I think that Don Henley's hit song Sunset Grill was actually the themesong for a failed 1980's pilot episode of a show by the same title. It probably starred Rick Springfield as the easy going bartender slash live act of Pensacola's working man's bar; The Sunset Grill, where the only thing hotter than the fajitas are the guitar licks. Deuce (Springfield's character) loses his steelworking job in Pittsburgh and decides to leave it all behind, driving to Florida in his 1970 Ford Maverick in hopes of reuniting with his long lost uncle. When he gets there he learns that his uncle has unfortunately passed away but has left him the deed to a bar he owned. There was only one stipulation however..."make it rock" were his uncle's dying words..."make it rock hard! Aaarrrgh."
However, the evil fat cat (played by none other than Ben Gazzara) wants to buy all the beach front property and turn it into a toxic waste dumping ground. Once he gets wind of Deuce's hippy plan to revitalize the neighborhood, he sends his tight-panted cronies to strong arm Deuce into accepting his demands: by any means necessary...including excessive force. However, through the power of love, music and and shots of kalua, the simple patrons of Sunset Grill manage to save their bar...for one more day at least. Episode 2 gets even better when a new girl (Sean Young) arrives in town looking for a job, and how can Deuce resist her southern sass! I smell a romance!
UPDATE:
Well...I give up. Next time I'll be sure to do some research. The real thing is even more craptastic than I could have imagined...still, it's oddly similar... http://www.imdb.com/titl/tt0108253/
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