Roadie (film)

Plot

Travis W. Redfish (Meat Loaf) is a beer-drinking, bar-brawling, fun-loving distributor of Shiner beer. He also helps his father, Corpus C. Redfish (Art Carney) with the family salvage company, whose motto is "Everything will work if you let it!" B.B. Muldoon (Gailard Sartain) is both his best friend and business partner.

In the opening scene, B.B., driving their Shiner beer truck, arrives at the Redfish family home and business to pick Travis up for work. A short time later, after embarking on their daily delivery route, they notice an RV that has broken down on the side of the road. At first, they laugh at the thought of helping the stranded motorists. Until, that is, Travis sees wannabee groupie Lola Bouliabaise (Kaki Hunter) smile at him through the rear window of the RV. Redfish slams on the brakes and decides to help, hoping to get a closer look at Lola. Lola is a big Alice Cooper fan and Travis has never heard of "her". 'Ace' (Joe Spano), a road manager, and his assistant George, try to talk Travis into driving them to Austin for a show to be played by Hank Williams Jr. and put on by music mogul Mohammed Johnson. He meets Bird Lockhart, a hippie and lifelong roadie in the music business. After repairing the RV Lola is able to talk Travis into coming along where he ends up becoming the "greatest roadie that ever lived" with his unusual techniques on fixing things.

On the road, Redfish gets into a bar fight with "Tiny" Thompson after Lola accidentally ruins his little sister's hair by dumping beer on it in an attempt to meet Roy Orbison. After knocking heads, Travis ends up with "Brain-Lock" that he developed in the war and only a pitcher of beer will cure him. Redfish ends up with "Brain Lock after head butting Tiny and a pitcher of beer is the only cure. Lola convinces him to drive them to Hollywood for another show. He drives like a maniac and ends up with B.B in hot pursuit and the police right behind them all. Soon Redfish passes out and wakes up the next day in the back of a trailer carrying musical equipment. He gets angry at Lola fr promising everybody that he'll remain on the road with them and yells at her. Lola cries and in a guilt ridden manner, Redfish agrees. Lola then turns around with a smile and suggests they use the limo to go to the hotel.

Cast

Meat Loaf – Travis W. Redfish

Kaki Hunter – Lola Bouilliabase

Art Carney – Corpus C. Redfish

Gailard Sartain – B.B. Muldoon

Rhonda Bates – Alice Poo

Joe Spano – Ace

Richard Marion – George

Sonny Carl Davis – Bird (as Sonny Davis)

Hamilton Camp – Grady

Don Cornelius – Mohammed Johnson

Alice Cooper – Himself

Alvin Crow – Himself

Rick Crow – Asleep at the Wheel

Smoothie – The Pleasant Valley Boys

D.K. Little – The Pleasant Valley Boys

Pete Finney – The Pleasant Valley Boys

Tiny McFarland – The Pleasant Valley Boys

Roger Crabtree – The Pleasant Valley Boys

Chris O'Connell – Asleep at the Wheel

Bobby Black – Asleep at the Wheel

Pat Ryan – Asleep at the Wheel

Daniel Levin – Asleep at the Wheel

John Nicholas – Asleep at the Wheel

Francis Christina – Asleep at the Wheel

Dean DeMerritt – Asleep at the Wheel

Deborah Harry – Herself (Blondie)

Chris Stein – Himself (Blondie)

Clem Burke – Himself (Blondie)

Jimmy Destri – Himself (Blondie)

Nigel Harrison – Himself (Blondie)

Frank Infante – Himself (Blondie)

Roy Orbison – Himself

Hank Williams, Jr. – Himself

Ginger Varney – Weather Girl

Al Mays – Mohammed's Bodyguard

Cindy Wills – Prom Queen

Allan Graf – Tiny

Merle Kilgore – Himself

Jack Elliott – Himself (as Ramblin' Jack Elliott)

Hector Britt – Hank

Larry Lindsey – Jerry

Conrad E. Palmisano – First Cop in Chase (as Conrad Palmisano)

Tim Chitwood – Second Cop

Bobby Sargent – Third Cop

Rick Seaman – Fourth Cop

Lenore Woodward – Little Old Lady

Terry Wills – First Narc

Chuck Bulot – Second Narc

Helena Hurmann – Manager

Marcy Hanson – Groupie

Carole McClellan – Sheriff

Rudy Ortiz – Soundman

Bruce Patron – Blondie Road Manager

William Hanna – Tire Salesman

James Lewis – Lil Pete

Ray Benson – Himself

Richard Portnow – First New York Wino

Anthony Casertano – Second New York Wino

Kurtwood Smith – Security Guard

Sheryl Cooper – Herself

Joe Gannon – Spittle Manager

Jesse Frederick – Alice Cooper Roadie

Larry Marshall – Second Roadie

Rick Brunt – Third Roadie

Eric Gardner – Concert Promoter

Fred Mandel – Alice Cooper Band

Davey Johnstone – Alice Cooper Band

Roger Powell – Alice Cooper Band

Kasim Sulton – Alice Cooper Band

John Wilcox – Alice Cooper Band

Kerry Craig – The Bama Band

Joe Hamilton – The Bama Band

Warren Keith – The Bama Band

Charles Smith – The Bama Band

Dale Stratton – The Bama Band

Home media

On August 20, 2013, Shout! Factory released Roadie on Blu-ray.