Fired from the Opry for missing shows and suffering with excruciating back pain from a failed surgery, Hank embarks on his final road trip in a winter storm that blankets the South. Charles Carr, a first-year student at Auburn, is hired to drive the Olympic blue Cadillac convertible.

Hank fell for Audrey at first sight at 19. She became the love of his life, the bane of his existence and their tumultuous marriage was the fodder for many of his most enduring songs.