John Leslie Blues Band

John Leslie - Vocals and Harmonica
Rusty Zinn - Guitar
Justin MacCarthy - Guitar
Johnny Ace - Bass
Robby Bean - Drums
Bob Welsh - Piano and Guitar

John Leslie(Nuzzo) - (1945 - 2010)

John Leslie is a true porn legend, but his long and illustrious career has taken many strange turns. Born John Leslie Nuzzo, on January 25, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Midland, Pa. John Leslie worked at a Pennsylvania steel mill in the early 1960s. He moved in late 1964 to New York, where he hoped to launch a career as a painter. He ended up working as an illustrator in the city's then-thriving underground magazine market. John sang and played harmonica in various bands including the Brooklyn Blues Busters; his interest in jazz and blues continued with the release of the John Leslie Blues Band CD "In the Kitchen" in 1998.

Johnny Ace joined up with The Brooklyn Blues Busters in 1970 whose members were John Leslie, harpist/vocalist, Frannie Kristina (later the drummer for the Fabulous Thunderbirds), Howard T. Levine on guitar and a magnificent keyboardist Bill Hyde–whom the guys nicknamed "Baseball Bill.

The Brooklyn Blues Busters quickly rose in the blues ranks and often backed up John Lee Hooker on his East Coast shows. They also backed up the Queen of the Blues, herself, Victoria Spivey, whom they called "Queenie." In 1999 a CD was made, capturing the eccentric "Queen" in all her glory! The Brooklyn Blues Busters backed her up for the 1973 Ann Arbor Jazz and Blues Festival! Check out Queenie and the Brooklyn Blues Busters on her song "Organ Grinder".

The Brooklyn Blues Busters would remain a solid, working blues group for 5 years. In 1974, their home base became Ann Arbor, Michigan, a liberal college town, where the guys had the time of their lives. However, John Leslie –nicknamed "Rat" by Ace–soon answered to a different calling–the Porn industry! He became a porn star, and later an award winning writer and producer, rivaled only by John Holmes, and so the Blues Busters broke up in 1975.

John Leslie died December 5, 2010, Mill Valley, California, from a heart attack.