Positively reviewed in Colombia, El Joe, la leyenda was honored with the Premios India Catalina award for best soap opera.

Arroyo is depicted in the first episodes as a young, attractive and courageous man that during a carnival falls in love with Jaqueline Ramón, daughter of the owner of a local music label.

[3] The serial also focuses on Arroyo's struggle to succeed in the musical business and uses the lyrics from his most popular songs as a narrative device throughout the episodes.

Artist Joe Arroyo gave permission to the serial and personally recounted some of the anecdotes to the writing team.

[4] Many locations around five cities (Cartagena, Barranquilla, Medellín, Bogotá and San Basilio de Palenque) were used for filming.