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John Fusco is a man of many talents. Fusco dropped out of school at the age of 16 to travel the Mississippi Delta and become a blues musician. That journey inspired his first screenplay ...
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Jul 23, 2018 · Blues Rock Review caught up with Fusco to discuss his love of the blues, new music, the possibility of a Crossroads sequel, and more. What drew you to the blues? Going back to my younger days when I was about 13 or 14 I was introduced to the Allman Brothers by my older sister.
Apr 17, 2023 · Fusco spent his youth dreaming about a career in Hollywood, but his life changed at age 14 when his older sister, Kathleen, took him to Veterans Coliseum in New Haven – about 30 miles to the south in the central part of the state – to catch the Allman Brothers Band in action.
While best known as the creator of the 1986 blues movie classic ‘Crossroads’, John Fusco has returned to his musical stomping grounds with his second album John the Revelator (2020); Fusco’s band, the X-Road Riders are a veritable cast of modern blues stars: Cody Dickinson (the North Mississippi Allstars), who produced Fusco’s first ...
An American award-winning screenwriter of motion pictures and television. He is also a novelist, Spanish Mustang conservationist, martial artist, TV series c...
Mar 8, 2021 · Fusco joined the Blues Rock Show to discuss his journey into the blues, his two blues albums, and Crossroads, including the film’s iconic guitar duel and what a potential remake would be like.
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John Fusco was raised in the small town of Prospect, Connecticut, leaving home and high school early to travel the American south as a blues musician and blue collar laborer.
