"Vince is a 13-year-old drummer. His father, Fred, is 48, and a faded guitarist and singer rock 'star"However , his father is not really his dad (he tells him so on several occasions ) ;besides ,a heavy smoker ,spitting blood ,and seriously sick (cancer is looming in the background).
Vince asks his dad to perform live at his junior high school concert ;but Fred 's voice is terribly damaged and he is the ghost of himself. Although the concert will take place ,it's a depressing movie ;as the emcee announces "an old rock group" ,one of the women who does the backing vocals angrily retorts " not old! vintage!
Although the performance leaves a lot to be desired,Fred sings like a possessed man,as though a life depends on it;and it does ,in a way, for it may well be his last one.
