{"id":16088,"date":"2019-06-20T13:50:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808272"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:50:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:50:28","slug":"the-mavericks-were-far-more-interesting-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/the-mavericks-were-far-more-interesting-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mavericks: \u201cWe\u2019re Far More Interesting Now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:313639?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/stephenss\/\" title=\"Posts by Samantha Stephens\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">5m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Just like fine wine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/the-mavericks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Mavericks<\/a> know that some things get better with age\u2026.including creativity and artistry.<\/p>\n<p>The supergroup recently sat down with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/shows\/hot-20-countdown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CMT\u2019s Hot 20 Countdown<\/a><\/em> team in celebration of their 30th anniversary in music. But rather than dwell on the past and the years gone by, the guys are looking to the here and now, and to the future with bright, clear eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusically, we\u2019re far more interesting than we were back then,\u201d says frontman Raul Malo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByqwZcDF1U-\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to explore and do whatever we want. When you operate from that premise, when the shackles are off, it\u2019s up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:3e900b89-b7f7-46ca-ad98-b1c69256d3d1\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Emerging onto the scene in 1989, the Mavericks were the toast of Music Row and the country charts in the mid-90s a formidable and somewhat historic feat for an alternative country band with a Cuban-American lead singer. Hard gigs in punk clubs were the start of a long road to glory for the group.<\/p>\n<p>But when the music is <em>that<\/em> good, it will cut through the noise, and it will more than stand the test of time. Malo is the first to admit that the group\u2019s longevity is a rare and precious gift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty incredible in this business and it feels good to be able to make music for so long for so many people, tours, and people want to hear it. It\u2019s a beautiful thing,\u201d Malo said.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the dates for the Mavericks\u2019 30th Anniversary World Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themavericksband.com\/tour\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByJF808lmc1\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tune in for more <em>90\u2019s Country Forever<\/em> goodness when <em>CMT\u2019s Hot 20 Countdown<\/em> continues their special July 13 and 14 on CMT.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1808272\/the-mavericks-were-far-more-interesting-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Stephens 5m ago Just like fine wine, The Mavericks know that some things get better with age\u2026.including creativity and artistry. The supergroup recently sat down with CMT\u2019s Hot 20 Countdown team in celebration of their 30th anniversary in music. But rather than dwell on the past and the years gone by, the guys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 07:28:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}