Tag Archives: Joe “King” Carrasco

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA pop singer Bonnie Hayes applied the brand new influx updating of ’60s girl-group pop (Blondie, the Go-Go’s, etc.) to shiny, bouncy music with a solid, self-confident view. Hayes documented two albums with her support band, the Crazy Combo (guitarist Paul Davis, bassist Hank Maninger, and drummer …

The best Tex-Mex supergroup, Texas Tornados were made up of a number of the genre’s most legendary figures: Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers (Sahm’s bandmate within the groundbreaking Sir Douglas Quintet), Hispanic country star Freddy Fender, and accordion virtuoso Flaco Jimenez. The group’s infectious, party-ready sound combined country, early rock and …

Texas local Joe “Ruler” Carrasco has devoted his career to re-creating the Tex-Mex, Farfisa organ rock and roll & move sound of such ’60s groupings because the Sir Douglas Quintet and Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs. After playing within a succession of rings around Tx in the past due …

Just like the Stray Cats as well as the Polecats, the Kingbees revived rockabilly with an ’80s new wave flavor. The music group was produced by Jamie Adam (vocals, electric guitar) in 1979. Blessed in Toronto, Canada, Adam started playing electric guitar at age 13. He relocated to London, Britain …

Augie Meyers began his profession like a keyboardist inside a bizarre style. Elevated by his grandparents, he previously polio and may not walk perfectly. He still liked wandering around, plenty of that his grandparents linked a six-foot rope to his calf and linked it with their piano. He basically got …