Perez, along with Raul Malo, Paul Deakin and Garland native Jerry Dale McFadden, forms the core of the Mavericks, the wonderfully indefinable act whose sound slides from country to folk to rock to jazz to Tejano to Americana and back again. There are worse gigs in life than to tour the world, bringing smiles to faces and swivels to hips. I think that we’re all getting much more satisfaction and joy out of it, and that’s one reason that music hits people in a joyous way.” … But what we have found in the process, this time around, at least, is we’re much more connected. “We regrouped in 2011, and we realized we’re probably going to have to do this ourselves in our own way. “That’s a really high compliment, and I don’t take that lightly,” he said. When I put this to Mavericks guitarist Eddie Perez during a recent phone conversation, he responded with appreciative humility. There’s no scientific study to back up this assertion, but take it from someone who’s attended more than a few Mavericks concerts: There’s no way to leave whichever venue the band fills and feel anything less than unadulterated joy. The Mavericks (L to R: Paul Deakin, Eddie Perez, Jerry Dale McFadden and Raul Malo) Photo: JR PR
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