IN TIMEAudio Mixers: Nathan Yarborough; Niko Bolas. Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN; The Love Shack, Nashville, TN. Photographer: Mark Tucker . Although they first broke into the limelight marketed as a country act in the 1990s, Miami's Mavericks, led by the soaring, Roy Orbison like vocals of singer Raul Malo, and with a sound that blended country elements with Tex Mex, Latin, and Cuban touches, along with pure pop, proved to be a