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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nServing up a fresh helping of their distinctive Tex-Mex-via-Miami magic\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
The Mavericks\u2014one of the more dynamic acts on the 1990s country scene\u2014are back with their first full-length album in nearly a decade. \u201cWe hadn\u2019t been in the same room together in that time, much less made music together,\u201d says frontman Raul Malo. \u201cThere was talk of a reunion tour, but that wasn\u2019t reason enough to bring back the band. The Mavericks were such a big part of our lives that if we were going to reunite, we wanted new music to tour behind.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Grammy-winning band\u2014whose lineup includes Malo, bassist Robert Reynolds, drummer Paul Deakin, keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden and guitarist Eddie Perez\u2014took a different approach to recording the new album, In Time<\/i>. \u201cI would normally make demos to pass out to the band weeks before we went into the studio. Everybody would learn the songs, and we\u2019d get together and emulate the tapes,\u201d explains Malo. \u201cThis time there was no time to make demos, so I said, \u2018Let\u2019s work on a song a day.\u2019 By the second night, we had recorded nine songs.<\/p>\n
It was great to be in that creatively juiced environment. We recorded and mixed the whole thing in two weeks. We never would have done that in the old days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nearly the entire album was recorded live, and several songs were done in one take, including \u201c(Call Me) When You Get to Heaven,\u201d an eight-minute track with a soulful outro featuring gospel-R&B group the McCrary Sisters. \u201cI didn\u2019t tell the guys what was going to happen at the end of the song,\u201d Malo says. \u201cI just said, \u2018Keep playing,\u2019 and we kept building intensity until we couldn\u2019t anymore. When we were done playing it, we were done for the day. We left it all out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
One tune, \u201cCome Unto Me,\u201d was inspired by an unusual source.\u00a0 \u201cI had this melody but didn\u2019t have the lyric. I knew it had to be over the top and had to have a certain amount of panache to it. One night I was watching King Kong<\/i>, and I thought, \u2018Look at old King Kong\u2014there isn\u2019t a tougher guy on the planet, and even he falls for the pretty girl.\u2019 There\u2019s a part where he fights a giant monster to keep her safe. Then he grabs her and throws her onto his shoulder, and that\u2019s where I got \u2018Come Unto Me,\u2019\u201d laughs Malo. \u201cWe all want to be that guy. I know that\u2019s a romantic, cavalier notion, but that\u2019s what the song is about\u2014being the ultimate man to the woman. As silly as that seems, there was something really beautiful about that in the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Mavericks are enjoying their reunion. \u201cIt feels like we picked up where we left off, but came back stronger,\u201d Malo says. \u201cWe\u2019re back in it and having more fun than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Juli Thanki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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