Album: Borderlands | www.john-fusco.com/ | Listen & Download: lnk.fu.ga/johnfusco_borderlands | Lyrics:
cyanide whiskey
arsenic wine
she's like cyanide whiskey
arsenic wine
that woman has got a wicked ways
she'll will kill your peace of mind
let me tell you about this woman
you never know which side you're gonna get
there's a thing about this woman
you never know which side you're gonna get, no you don't
she'll love you like a sweet angel
you'll wake up with the devil in your bed
and she'll start messin' with your head
I hear rattling shackles
I know here come that big ol' ball & chain
I hear rattling shackles
here come that big ol' ball & chain
I'll take my hound dog and my blanket
and I'll go sleep out in the freezing rain
cause' I can't stand this thing
cyanide whiskey
arsenic wine
she's like cyanide whiskey
arsenic wine
she knows how to kill you slowly
and you know damn well she gonna take her time
and she'll will kill your peace of mind

Blues Blast Magazine: Since making his debut on CD as a singer/songwriter a few years ago, @johnfusco1691 has proven himself to be as equally as talented a bandleader as he is a screenwriter and movie/TV producer. The filmmaker who gave us Young Guns, Hidalgo, Thunderheart and The Highwayman, he’s a storyteller with few peers as this disc, which delivers a blues-filled saddlebag of what he terms the “Wild West Soul of America” shows.

Raised in Prospect, Conn., Fusco spent his early adulthood in the South as a laborer and blues singer. He turned to writing after experiencing vocal problems after co-founding and serving as the keyboard player/lead vocalist/harp player of the Travis McComb Band back home and touring with the Virginia-based Dixie Road Ducks.

This is the third disc Fusco has released since 2019 when he made his debut on the Checkerboard label with John Fusco and the X-Road Riders followed by John the Revelator a year later. Like those CDs, this album delivers a film-noire mix of blues and roots held together by gritty lyrics – in this case, the description of folks who find themselves trapped between past mistakes and an uncertain future. The songs unfold like a film script and are infused with coyote howls, mariachi horns and much, much more.

Fusco plays keys throughout. His pleasant, well-worn voice fits perfectly with the theme of his material. The set was produced and arranged by George Walker Petit, who contributes guitar, fretless bass, percussion and ocarina. They’re joined by Matthew Backer on guitar, Russ Lawton of the Trey Anastasio Band on percussion, Patrick Richard Ross on mandolin and Acadian fiddle, Connor Young on trumpet, Stuart Paton on congas, Jane Boxall on marimba, Michael Hartigan on accordion and Ashley Betton on backing vocals.

Blues takes many forms, and John Fusco has a style that’s truly all his own. Check out this pleaser and I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s a winner on all counts.

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