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Celebrate Rebellious Country Music With THE MAVERICKS - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION, Acclaimed Group's Biggest Compilation

LOS ANGELES, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Perhaps country's most musically rebellious artist is The Mavericks, whose mix of country, rock, Latin, rockabilly, pop, alternative and more turned the Nashville formula inside out. Nowhere is that better heard than on the group's most expansive compilation to date, THE MAVERICKS - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (MCA Nashville/UMe), released June 22, 2004.

Included among the album's 20 digitally remastered tracks are all six of the group's Top 30 country hits, their Nick Lowe-produced "Blue Moon" contribution to the 1995 Apollo 13 soundtrack and two rarities. Previously unreleased in the U.S. is 1998's live "Rancho Grande"; making its U.S. album debut is the 1996 recording "I Don't Care (If You Love Me Anymore)."

The Mavericks were, well, mavericks from the start, forming in the unlikely locale of Miami in the late '80s. After a 1990 indie album, they made their MCA debut two years later with FROM HELL TO PARADISE, the title of singer-songwriter Raul Malo's compelling ballad chronicling his family's journey from Cuba. "This Broken Heart" and a supercharged cover of Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin'" also graced the critically acclaimed album.

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