Daisy Jones & The Six – Track 1: Come and Get It

As the band members of Daisy Jones & The Six get ready to sit down and speak for the first time in 20 years, it’s clear that there is still tension. On October 4, 1977 the band played to a sold-out crowd at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois…this gig would be their last performance together. And now, they are ready to tell their story. 

For Daisy (Riley Keough) – a/k/a Margaret – her love of music started at a very young age. Unfortunately, that is the only love that existed in young Margaret’s (Lorelei Olivia Mote) household as affluence, status through parties and a narcissistic, abusive mother named Jean (Nicole LaLiberte) kept her from a normal childhood. By 1968 a teenage Daisy (Amanda Fix) begins to rebel and finds herself sneaking out and through the back doors of clubs in Los Angeles to immerse herself with music. 

Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, a young Billy Dunne (Dan Roe) is at a crossroads of sorts. While present day Billy (Sam Claflin) explains that the only choices were the mill or the war, he felt that there was a different path for him. Originally, the idea of forming a band was not the brain-child of Billy, but rather his younger brother Graham (Sloane Latourneau). Graham recruits friends Warren Rojas (Tovi Schenk), Eddie Roundtree (Josiah Serio), and Chuck Loving (Jacob Liszt) to form a new band with the promise of Billy joining them. At first, Billy is only there to give the boys pointers on their music…but ultimately ends up taking the lead singer position away from Eddie. 

In Los Angeles we see Margaret’s wild ways begin to catch up to her when one night at a show she catches the eye of a band member. That night Margaret loses her virginity and a bit of her confidence along with it. Disillusioned and feeling robbed of her childhood, she heads home and straight to her room where she finally sheds the last of Margaret and takes on the full persona of Daisy Jones.  

By 1970 Billy’s band The Dunne Brothers are local celebrities in Pittsburgh. Playing lots of proms, graduation parties and Sweet 16s, the boys used the band as a distraction from their lives in Pittsburgh. However, one night changed everything. While performing at another local event, Billy and Graham spot their father Hank (Scott Subiono) in the crowd…drunk and getting frisky with another woman. Older Graham (Will Harrison) later recalls that Hank walked out on them when he was only four, but Billy grew up idolizing his father.  

When Billy goes in to confront their father, he finds a man unapologetic for his actions. Billy decides to return the guitar that Hank left him, only to end up smashing it on the ground….along with a well-placed fist into Hank’s face. While they may have lost the gig, the event causes Billy to finally step up and get the other band members on board with making a real go of their band. Graham, Warren (Sebastian Chacon), Eddie (Josh Whitehouse), and Chuck (Jack Romano) are on board.  

Now going by her new persona, Daisy has assumed the full wild-child experience: drinking, drugs, partying and still finding time to pour her heart into song lyrics in her private journal. Unfortunately, Daisy’s privacy is nonexistent when she walks into her mother perusing her song lyrics. While Daisy is able to retain control of her thoughts, Jean takes some of her records away and advises Daisy that at least she has her looks….putting down her talent of songwriting. This shakes Daisy’s confidence as she continues to wonder if she has what it takes to make it. 

At a local laundromat in Pittsburgh, Billy meets a young woman named Camila Alvarez (Camila Morrone). As Camila recalls her experience of meeting Billy, she knew who he was and just how popular he was with the ladies. But back in the 70’s Camila plays coy and her and Billy start dating. Eddie also recalls Camila fondly, clearly harboring an unrequited crush on her while Billy and Camila became more serious about one another.  

Camila’s influence over the band included lots of pictures and recordings of the band during rehearsals. Unfortunately for Billy, he has a harder time winning over Camila’s mother (Jacqueline Obradors) and blue-collar father (Mark Anthony Vazquez) with his rockstar dreams. He is also unable to win over Chuck, who decides to quit the band when he is accepted to college. His vacant spot in the band leaves Billy pushing Eddie into the bassist position. 

In Los Angeles Daisy struggles with her identity and confidence. Fortunately, she finds a friend in disco pioneer Simone Jackson (Nabiyah Be) at a party one night. Simone’s own frustrations as a backup singer for Penny Richardson (Nora Kirkpatrick) come to light, but she shares with Daisy that she is working on her own album. Simone also shares that she sees Daisy out at the clubs and her love for all the music…but does she want to be in the audience or on the stage? 

With The Dunne Brothers scoring larger venues, they enter their venue early and catch another band on stage….and Graham is immediately entranced by the keyboard player Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse). Backstage Graham invites Karen to the band’s show later. Fortunately, Karen also brings along tour manager Rod Reyes (Timothy Olyphant) and his advice to Billy and Graham about getting out of Pittsburgh seems to resonate. The band agrees to head out to Los Angeles to make a go of their music, which causes a potential issue in Billy and Camila’s relationship. At first, Camila says that she cannot join them, but then changes her mind and joins the boys on their adventure. 

While getting gas, Daisy hears one of her songs on the radio….stolen by a former fling named Wyatt Stone (Jake Etheridge). As she relays her anger in the diner to her colleague Gary (Jake B. Miller), he jokingly says he plans to use something she says in conversation. This further enrages Daisy and she storms out of the diner with Gary in tow. She tells him how she is tired of being everyone’s muse because she is capable of being the “somebody”. Leaving Gary in the parking lot, Daisy finds the local bar that she continually passes and heads in to play the piano. 

In a montage of The Dunne Brothers driving cross-country and Daisy singing one of her songs to a near-empty bar, their path towards each other comes closer together. While Daisy finally hears applause for her music, she finally feels validated and believes that she can make it on her own talent. As she smiles walking down the streets of Los Angeles, The Dunne Brothers band celebrate finally reaching Los Angeles…Billy taking in the sights.