Wayne Collins, a young singer/songwriter (Rob Mayes), was a heartbeat away from making it in Nashville when a car crash ended his dream. Now, seven years later, he’s a working man in Columbus, Georgia, trying to make ends meet. During a cable installation, he meets Claude Allen, a drunken has-been country music legend (Beau Bridges), who hands him a guitar and listens to one of Wayne’s original songs. Together, they return to Nashville, hoping they can shop the song and score a record deal. But the industry has changed, and no one is willing to take a chance on Claude. Not one to give up, Wayne outsmarts the system.
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00:00 Get us going!
00:01 Two, three, four!
00:03 [music]
00:04 Is my song any good?
00:06 Sure. I just made it better.
00:07 I'm gonna take it to Nashville.
00:09 [music]
00:13 I know it's crazy, but this is a shot.
00:15 To just go to Nashville with some old has-been that everybody thinks is dead is ridiculous.
00:20 I will never, ever get another chance like this.
00:23 Are you Claude Allen?
00:24 My grandmother loves you.
00:27 I gotta take a piss.
00:29 Oh boy.
00:30 Give a big old welcome to the Collins brothers!
00:34 What's going on Nashville, good evening.
00:36 You wrote a hell of a song. You're a great singer.
00:38 This song can't lose.
00:40 It'll be just like the good old days.
00:42 Woo! We got a record deal!
00:44 [music]
00:48 Son of a bitch.
00:50 You know I've always loved your music, but I love you more.
00:54 You owe me the money.
00:55 Can you afford this?
00:57 I still got a job.
00:58 There's no future in it, Wayne.
01:00 You know that better than anybody.
01:02 Buck wants the song.
01:04 You made it way better.
01:06 That's righteous, man.
01:08 This is righteous.
01:10 [music]
01:19 What, do you piss off everyone in this town?
01:21 Yeah, more than once.
01:23 You got him going again.
01:25 You sure I'm high as hell?
01:27 [music]
01:36 Still partners?
01:38 [laughter]
01:40 [music]