
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because many of the executives who had supported the band during their commercial peak earlier in the decade were no longer active at the label. Malo told the same publication in 2003, "That's part of the problem of being signed to a major label in Nashville. When you venture outside the box, you're pretty much sealing your fate."


19992003: ''Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's: The Best of the Mavericks'', disbanding, and first reunion

The band's only release for Mercury was a greatest hits compilation called '' Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's: The Best of The Mavericks''. They chose to release a greatest-hits album due to their recognition in Europe, where they found that such compilations tended to be commercially successful. For this project, each band member selected both singles and album cuts, along with four previously unreleased songs. Among the new songs were covers of
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' " Think of Me" and Cat Stevens' " Here Comes My Baby", the latter of which was released as a single. ''Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's'' was certified gold in the United Kingdom by the
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(BPI) for sales of 100,000 copies. Despite the commercial success in other countries, the band continued to find lessened success in the United States. Also in 1999, Reynolds divorced Yearwood; she would marry Garth Brooks in 2005. By the end of the decade, the Mavericks had disbanded. Buchanan said that the band was "at loggerheads with their record company". Malo stated at the time that the decision to disband was due to creative exhaustion brought on by extensive touring, combined with unspecified disputes between Kane and the rest of the band. After the disbanding, Kane released a solo album of cover songs in 2000 titled ''Songs in the Key of E''. Malo recorded both as a solo artist and as a member of
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, a supergroup that also included Mexican-American country singers Rick Trevino and
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. Meanwhile, Reynolds recorded one album with the supergroup Swag, which also included members of
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,
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, and
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. The Mavericks reunited in 2003, with Eddie Perez as their fourth guitarist. Malo had known Perez because the two had played in an
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nightclub prior to The Mavericks' foundation. The re-established band recorded two albums for the British
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: the self-titled ''
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'' and a live album recorded in Austin, Texas, which was accompanied by a DVD release. Malo said that many of the songs were inspired by his concerns over the sociopolitical scene of the United States following the
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, and that Sanctuary Records executives were more willing to let the band record their music without executive interference. Only one single from ''The Mavericks'' charted: a cover of
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' "
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". Also included on the album was a collaboration with
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on "Time Goes By". Jeffrey B. Remz of
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reviewed the album favorably, finding influences of
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and Roy Orbison in the songwriting and arrangements. Despite touring in 2003 and 2004 to support these projects, they were commercially unsuccessful, and the band broke up a second time. Malo continued to record as a solo artist after this second disbanding; he also produced Rick Trevino's 2003 album '' In My Dreams'' and wrote several of its songs with Hanna. After this, Hanna recorded one album in 2005 as half of the duo Hanna-McEuen.


20112015: Second reunion and Valory Music

In October 2011, Malo, Deakin, Reynolds, and Perez reunited as The Mavericks for a second time. McFadden officially became a fifth member at this point, still accompanying on keyboards. Following this, they announced plans to reunite for a tour in 2012. Included in the tour was the Stagecoach Festival in
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, followed by various stops in North America and Europe. Coinciding with this reunion, the group signed with Valory Music Co., an imprint of
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, in February 2012. They released a digital
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titled ''Suited Up and Ready'' and charted in early 2012 with its lead single "Born to Be Blue". Their first full-length album for Valory ''
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'' was released on February 26, 2013. On this project, Malo co-produced with
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and wrote or co-wrote every song. Writing for AllMusic, Steve Leggett stated that it was "a further step away from anything resembling a mainstream country release, incorporating not only the Tex-Mex and Cuban influences the band was known for, but also the rhythms of polkas, tangos, and all manner of approaches". He thought that these additional influences made the album an "extension" of their previous efforts. Following this album, the band announced in early 2014 that they would honor their twenty-fifth anniversary with a tour throughout the United States and Canada, starting in
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. Reynolds was dismissed from the band in October 2014 after it was revealed that he had developed an addiction to
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s and was soliciting money from fans under false pretenses to support his addiction. His firing left Malo and Deakin as the two remaining original members. The band did not publicize Reynolds's departure until December. Reynolds has not been replaced by a permanent band member. As Reynolds' addiction affected his playing, he accompanied solely on acoustic guitar; Ed Friedland was hired as a touring bassist prior to Reynolds' firing, and continued in this capacity afterward. Also joining The Mavericks' touring band at this point were Max Abrams (saxophone, percussion), Matt Cappy (trumpet), and Michael Guerra (accordion). The Mavericks released their second Valory album ''
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'' on February 7, 2015. The album was so named because it was mixed in
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sound. As with the previous album, Malo wrote most of the songs, except for a cover of
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's "Nitty Gritty". Country Standard Time reviewer Andy Turner stated that the album "is quite festive and certainly sounds like a band happy to be back and having a fun time." A year later, this album was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for
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.


2016present: Mono Mundo

After being released from Valory in 2016, the band founded their own label Mono Mundo in association with
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. Their first release on their own label was a live album titled ''All Night Live, Volume 1''. This was followed by their next studio release, '' Brand New Day'', in March 2017. This, too, was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Americana Album the following year. Deming contrasted the album favorably to ''Trampoline'', noting that the band continued to include Latin, Tejano, and "vintage pop". This was followed in 2018 by their first Christmas album, ''Hey! Merry Christmas!'' A thirtieth-anniversary tour followed in 2019, focusing mainly on the United Kingdom,
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, and
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while also including select locations in the United States. By this point, both Lorenzo Molina and Julio Diaz replaced Matt Cappy on trumpets. Coinciding with this tour, the band released their next album, ''Play the Hits'', the same year. This album consisted entirely of cover songs, including Bruce Springsteen's "
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's "
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",
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's "
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", and
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's " Before the Next Teardrop Falls" among others. Deming said of this album that "Even when the Mavericks don't necessarily make the songs their own, they know how to perform them with a conviction that elevates them from the work of another cover outfit". On August 21, 2020, the band released ''En Español,'' their first album entirely in the Spanish language. Deming stated in AllMusic that while the album contained fewer country and pop influences than its predecessors, that it also emphasized the band's Latin music roots more fully than previous projects. He concluded his review by stating that it was "adventurous and crafted with heart and skill, and that's what they've always done best."


Musical styles

At the time of their signing with MCA, The Mavericks were seen as unusual in country music due not only to Malo's Cuban-American ancestry, but also to the band's origins in Miami, Florida. This was because at the time, the Miami music scene was better known for hip hop music and
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than for country. Many reviewers have considered Malo's role as lead singer and songwriter an integral part of the band's sound. In a review of ''From Hell to Paradise'', Alanna Nash described Malo's singing voice as "a tight, pinched
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that carries all the tension of a high-voltage wire". Writing for AllMusic, John D. Buchanan described ''What a Crying Shame'' as "a grand showcase for the rich, emotive vocals of Raul Malo and the band's eclectic but accessible approach." In a review of ''Trampoline'' for the same site, Thom Owens stated that Malo's voice was the defining characteristic of the band's sound; he wrote that, through his singing and production, Malo was the "driving force behind all of the group's stylistic fusions, their blend of honky tonk with country-rock, classic rock & roll, pop, and Latin." Of the songwriting, Owens continued that Malo was "among the most imaginative
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songwriting of the '90s." Tony Brown, a record producer who was also the head of
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(A&R) of MCA Nashville at the time of the band's signing, described Malo as "bigger than life" in a way that he compared to
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lead singer
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; Brown also thought that having a "great frontman" was key to a country music band's success. Music critics have defined the band's musical styles with a wide variety of influences. Brown thought that the success of new bands in the 1990s such as
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, combined with the commercial appeal of more rock-influenced country bands such as
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, would lead to The Mavericks' success. Nash wrote that they "constitute country’s coolest ensemble, synthesizing ’50s country and ’60s pop and rock with intelligence, verve, and cultural variety." John D. Buchanan of AllMusic said of the band that "Fusing traditional country with a rich variety of rock, pop, and Latin influences, the Mavericks became one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful groups of the early '90s." Rick Bell of the ''North County Times'', in a review of ''Trampoline'', noted that the band's use of
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s and string sections on the album gave it a "fuller sound" that complemented Malo's "velvety baritone". Mark Deming highlighted Nick Kane's "fine hipster jazz picking" in a review of ''Music for All Occasions''. He also found influences of two-step in the album's "The Writing on the Wall" and
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through the use of
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on "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", while Joel Bernstein of Country Standard Time compared the latter to
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for the same reason. He also described the band's cover of "Blue Moon" as " Roy Orbison meets
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". Deming stated in a review of ''What a Crying Shame'' that "Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin are a rhythm section who can give these songs the nervy drive of a rock band without betraying the Mavericks' country leanings, and they give the covers of 'All That Heaven Will Allow' and 'O What a Thrill' a taut foundation most contemporary Nashville acts lack."


Members

Current members *
Raul Malo Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. (born August 7, 1965, in Miami, Florida), known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the ...
– vocals, guitars (1989-2000, 2003–2004, 2012–present) * Paul Deakin – drums (1989–2000, 2003-2004, 2012–present) * Jerry Dale McFadden – keyboards, vocals (touring 1994–2000, 2003-2004; 2012–present) * Eddie Perez – guitars (2003-2004, 2012–present) Touring members * Max Abrams - saxophone * Julio Diaz - trumpet * Ed Friedland - bass guitar, upright bass * Percy Cardona - accordion * Lorenzo Molina - trumpet Past members * Robert Reynolds – bass guitar (1989–2000, 2003-2004, 2012–2014) * Ben Peeler – guitars (1989–1991) *
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– guitars (1991–1993) * Nick Kane – guitars (1993–2000) Former touring members * Matt Cappy - trumpet * Michael Guerra - accordion * Jaime Hanna - guitars


Awards


Discography

;Studio albums *''
The Mavericks The Mavericks are an American country music band from Miami, Florida. The band consists of Raul Malo (lead vocals, guitar), Paul Deakin (drums), Eddie Perez (lead guitar), and Jerry Dale McFadden (keyboards). Malo and Deakin founded the band in ...
'' (1990) *'' From Hell to Paradise'' (1992) *'' What a Crying Shame'' (1994) *''
Music for All Occasions ''Music for All Occasions'' is the fourth studio album by the American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on September 26, 1995, by MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "Here Comes the Rain", "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Dow ...
'' (1995) *''
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'' (1998) *''
The Mavericks The Mavericks are an American country music band from Miami, Florida. The band consists of Raul Malo (lead vocals, guitar), Paul Deakin (drums), Eddie Perez (lead guitar), and Jerry Dale McFadden (keyboards). Malo and Deakin founded the band in ...
'' (2003) *''
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'' (2013) *''
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'' (2015) *'' Brand New Day'' (2017) *''Hey! Merry Christmas!'' (2018) *''Play the Hits'' (2019) *''En Español'' (2020)


Footnotes


References


External links


Official website of The MavericksOfficial website of lead singer Raul Malo
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