In , at the age of , Dwayne Hallston discovers James Brown and wants to perform just like him. His band, the Amazing Rumblers, studies and rehearses Browns Live at the Apollo album in the storage room of his fathers shop in their small North Carolina town. Meanwhile, Dwaynes forbidden black friend Larry--aspiring to play piano like Thelonius Monk--apprentices to a jazz musician called the Bleeder. His mother hopes music will allow him to escape the South.A dancing chicken and a mutual passion for music help Dwayne and Larry as they try to achieve their dreams and maintain their friendship, even while their world says both are impossible. In THE NIGHT TRAIN, Edgertons trademark humor reminds us of our divided national history and the way music has helped bring us together.
