Cal Cavendish of Calgary is one of Canada's finest writers of country-western music. He sings his own songs and could make it as an entertainer but refuses to sing in bars where, he feels, no one really listens. So he pays for his integrity by working nights as a part-time security guard. But disc jockeys play his records, his popularity grows, and one day he will be on the big fifteen-metre stage where people do pay attention.