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Boone
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Barry Corbin
Amanda Peterson
Squirt Sawyer
Tom Byrd
William Phipps
Chris Hebert
Robyn Lively
Lisa Blount
Seasons
Season 1 (1983)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Monument
1983-09-26Boone gets into trouble with the law and almost misses his chance to perform at a war monument dedication.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: The Trial
1983-10-17Boone 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.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Banjo
1983-10-10Boone and Rome discover an orphaned girl living in a burned-out cabin.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Second Fiddle
1983-10-24Boone and Rome's friendship is tested when they meet a beautiful 17-year-old bonde girl.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: The Decision
1983-10-31Boone 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.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: The Graduation
1983-11-14Episode 8: Chance of a Lifetime
1983-11-21Episode 9: The Auction
1983-12-05Episode 10: Words and Music
1983-12-12Boone and Rome help thwart a crooked record producer.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Hard to Get
1984-07-28Boone 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.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: The Front Line
1984-08-04Rome 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.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: The Runaway
1984-08-11Cousin 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.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: The Last Dance (a.k.a. A Trip Down to Memphis)
1983-10-03Boone and Rome miss the senior prom to accompany Mr. Johnson to a nightclub.
Runtime: 60 min
