Joe Carrasco
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Joe "King" Carrasco (born Joe Teusch in Dumas, Texas) is a Tex-Mex "new wave" musical artist, based in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He is most widely known as part of "Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns".
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[edit] History
Joe Carrasco founded the band "Joe 'King' Carrasco and El Molino" in Texas in the late 70s. Their album, Tex-Mex Rock & Roll, was self-released and later picked up by Big Beat Records. Joe "King" Carrasco and El Molino appeared at Raul's club, opening for the Reversible Cords in 1979.[citation needed]
As "Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns", Carrasco and his band released a self-titled album on Stiff Records in 1981, and followed that same year with another self-titled album on Hannibal Records.[1][dead link] They then signed with major label MCA Records, releasing Synapse Gap in 1982 (with harmonies by Michael Jackson on one song), and Party Weekend in 1983.[1] The band's most successful single was the title song from the Party Weekend album, a song had been released earlier as a single.
In the mid 1980s Carrasco moved to Nicaragua to study for several years, writing songs with a political flavor. Later his music style, adding influences from cumbia and reggae, evolved into what he calls "tequila reggae".[2][dead link]
[edit] Stage Name
He adopted the surname of drug kingpin Fred Gomez Carrasco, who died during the 1974 Huntsville Prison Siege.[3]
[edit] Discography
- Joe King Carrasco & El Molino (1978, Lisa Records)
- Tales of the Crypt (1979, Rior Records)
- Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns (1980, Indio Records/Recovery Recordings)
- Party Safari (1981, Hannibal Records)
- Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns (1981, Hannibal Records USA)
- Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns (1980, Stiff Records Europe)
- Synapse Gap (1982, MCA Records)
- Party Weekend (1983, MCA Records)
- Bordertown (1985, Big Beat Records USA)
- Bordertown (1985, New Rose Records (Europe)
- Bandido Rock (1987, Rior Records)
- Royal Loyal & Live (1990, Royal Texacali Records)
- Dia De Los Muertos (1993, Royal Texacali Records)
- Anthology (1995, MCA records)[4]
- Hot Sun (1999, Anaconda records)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Discography
- ^ JKC Biography
- ^ JKC Articles
- ^ Compilation CD set, including all songs from Synapse Gap and Party Weekend
