The music world is mourning the death of Raul Malo, the genre-blending visionary and frontman of The Mavericks.

The dynamic singer, who died Monday, was attracted to the Tex-Mex music pioneered by Doug Sahm and Flaco Jimenez.

The Mavericks honored Raul Malo in a big way just days before he died. The band and some special guests put on two benefit shows in honor their frontman, who battled cancer for the last year, at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Dec. 5 and 6. Malo died on Dec. 8, two days after the second show. He was 60.

As the singer battles cancer, his band takes the stage to celebrate his impact on music with guests like Rodney Crowell, Maggie Rose, and former Mavericks bassist Robert Reynolds

Raul Malo, the Mavericks singer known for his muscular baritone and expansive take on country music, is dead at 60. Malo announced a cancer diagnosis last year.