In 1974, President Nixon had just resigned and a cease-fire
was finally in place in Vietnam. But for Richie Marchetti, it is a chance at a
new life. A recent Yale graduate, he leaves his day job to join a successful
road band, happy just to focus on his music. But beneath Richie's outward
journey across America is a nagging subconscious mission: accepting the death
of his younger brother Tommy, who died in Vietnam two years earlier.