Joe King Carasco Crowns Rar
A repackaging of Joe's classic 1980 debut with the Crowns, together with the Party Safari EP. Great to finally have this on CD. If Joe's ADHD yipping and Kris Cummings' cheesy vox organ riffs don't pick up your mood, you aren't alive. Definitive versions of great tunes like Caca de Vaca and Federales. Joe “King” Carrasco & the Crowns. Album Party Weekend. Party Weekend Lyrics. I said, a-hey, little girl, what do you do? I've been a-waiting all week for something like you. Listen to Joe 'King' Carrasco and The Crowns Radio featuring songs from Synapse Gap (Mundo Total) free online. Listen to free internet radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts. Stream live CNN, FOX News Radio, and MSNBC. Plus 100,000 AM/FM radio stations featuring music, news, and local sports talk. Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns is an album by Joe Carrasco, released by Stiff Records (SEEZ 28) on October 10, 1980 in the United Kingdom. An American version with a different track listing and cover design was released by Hannibal Records (HNBL 1308) around the same time.
Joe 'King' Carrasco is a Texas dreamer, which means the wild thoughts that gallop around his fevered brain are in greater relief and deeper Technicolor than the visions of other mortals. Forty years ago, Carrasco envisioned himself the leader of a band of musicians who could play any and all styles of Lone Star music, a sound that would be born in the barrio of West San Antonio where legends walk the streets and fill the cantinas with the feeling of freedom. The young Texan saw himself someday hopefully being one of those legends, and over the past several decades has rightfully earned his place in that firmament. Once Carrasco formed El Molino in the mid-'70s in Austin , it was only a matter of extreme word of mouth before the world would discover their awesomeness.
Today's El Molino, rising from the soul of past infamy, includes some of Texas' most revered musicians, people like drummer Ernie 'Murph' Durawa, Miller 'Speedy' Sparks, guitarist John X. Reed, accordionist Marcelo Gauna, saxophonist Joe Morales, backup vocalist Chuggy Hernandez, and, of course, keyboard player Augie Meyers from the world famous Sir Douglas Quintet. Leading this group of musical madmen is permanent el jefe Joe 'King' Carrasco on vocals and guitar. Their blend of Tex-Mex mania, cumbias, rancheras, and even flat-out West Texas rock & roll is a heady swirl that is rarely equaled in the scientific labs of record production. It takes a certain demented dedication to chase the sound for all these years, and only Carrasco has been able to capture the heartfelt passion that makes this kind of rock & roll as necessary as air. By rounding up the present-day unstoppable aggregation of players, he has defied gravity and returned El Molino to the land of the living.
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The band's new album, ' Tlaquepaque ' makes good on the promise of El Molino's 1977 debut album 'Tex-Mex Rock-Roll.' That 12' slab of audio dynamite featured brand new classics like 'Jalapeno con Big Red,' ' Mezcal Road ' and 'Tell Me,' and has gained a notoriety not often found in 1970s music. While it might be a mistake to say that Joe 'King' Carrasco has grown up, it would be true to claim he has found his place among the greats of Texas music. When it was time to reconvene the El Molino experiment 35 years later, he went straight to the source and gathered the surviving members and took on the grand plan to move the mesmerizing El Molino mystique to the next level. In honor of fallen members Ike Ritter, Richard 'Eh Eh' Elizondo, Rocky Morales and Charlie MacBirney, the band's new songs burn from the very start. There is simply no way to define exactly what these musicians accomplish except to say when the wind howls and the guitars scream, when the drums pound and the singers sing, listen for El Molino to be the ones on the bandstand leading the charge. Vamos al gitdown indeed.
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--Bill Bentley, November 2012
(Bill Bentley was lucky enough to play drums with El Molino on occasion in the '70s at Raul's nightclub in Austin on his fave rave 'Buena.')
This was $4.00. I like playing the local angle. I am also embarrassed to admit I didn’t know more about Joe “King” Carrasco before buying this.
Carrasco and his band, the Crowns, rose to prominence in the 80’s. Memory seems to recall reading about them playing in Houston quite a bit during this time. I want to say they played Houston a lot. I say reading because at the time, I did not even drive and I seem to recall seeing ads in various papers. I do know they played at one of the outdoor stages at the biggest party in Texas in Houston in 1989. Being underage, I was not allowed access but did go to the Who/ Fabulous Thunderbirds/ SRV in the Astrodome.
Riding on a Tex-Mex/ New Wave (or Nuevo Wave as Joe would call it) sound that drew heavily from acts like Sam the Sham, the Sir Douglas Quintet, and ? and the Mysterians, as well an busy live show, this album, I believe, was their major label debut. The album is pretty good. The songs are catchy and farfisa organ driven. Below is an interview with Mark Goodman right before its release. If you don’t want to spend 30 mins watching, the high points are as follows: 1) Mark Goodman asking Joe if he thinks he will achieve Bruce Springsteen-levels of fame (he would not); 2) Joe explaining the influence of German settlers in Texas and German polka in Tex-Mex music; 3) Mark Goodman’s disappointment when he learns there is no deeper meaning behind the song “Monkey Got my Frisbee”. The song title is literal. Sales of this album and the following were not as were expected I imagine and back to smaller labels Joe went.
On a negative note, THIS RECORD SKIPS HORRIBLY. Despite looking to be in good condition, every song on here skips. I have spent countless time cleaning it to no avail. This is sad as it would appear this record is out of print and never made the leap to CD. RATS!!! Below is the video to the song I wanted to post “Person to Person” but it skipped too much. “Man Overboard” for the record, was also a serious contender. (***SEE NOTE BELOW)
Of the songs that skipped the least, I guess I will have to go with the reggae influenced “Don’t Let a Woman Make A Fool (Out of You)”. According to the liner notes, the background vocals were done by Michael Jackson. The picture below would suggest, yes, the Michael Jackson. This was back in 1983 and totally plausable.
I am not going to rate this album due to the fact that I would have to give it a low rating due to unplayability. However, I am planning to go see Joe King Carrasco at the Continental Club at on June 26.
- Dont Let a Woman Make a Fool Out of Yo
- Man Overboard
Joe King Carrasco Crowns Rare
***NOTE: After writing this post, I got the record cleaned professionally and that seemed to dramatically fix the record. The catchy new wave organ driven songs makes this a top rated record for me. I also decided to throw on “Man Overboard” as well but note I do not like doing multiple two-fers in the same week.)