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 Billboard
country charts. Their highest-peaking American single was 1996's "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", a collaboration with accordionist Flaco Jiménez.
After the band split up in 2003, lead singer Raul Malo became a solo artist. Robert Reynolds has released two solo EPs, 'Audrey In A Dream' & 'The Wintersky Works', co-founded a 'sort-of-supergroup' called SWAG - releasing the album Catchall, and performs with fellow member Paul Deakin in various groups. Occasional supporting member, guitarist and songwriter Jamie Hanna, joined Jonathan McEuen in the duo Hanna-McEuen.
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Band history
Raul Malo met bassist Robert Reynolds at a record store 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, and being a versatile singer, 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 1991 debut album,
The Mavericks
.
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, who was, in turn, replaced by Nick Kane in 1994.
They released the more poppy
What a Crying Shame
(#54 US, #6 Country and Western) in 1994, which spawned the Top 20 Country and Western hits "There Goes My Heart" and "O What a Thrill."
Music for All Occasions
(#58 US, #9 C&W, #56 UK) was released in 1995, and included the hits "Here Comes the Rain" (#22 C&W) and "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" (#13 C&W).
Their 1998 album
Trampoline
was a smash hit in the UK, reaching #10 and yielding a #4 UK hit in "
Dance the Night Away", and "I've Got This Feeling" (#27 UK) and "Someone Should Tell Her" (#45 UK). However, in the US it was less successful, reaching #96 pop and #9 C&W.
1999 saw them split from MCA after
Trampoline
didn't sell well in the US and their songs failed to get radio airplay. They released a greatest-hits compilation,
Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's: The Best of The Mavericks
which hit #40 in the UK but failed to chart in the US. In 2003, the band reunited. Guitarist Eddie Perez joined the band. They recorded a new album
The Mavericks
which hit #65 in the UK, but, like its predecessor, flopped in the US. They split up shortly afterwards,
Raul Malo going on to a solo career. Perez continued to play with Malo both on his studio releases and in his live shows as well.
Awards
Academy of Country Music Awards
1994
- Top New Vocal Group
- Top Vocal Group
1995
Country Music Association Awards
1995
1996
Grammy Awards
1995
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Discography
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)
See also
- Academy of Country Music
- List of country musicians
- Country Music Association
References