1973. Four years after his sister left home and left him her secret record collection, Wiliam Miller is a young and opinionated music critic for a couple of small newspapers. Courted by "Rolling Stone" magazine to accompany an emerging rock band on its first music tour, he agrees, convinces his conservative mom and heads on the road. On his way through the world of seventies rock, he will learn a few things about life and about himself... Cameron Crowe returns to deal with his own biography, and once again proves his scriptwriting and directorial talents.