About this season
Boone Sawyer, who aspires to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, who wants Boone to join him in the automobile repair business. The setting of the series is Tennessee in the early 1950s, when great changes began to occur in popular music, with the rise of Elvis Presley.
Episodes (13)
1. The Monument
Aired 26 September 1983 • 60 min
Boone gets into trouble with the law and almost misses his chance to perform at a war monument dedication.
2. The Last Dance (a.k.a. A Trip Down to Memphis)
Aired 3 October 1983 • 60 min
Boone and Rome miss the senior prom to accompany Mr. Johnson to a nightclub.
3. Banjo
Aired 10 October 1983 • 60 min
Boone and Rome discover an orphaned girl living in a burned-out cabin. Boone and Rome meet Banjo, a wild orphan with a talent for the instrument she's named after, and bring her to the Sawyer's home to stay, but Boone is not prepared for the jealousy his sister, Squirt, exhibits toward the newcomer. |
4. The Trial
Aired 17 October 1983 • 60 min
Boone is injured in an explosion at the airport, but his music takes on a new dimension when he develops a friendship with singer Lucky Parsons.
5. Second Fiddle
Aired 24 October 1983 • 60 min
Boone and Rome's friendship is tested when they meet a beautiful 17-year-old bonde girl.
6. The Decision
Aired 31 October 1983 • 60 min
Boone confronts his parents with his decision to make music his career, with or without their support. Mr. Johnson dies and leaves his guitar to Boone. At the funeral Boone's parents announce they will support him in any career he chooses.
7. The Graduation
Aired 14 November 1983 • 60 min
8. Chance of a Lifetime
Aired 21 November 1983 • 60 min
9. The Auction
Aired 5 December 1983 • 60 min
10. Words and Music
Aired 12 December 1983 • 60 min
Boone and Rome help thwart a crooked record producer.
11. Hard to Get
Aired 28 July 1984 • 60 min
Boone gets involved with a woman who has a five-year-old son and runs moonshine for her ex. Boone's parents are arrested and he puts himself in danger to protect the woman and her son.
12. The Front Line
Aired 4 August 1984 • 60 min
Rome gets drafted and Boone enlists so they can be together. Boone fails the physical and is rejected. As Rome prepares to leave he hears the Korean War is over. While he is celebrating his motorcycle falls, crushing his knee and preventing him from going into the army.
13. The Runaway
Aired 11 August 1984 • 60 min
Cousin Geneva leaves her husband and comes to Nashville to get Boone to help her launch a music career. Her first appearance does not go very well, but Boone discovers she has a talent for sewing. Geneva's husband joins her as she begins her new career as a seamstress.