Joe "King" Carrasco

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Styles: New Wave, Tex-Mex
Biography: 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 ...Read full biography
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Released: 1982
Label: MCA
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Joe "King" Carrasco's Crowns boasted a beefed-up sound on their major label debut, which leaned more toward guitar rock with a loud rhythm section than earlier, cheesier Tex-Mex efforts. That did not constitute ...Read full review
Joe
Released: 1980
Label: Stiff
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At a time when the New York club scene was dominated by the remnants of punk and quirky power pop of Devo and the B-52s, Joe "King" Carrasco, whose music complemented those styles, constituted comic relief. ...Read full review
More Joe "King" Carrasco albums: Main Albums (10), Compilations (2), Singles & EPs (2)
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