Known as the King of Tex-Mex rock and roll, Joe King Carrasco, creates a stylistic borderland of pop rock and Latin rhythms. His cross-cultural stew blends cumbias, vamp, salsa, surf, reggae, blues, and Latin-tinged polkas.
Flaming Hot Tex Mex Rock n Roll is headed to Arizona for the “Tex Mex Rock n Roll -Revolution Tour 2026”
Joe King Carrasco is riding across the border on a high burn with the Free Mexican Air Force into Tucson, Arizona to play at Monterey Court on May 23rd.
Joining Joe King Carrasco on this run is Los Free Mexican Air Force with Chuggy Hernandez on bass since 1989, Thiery Le Coz on lead guitar, of famous for the French band – Los Teen Cats, Hector Munoz on drums, best known for his drums of Alejandro Escovedo, and Matt Hubbard on keyboards, best known for his work with Willie Nelson and 7 walkers with Bill Kreutzman from the Grateful Dead. So this band is a killer to the max!!!
After spending this last year, June, July, October, November, delivering frontline rescue vehicles to the eastern front and supplies for dog shelters, and lots of shows all over Ukraine- We are back to raising money for more frontline rescue vehicles that we will drive to Ukraine and for dog supplies in a few months. Joe toured Ukraine twice last year – supporting Ukrainians – by buying – through donations and some personal dînero rescue vehicles to evacuate wounded soldiers from the front as well as medical first aid kits and lots of dog food for shelters in Ukraine. That is really is Joe’s big life mission these days.
Known as the King of Tex-Mex rock and roll, Joe King Carrasco, creates a stylistic borderland of pop rock and Latin rhythms. His cross-cultural stew blends cumbias, vamp, salsa, surf, reggae, blues, and Latin-tinged polkas. It has been a long road, coming from Dumas,Texas, a dusty little west Texas town where in the 7th grade he started playing in garage bands. In his late teens, he was often lured to the beaches in Southern Mexico and was drawn to the Mexican music he was hearing around him. Back in Texas he joined up with future members of the Texas Tornados and formed a band known as Joe King Carrasco & El Molino and in 1978 released his 1st LP titled “Tex-Mex Rock & Roll”. Somehow this record made its way to England and was re-released by Big Beat Records.
In 1979, he formed Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns featuring Vox organ-driven Tex-Mex pop. The Crowns, released their first single, “Party Weekend”, and the label chase began and soon the band was playing chic New York venues and generating lines around the block. The band became one of the first American groups signed to England’s legendary Stiff Records. During this time Joe toured extensively throughout Europe, Central America, Bolivia and Columbia as well as across the USA and Canada, consistently delivering high energy performances where dancing was the numero uno priority.
