Grassroots hype and anticipation surround the upcoming film Here Comes Rusty, which stars Col. Bruce Hampton, Fred Willard, and Joey Lauren Adams. The film also features 12-year-old guitar prodigy Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Nth Power’s Nikki Glaspie, and The Meters’ George Porter Jr. 

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In a very organic way, it wasn’t until Hampton brought up Niederauer that a role even existed for him. “We didn’t know who Brandon was or why Bruce was pitching us a kid when the story didn’t have a kid. But after watching a couple videos on YouTube, we knew we had to find a spot for him, so we changed some things around and wrote him into the story,” Pierce Wortham, one of the writers for Here Comes Rusty, told us.

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Niederauer spent about a week on the Mobile, Alabama set filming his role as Dicky’s [Col. Bruce] guitar student named Bartholomew. Then Nikki Glaspie and George Porter Jr. came in for one day, and one day only, to shoot their scene as part of Dicky’s band called the Dinosaurs. Bruce hand-picked these musicians for obvious reasons, stirring the pot of anticipation for those excited to see these rockers on the big screen.

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To summarize the plot, Wortham explains: “Col. Bruce plays the lead role of Dicky St. Jon who is the proprietor of Magnolia Greyhound Park. Over the years, he has neglected the track, and it has fallen on hard times. Dicky learns he is broke, and with the bank nipping at his heels, makes the bet of a lifetime with his chief adversary and brother in law, Mak. The bet pits Magnolia Park against Mak’s Used Car Ranch, winner of the Magnolia Derby takes all.”

Specific dates for screenings will be announced in the coming weeks. For now, keep up on their website. Watch the full trailer below: