Morrisville, Vermont screenwriter, John Fusco, known for Young Guns, Thunderheart, Hidalgo, Forbidden Kingdom, the Netflix Marco Polo series, and the recent Kevin Costner-Woody Harrelson starrer, The Highwaymen, has been a storyteller for the greater part of his life. He’s now returning to songwriting, an integral part of his storytelling arsenal, leading to a masterful dominance of the Hammond B-3 and naturally segueing to his raw, gutsy, bluesy vocals. The mission of Fusco’s new endeavor, John Fusco and the X-Road Riders (say it: “crossroad riders”), is the passing of the passion to the next gen, where he’s squarely aiming the spotlight. Composed of twelve musicians, with the majority under the age of twenty-seven and as young as nineteen, the band will be rolling out the jams at gigs in northern Vermont this summer and into the fall.
