During this time he joined Chuck Berry's back up band featuring Nashville producer Tom Hambridge on drums and toured with him on the East Coast.

Krown joined ex-Muddy Waters guitarist Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson's band in the late 1980s.

In 1991, Krown moved to New Orleans to join Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's band, Gate's Express.

The Joe Krown Organ Combo performed every week at one of the many New Orleans nightclubs, including the Maple Leaf Bar, House of Blues, Tipitina's, Le Bon Temps Roule and dba.

[2] Apart from the Organ Combo, Krown started to play with guitarist John Fohl and harmonica/accordion player Johnny Sansone in 2000.

They played traditional blues with Krown on piano, and Fohl and Sansone sharing the vocal duties.

He has been a headline performer at WWOZ's Piano Night during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival every year since 1997.

Krown plays regular solo piano performances in New Orleans at Ralph's on the Park, Le Bon Temps and the Jazz Playhouse in the Sonesta Hotel on Bourbbon St.

[2] In the spring of 2007, Krown started playing every Sunday night at the Maple Leaf Bar (New Orleans, LA) with Walter "Wolfman" Washington (guitar & vocals) and Russell Batiste, Jr. (drums).

In the fall of 2010, the Trio released Triple Threat, the follow up to Live at the Maple Leaf Bar and their first studio CD.

[2] In June 2017 Krown joined the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band as the full time keyboard player.

His trio with Johnny Sansone & John Fohl has also won a 2004 New Orleans Big Easy Award in the Blues category.