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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 <a href="spotify:artist:3A2UXqQgMDJ3YNvLPyX5NW">the Sir Douglas Quintet</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:05sRO4JdAtJGyZQOTb6kSL">Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs</a>. 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. <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stiff%22">Stiff</a> label and <a href="spotify:artist:2DejLgleOuHvmzJPds4Fwq">Joe Boyd</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hannibal%22">Hannibal</a> label in the U.S., and released Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns in 1980. By 1982, he had moved up to major label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22MCA%22">MCA</a> for Synapse Gap, followed by Party Weekend (1983). He moved to Rounder for 1987's Bandido Rock, credited to <a href="spotify:artist:0BzDPsjHyuqW26PgLUgE8T">Joe "King" Carrasco y las Coronas</a>. During the '90s and 2000s, he added reggae and cumbia to his Tex-Mex stew, with releases on Royal Texacali and Anaconda. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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. <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stiff%22">Stiff</a> label and <a href="spotify:artist:2DejLgleOuHvmzJPds4Fwq">Joe Boyd</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hannibal%22">Hannibal</a> label in the U.S., and released Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns in 1980. By 1982, he had moved up to major label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22MCA%22">MCA</a> for Synapse Gap, followed by Party Weekend (1983). He moved to Rounder for 1987's Bandido Rock, credited to <a href="spotify:artist:0BzDPsjHyuqW26PgLUgE8T">Joe "King" Carrasco y las Coronas</a>. During the '90s and 2000s, he added reggae and cumbia to his Tex-Mex stew, with releases on Royal Texacali and Anaconda. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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