Tales on Tap

Billy Tonelli orphaned suddenly at an early age was a gentle rudderless dreamer growing up in his own world. First there was the cowboy period then cops then spies. Always there were Kung-Fu movies where good pure-hearted men saved beautiful damsels in distress by kicking the crap out of anything that moved. </P><P>He always wanted to live like Gauguin. Not that he could paint anything other than a paint-by-numbers horse and jockey-it's just that he always wanted to live amongst joyous half-dressed native women who would look up to him as a god-like fire master. He knew it was possible. He had seen the movies.</P><P>In <I>Tales On Tap</I> Billy suddenly finds himself the bartender/front man for his shady uncles operating a tavern on Chicago's North Side and must grow up mentally and socially through the experiences and influence of his regular clientele. </P><P>A behind-the-scenes legend of Rock & Roll his young apprentice the legend's pretty artist girlfriend and her even prettier cousin. A Polish immigrant former coal-miner. A mob kingpin and his hit-man bodyguard who dream of living different lives. A banana republic dictator. An occasional visit from a member of The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band...</P>