Some call him a beggar, a liar, a drifter or a thief – a no-good smokkelhuis layabout. But to those who really know him, Grumpies is the ex-Rockets singer who toured with Jonathan Butler in the ’70s, fell ill, then disappeared into oblivion on the eve of a US tour. This is the story of a man who still raises his voice above the sound of gunfire and finally gets the chance to live his dream again.