As a respected songwriter he moved to Nashville in the 90’s to help write songs for Raul Malo and The Mavericks; contributing to the country band’s Grammy-award winning playlists writing for their song “Things I Cannot Change.”
Raul Malo covered the song on his 2006 album You're Only Lonely.
"Bright Side of the Road" has been covered by many artists over the years, including: Shakira, Josh Graves, Hothouse Flowers, Raul Malo, Jerry Garcia Band, 001 Ensemble, Brendan Boyer, Antawn Jefferson, and David West.
Artists performing at this two-day event included Rosanne Cash, The Civil Wars, Raul Malo, Mànran and Niteworks.
He played in top 40 bands and began work as a session guitarist on jingles and records and collaborated with and was in the scene with many well known musicians (Alain Berge, Narada Michael Walden, Raul Malo, Nil Lara, Froilan "Fro" Sosa, Lee Levin, John Joseph).
Mooney sang harmonies with Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Steve Earle, John Doe, Jim James, Raul Malo, Jim Lauderdale and Jay Farrar as a member of the "house band" for the Return to Sin City—A Tribute to Gram Parsons DVD.
In addition, Perry Danos has worked with Donna Summers, Raul Malo, Wayne Newton, Four Tops, Martina McBride, Leon Russell, and Tony Bennett.
In 2012, Wilson returned to songwriting when he collaborated with artist and brother-in-law, Raul Malo, for the Mavericks reunion project.
Raul Malo | José Raúl Capablanca | Saint-Malo | Raúl Castro | Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz | Raúl Alfonsín | Raúl Juliá | Raul Julia | Raúl di Blasio | Raúl Ramírez | Raúl Prebisch | Raúl Mondesí | Raúl Labrador | Raul Boesel | St. Malo | Raúl Reyes | Raul Morales | Raul Hilberg | Raul Blanco | Raúl Velasco | Raúl Soldi | Raúl López | Raul Gardini | Raul Domingos | Raul Bocanegra | Raúl Beceyro | Malo | Gina Malo | Ancient Diocese of Saint-Malo | St. Malo, Manitoba |
Produced by Songmasters, with Peter Asher acting as music supervisor and producer and Waddy Wachtel as music director, the event brought together artists such as Stevie Nicks, Lyle Lovett, Raul Malo, Patrick Stump, Chris Isaak, Graham Nash, Boz Scaggs, Michelle Branch, Shawn Colvin, Cobra Starship, Paul Anka, Phil Everly, James Burton, and Albert Lee.
Jonny Lang, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Billy Idol, Joe Bonamassa, the Jordanaires, Canned Heat, James Durbin, .38 Special, Orion, Australian Crawl, My Morning Jacket, The Creepshow, The Boppers, David Gogo, Trisha Yearwood, Brian Hyland, Raul Malo, Straight No Chaser, Frantic Flintstones, Rick Saucedo, 45 R.P.M., Tom Green, and Wynonna Judd have also recorded the song.