The Mavericks
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| The Mavericks | |
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| Origin | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Years active | 1989-2003 |
| Label(s) | Cross Three Records MCA Mercury Sanctuary |
| Associated acts | Flaco Jimenez Hanna-McEuen |
| Former members | |
| Paul Deakin Jaime Hanna Ericson Holt Raul Malo Nick Kane Paul O'Rourke Ben Peeler Ashley Price Mitchell Quinn Robert Reynolds |
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The Mavericks was a Grammy Award-winning alternative country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States.
Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting fourteen singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts. Their highest-peaking single was 1996's "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", a collaboration with accordionist Flaco Jimenez.
Lead singer Raul Malo now records as a solo artist, while former drummer Jaime Hanna has joined Jonathan McEuen in the duo Hanna-McEuen.
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[edit] Band history
[edit] Early years
Raul Malo met bassist Robert Reynolds at high school in Florida and discovered they had similar musical tastes (such as Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline). Reynolds persuaded his friend Paul Deakin to join them on drums and by the late 1980s they had added guitarist Ben Peeler and were performing as the Mavericks. Writing much of the material, Raul Malo was a driving force behind the band.
They began playing their own material in rock clubs in the Miami area, as country venues tended to only want bands that played covers. Malo wrote all the material for their 1990 self-titled debut album, The Mavericks.
[edit] 1991
In 1991, the band was signed by MCA Nashville and their first major label release, From Hell to Paradise debuted in 1992. Guitarist Ben Peeler was replaced by David Lee Holt.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Academy of Country Music Awards
1994
- Top Vocal Group
1995
- Top Vocal Group
[edit] Country Music Association Awards
1995
- Vocal Group of the Year
1996
- Vocal Group of the Year
[edit] Band members
[edit] Discography
[edit] Official videography
Officially released films featuring the Mavericks are listed with their original release dates.
- 2004 The Mavericks: Live in Austin Texas, directed by Michael Drumm (DVD - Sanctuary Records Group)
- 2004 The Best of the Mavericks: The DVD Collection (DVD - MCA Nashville)
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- Hingston, Michael (2005). "The Mavericks" in the liner notes for The Mavericks Collection. McErlain, Lisa et al., Project Coordinators. Universal / Spectrum Music.
[edit] External links
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