"Big" Mike Griffin, along with his good buddy Jason Neese and trusty .40 caliber, takes us on a journey to a backwoods Tennessee town that inspired his blues song, "Iron City Blues."

Saddled up on his Harley, Big Mike has his first stop at the home of his friend Jason Neese. Trying to get a little more background information on this so-called lawless town, Neese piques our curiosity with his statement, "Strangers don't need to go down there. There's probably a few still there that went by themselves."

Before getting to Iron City, they stop at the nearby town of Loretto, where Big Mike talks with locals about what they know about Iron City. He's told, "There's good people and there's bad - mostly bad." Fueling his curiosity, Big Mike continues the journey straight into the heart of Iron City.

While it would be easy to portray this small town as backward, redneck, and in total chaos, Big Mike provides us with insight into the way the residents of Iron City live and play, giving positive light on a town that "has no law." He meets with the city's Mayor who describes his vision of returning Iron City to the prosperous community it once was. He demonstrates that although the town doesn't have a police department, the residents of Iron City still live by a code and law of their own.

The story Big Mike tells, both in this movie and in his song, is one of survival. It's a story of a town that was on the brink of extinction when its main source of income, iron ore, was suddenly taken away. It's the story of a community that is wary of strangers, not because of a physical danger, but more because of fear of losing who they are to what others may want them to become.