The guys who make up the country group the Mavericks began their professional music career performing together at rock clubs in Florida. Now you might think that’s a long ride from Nashville, but they found their way easy enough. Once they did, they didn’t leave everything they learned in those rock clubs behind though, and listeners won’t miss the rock & roll flavor that the Mavericks stir into a number of the songs on this 1998 album, It’s Now! It’s Live!
As the title foretells, this is a live album. It was made during a couple of shows the group did in Canada. This is great country-rock music done the way the Mavericks do it best, but the album is a little short with only seven tracks. The songs are fan favorites though, like…
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Ten years ago, Americana maestros The Mavericks released Mono, which – as the title says – was mixed in mono like the classic records that inspired so much of the music we all know and love. Now, a decade later, they’re revisiting and remixing Mono, expanding it into stereo for the first time ever. Mono (In Stereo) is a feel-good jaunt through the band’s distinctive blend of Latin and Americana music, with classic tracks like “Summertime (When I’m with You)” and “All Night Long.”
Few bands have gotten as far in Nashville while displaying little if any concern for the conventions of Music City record making as the Mavericks, and since they reunited in 2012, they seem to realize there isn’t much of a place for them on the radio in a market saturated by bro-country…