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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King · S1 · E8

You Know They Got a Hell of a Band

  • TV-14
  • Aug 2, 2006
  • 43 min

A wrong turn on a lonely road turns frightening for computer programmer Clark Rivingham and his wife Mary as they stumble upon a town not on any map — Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon. There's a free concert every night, but the price of admission is high — once the audience enters, it can never leave.

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A wrong turn on a lonely road turns frightening for computer programmer Clark Rivingham and his wife Mary as they stumble upon a town not on any map — Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon. There's a free concert every night, but the price of admission is high — once the audience enters, it can never leave.

Season 1

8 episodes
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  7. 7Autopsy Room Four

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  8. 8You Know They Got a Hell of a Band

    43 minAug 2, 2006Now viewing

    A wrong turn on a lonely road turns frightening for computer programmer Clark Rivingham and his wife Mary as they stumble upon a town not on any map — Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon. There's a free concert every night, but the price of admission is high — once the audience enters, it can never leave.

Guest stars

Steven WeberClark Rivingham
Kim DelaneyMary Rivingham
William McNamaraRicky Nelson
Erin WrightJanis Joplin
Joey SagalElvis Presley
Jacinta StapletonCece Pryor
Kristian SchmidBuddy Holly
Tony RickardsRoy Orbison
Bert LaBontéOtis Redding
André de VannySkater Boy
Mitchell ButelEmcee
Fletcher HumphrysDuane Allman
Damien RichardsonRonnie Van Zant
Che TimminsJimi Hendrix
Portia BradleyDaughter
Richard CawthorneHot Rod Driver