1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner| piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt tothe liquor man| the chicken man| and the landlord| Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint| away fromTouissant's| the rival joint across the way. His plan to hire a guitar legend go awry and Tyrone is forced to take drastic action in a final scheme to save the club.