“Cheyenne,” confidant of rock music superstar “Hoss,” tells his friend that “Crow,” a young “Gypsy” rival, is coming for him. Appearing unconcerned, Hoss tells Cheyenne to welcome Crow and direct him to the swimming pool. Hoss lies down and curls up with his girl friend, Becky Lou. “Star,” Hoss’s female manager, later reminds him that he is powerless without the “Keepers,” who control the “Game,” and Becky Lou warns him that he must never get comfortable at the top. “Galactic Max,” Hoss’s astrologer and swami guru, tries to convince him he is still the best, still “number one with a bullet,” and his young competitors cannot compete, but Becky Lou punctures Hoss’s euphoria by confiding she heard a Gypsy mock him. Later, Hoss wonders aloud to Cheyenne if they have become too safe and respectable. He is unnerved by the news that his main rival, “Mojo Root Force,” now occupies his former Las Vegas, Nevada, territory, and when he seeks reassurance from his old friend, Willard, Becky Lou breaks the news that Willard committed suicide. After “Doc” gives the pop star a drug injection to calm him, Hoss reminisces with Becky Lou about the early days, and wonders if he should try to reclaim his youth by restarting his career. However, she warns that he can’t go outside the Game anymore, because it is controlled by powerful forces. As Becky Lou serenades Hoss to sleep, he dreams of wide-open spaces and the luxury of no longer having to compete. Cheyenne wakes him to announce that Crow has broken through Zone 5 in a 1958 black Chevrolet Impala and will arrive soon. Hoss reminisces about the time in high school when he realized he was in a class war with rich kids, yet now he is trapped in a mansion, waiting to be killed by a hungry “kid” like he used to be. Handsome young Crow arrives, snaps his fingers, and leads everyone with a new rhythm. Hoss challenges the interloper in a duel of words and music, but Crow kisses him on the lips, begins a “style match,” and makes Hoss dance until he drops. Each man tries to intimidate the other, each taking on identities of iconic figures, including Old West gunslingers and Mississippi Delta blues men. Eventually, Hoss is undermined by his insecurities, and acknowledges that he is out of style. He asks Crow to teach him how to be relevant again, but when that fails, he takes Crow’s pistol and shoots himself. Cheyenne delivers a eulogy, and Hoss is pulled into a trap-door grave. Crow takes over Hoss’s chair, but laments that he is only the latest man on top.