En un pequeño pueblo de Tennessee, el anciano rescata a una joven que yace medio muerta al borde de la carretera, y decide secuestrarla para apagar sus ansias.
Banda sonora con canciones. Entre ellas, "Ain´t But One Kind of Blues" (Son House), "When the Lights Go Out" (The Black Keys), "Standing In My Doorway Crying" (Jessie Mae Hemphill), "Chicken Heads" (Bobby Rush), "Morning Train" (Precious Bryant), "The Losing Kind" (John Doe), "Lord Have Mercy on Me" (Outrageous Cherry), "Old Black Mattie" (R.L. Burnside) o "That´s Where the Blues Started" (Son House).