Twenty years ago, rock'n'roll superstar Eddie
Wilson disappeared when his car plunged off a
bridge. Trying to escape his past, Eddie changed
his name to Joe West and moved to Montreal.
However the past will not die. Eddie's former
record company releases newly discovered tapes
from eddie's last album and mounts an Eddie Lives
campaign. Meanwhile, Joe West has become both
mentor and nucleus for a new rock'n'roll band that
dreams of making it big without knowning their
enigmatic leader is the real Eddie Wilson. In the
poignant and dramatic climax, Eddie comes to terms
with his past, himeself and his music.