12/27/2023 0 Comments Big daddy weave my story baritone![]() Guitar, Bass, Percussion Russ Lawton, Drums. Borderlands is as dark andĬracked as his voice, a delight whichever side of the border your looking from. Mention the odd book that needs to be slotted in. To move over a little for his musical offerings to be given shelf space, not to It can only end troubleĬrossroads, Young Guns, and Hidalgo, have achieved cult status, they will have John is going to have his head served upon a platter. Of the Rio Grande, a Jezebel, and an ogling Generalissimo, it means, Rio Hondo Yet, there’s the story of John The Baptist, rewritten into the torrid, ‘Dance Maybe its just me,īut I rather like this Borderland reading from John Fusco’s To create the sand blown landscape for the tales to unwrap. Traditional, ‘Ain’t No Grave’, are by Fusco, the songs are darkīut spiritual, with players borrowed from the scriptures and reformed for the The ride across the arid groove of the album Dusty, dirty and delicious, an uplifting song to ease Just get, ‘Knighted By The Queen’, but you’ll have to go down on ![]() The wild desert bordello, and Isabella, if you can play the piano, you might Give her a miss, but not the song, or gorgeous atmospheric guitar. That’s one hell of a woman, killing you slowly with her loving, maybe ![]() How’s about, ‘Cyanide Whisky’, delivered on a dobro, and accompanied by arsenic Jack, “forgive them father for they know not what they do”. Hastings’, a preacher from out of the badlands, shot down by Cactus Opening bars with a saddened accordion, for a biblical story of ‘Horseback Like looking in a mirror! “If I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no damnedĪlong by some lovely-mellowed guitar George Petit. ‘Bad Luck Rides Shotgun’, is delicious, for me, Weather beaten like an old, cracked oak, a wonderful start to this cinema-scope Illegal migrants across the border in a refrigerator truck, a desert breakdownĪnd human misery, but he’s ok, he’s been paid. With a dower fanfare is the sad tale of, ‘Coyote Man’, running Its the blood spattered landscape that givesīreath to Fusco’s mix of blues and gospel, with tales of biblical martyrdom and Line that splits barren grit laden ground as surely as it divides a richĬountry with its poorer neighbour. With, Borderlands, a Mex/Tex struggle across the Rio Grande. Information and tickets: Īdditional concerts: Rock of the '70s & Craft Brew Festival with fireworks (Saturday), Gabriel Iglesias (Monday), Rascal Flatts (Tuesday), Crowder with Big Daddy Weave (Wednesday) and Brantley Gilbert with Luke Combs and closing fireworks (Saturday).Maker/singer/songwriter/ musician, John Fusco has released his third album Follow him on Facebook ( Twitter ( and Instagram ( IF YOU GO Just stop and take a second to smell the roses every day.Ĭontact Ryan Cormier of The News Journal at or (302) 324-2863. ![]() It was about how much fun are we going to have tonight. Being in the middle of the party, I never really looked at the success. Q: Finally, I was curious if there was any industry or life advice that 51-year-old Darius Rucker would give a 28-year-old you as "Cracked Rear View" was taking off?Ī: I would tell myself to wake up, pay attention and enjoy it. Touring is the way you make a living in this business these days, but I like being on the road, so it's OK. Now, the only reason you make a record is to tour. You went on tour so people would go out and buy your record. What are some of the biggest industry changes you've seen from the inside over these past 20 years or so?Ī: When we were playing in the '90s, the only reason you toured was as an advertisement for the record. Q: You are unique in having pop success in the '90s several years before Napster helped upend the industry and then finding more success years later in country. ![]() We expected success, but we weren't expecting it to do what it did. The next thing you know, "Letterman" happens and everything blows up. We just made the record and started touring again. We had been playing clubs on the East Coast and were making a pretty good living doing that. What were your expectations when it came out 23 years ago?Ī: I don't really know what our expectations were. 1 albums in the months before your release. Q: It's the summer of 1994 and "Cracked Rear View" is about to come out just as grunge is king in the rock world with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots all having No. Q: What's it like when you drop in for a night with them at a charity gig? It must be like parachuting into your past.Ī: It does have a little different vibe just because we are such a band through and through. ![]()
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