The Turtles, a California rock band, tours England for the first time, meeting Frank Zappa, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.
Howard Kaylan, a singer for the rock band The Turtles, is about to marry his girlfriend and his band is traveling to England for the first time in the wake of the massive success of their hit single, "Happy Together", but fears that the band will not be well received in England. After the band's disastrous meeting with the Beatles, Kaylan has a life-changing dinner with guitarist Jimi Hendrix, whose band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, is about to make their American debut, and Kaylan finds that Hendrix shares Kaylan's fears about his American debut.—Anonymous
This is the story of Howard Kaylan and his band, theTurtles, as they explore the worlds of sex, drugs and rock and roll in the 1960's. Along the way, Howard meets theBeatles, Jim Morrison, Frank Zappa, Brian Jones, MamaCass and a host of other pop luminaries; finds new andhilarious ways to avoid the Draft Board and, ultilmately, ventures to swinging London to take on the Beatles andsit through an amazing late-night repast with the legendaryJimi Hendrix, himself. The colorful conclusion will neverbe erased from your memory. This film embodies the truespirit of sixties rock and the Summer of Love.
