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His cross-cultural stew blends cumbias, vamp, salsa, surf, reggae, blues, and Latin-tinged polkas.

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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. Somehow this record made its way to England and was re-released by Big Beat Records.

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. Rounding out his assault on the International music scene with an in-depth interview in Rolling Stone Magazine and an appearance performing his music on Saturday Night Live.

Even with all this going on Joe knew he was ready to take his music to a new level. After returning from a very successful year on the road, he put this experience to work and recorded the reggae flavored song "Don't Let a Woman Make a Fool Out of You " on his album Synapse Gap for MCA Records where he had the King of pop, Michael Jackson , singing background harmonies.

Joe's music is enhanced with an even greater Latin influence after living and studying in Nicaragua in the mid 's. This style seemed to be the musical answer to what Joe had been searching for from the Mayan pyramids to the shores of Lake Titicaca.

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This mystical combination of Latino and Caribbean, with a little bit of Sam The Sham thrown in for a spicy flavor, has evolved into a style Joe has termed "Tequila Reggae". Joe King Carrasco has been involved in acting for many years but in he stepped into the roles of writer and director with the release of his first film " Rancho No Tengo ".

The soundtrack with the same name was released in Because dogs are such an important part of his life, in , Joe along with his three Jack Russell Terriers who go everywhere he goes, started a nonprofit group, Viva Perros www. Through the years, fans have always been impressed by the energy Joe King Carrasco brings to the show with antics such as climbing up onto the speakers, taking leaps off the drum rise and closing the gap between him and the audience by taking his guitar through the crowd and climbing onto tables and bars without missing a beat.