Raul Malo onstage with The Mavericks in 2021 Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Americana Music Association Raul Malo, the Grammy-winning silky-voiced singer, guitarist and main songwriter for Tex-Mex band The Mavericks who also sang with the supergroup Los Super Seven, died Monday of cancer, his band announced on social media. He was 60. "Anyone with the pleasure of being in Raul's orbit knew that he was a force of human nature, with an infectious energy," the group wrote on Instagram.