Joe King Carrasco
Texas native Joe "King" Carrasco has devoted his career to re-creating the Tex-Mex, Farfisa organ rock & roll sound of such '60s groups as the Sir Douglas Quintet and Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs. After playing in a succession of bands around Texas in the late '60s and early '70s, Carrasco founded his band El Molino in 1976 and recorded Tex-Mex Rock-Roll in 1978.
By 1979, he had formed the Crowns and was calling his music "nuevo wavo," playing especially in New York, where he appeared on-stage in a cape and crown. He was signed to the U.K. Stiff label and Joe Boyd's Hannibal label in the U.S., and released Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns in 1980. By 1982, he had moved up to major label MCA for Synapse Gap, followed by Party Weekend (1983). He moved to Rounder for 1987's Bandido Rock, credited to Joe "King" Carrasco y las Coronas. During the '90s and 2000s, he added reggae and cumbia to his Tex-Mex stew, with releases on Royal Texacali and Anaconda.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Chalupa's Choice: Gran Exitos
Rock - Released by Joe King Carrasco on 6 Jan 2015
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Concierto Para Los Perros
Latin America - Released by Anaconda Records on 9 May 2011
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Tattoo Laredo
Rock - Released by Anaconda Records on 17 Jun 2011
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Vamos a Get Down
Rock - Released by Anaconda Records on 17 Jun 2011
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Mas Amor Por Favor (feat. Thierry Le Coz)
Rock - Released by Joe King Carrasco on 4 Jul 2018
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Lil' Lobo (feat. Patricia Vonne)
Rock - Released by Pink Chance Music on 6 Feb 2018
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I Saw My Baby
Country - Released by Anaconda Records on 27 Nov 2012
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