. ♪ >> raw >> raul malo leads the band along with paul deakin, eddie perez, and jerry dale mcfadden ontage presence. >> we practice in front of the mirror every day. >> i think everybody has a bit of a ham factor. >> yes. >> you know, which is good. that's all right. >> for the audience, that's a lot of fun. >> jerry, how long have you been taking off and dancing all the way across the stage at back? >> a long time. it's funny. >> mcfadden was first coaxed by malo back in the early years. >> everybody flipped out and the crowd went crazy and now, well, you're stuck doing that. >> reporter: the mavericks came together in miami in 1989. >> the first gig was in an english pub in little haiti that only plays punk music and we were playing at that time straight up country music. so it was all wrong is how it started. ♪ all you every do is bring me down ♪ >> reporter: in the '90s they ran off a string of country hits winning both cma and mma awards in 1995 for band of the year. they also took home a grammy, but in 2004 the band broke up. they'd go their separate ways for almost eight years.