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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, "Crossroads," which has become a cult...
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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 ...
Mar 8, 2021 · Fusco dropped out of school at the age of 16 to travel the Mississippi Delta as a blues musician. That journey inspired his first screenplay, Crossroads, which has become a cult classic with musicians.
Highlights of Fusco's ensuing screenwriting career include the 1992 Val Kilmer hit Thunderheart; 2004's Hidalgo, starring Viggo Mortensen; and 2016's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of...
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John Fusco is an American screenwriter, producer, and television series creator born in Prospect, Connecticut. His screenplays include Crossroads, Young Guns...
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.
Mar 27, 2019 · Here's an example: After he dropped out of school, Fusco traveled the American South in search of Delta blues musicians who’d never had a top-10 record but were pioneers and innovators of...
