The Mavericks are not now nor have they ever been a country band.

Sure, The Mavericks received a pair of Country Music Association awards, three Academy of Country Music awards and a best country album Grammy honor in the 1990s. They’ve seen songs such as “What A Crying Shame,” “Oh What a Thrill” and “Here Comes The Rain” run up the country charts.

But, stylistically and culturally, The Mavericks aren’t just country.

“It’s too one dimensional, just that description, and we’re not a one-dimensional band,” said Mavericks founder, singer and songwriter Raul Malo. “It’s not fair to country bands because we’re not a country band. I love country music, I really do. But I love all kinds of music, and I love that thread, that connectivity that flows through the music.”

The Mavericks, along with headliner Dwight Yoakam and 49 Winchester, stop Friday at Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs for The Cosmic Roundup & Rodeo Tour.

Malo’s love of multiple styles, a multistylistic mix of Tex-Mex, rockabilly, rock ‘n’ roll, country, Latin and ‘50s pop, is driven home on “Moon & Stars,” the band’s 14th album, released in May.

He discovered the connectivity in music that has pulled him out of any single genre when he was a kid growing up in Miami.

“I’m listening to Elvis’ ‘It’s Now Or Never,” he said. “That was such an earth-shattering moment for me, like creatively. I didn’t even understand it at the time, but it was monumental because here was the king of rock and roll singing a converted aria in one of the greatest pop records of all time. And I just thought that was just sheer genius and really beautiful musically. Now that’s what I want to do. I want to connect stuff like that. So I’ve been basically trying to imitate ‘It’s Now Or Never” my whole life.”

Formed in Miami in 1989 by Malo and drummer Paul Deakin, The Mavericks released an independent album that landed them a deal with MCA Records, the label on which the band released four albums from 1992 to 1998, each producing charting singles and garnering country awards attention.

But despite the platinum-selling records and growing fan base for their live shows, The Mavericks were, by the late ’90s, ostracized in the conservative country music industry.

That rigidity and country’s dependence on radio slapped Malo in the face when the Mavericks released their 1996 single “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down” that featured Texas Tornados legend Flaco Jimenez on accordion and radio demanded he be taken off the record or the track wouldn’t be played.

“If you wanted to have an accordion on your record, or horns. God forbid, you were immediately blacklisted,” Malo said. “That wasn’t a place for us.”