A boy named Lee sings about all the miserable aspects of being a middle child.

Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road.

Daddy Longlegs, a blues musician in a backyard boogie-woogie band, shimmies through the cool grass, glides across the swimming pool, relaxes beside the waterspout, and preens his eight legs before the big concert.