In 2016, Tex Brasket comes to Berlin. It's not the first attempt at a new start, but one that really fails: After the odd stupidity and a few missed opportunities, he ends up on the street.
Tex knows all about setbacks. Immediately after being born into a difficult home in Texas, he tests positive for various drugs. Neither an adoption nor a move to the Bavarian provinces frees him from the issues of violence and addiction. Now he is left with a sleeping bag, a handful of clothes and his guitar. It is an unprotected life, characterized by mistrust, hardship and despair, but also by solidarity and hope.
Tex has bad experiences, learns his lessons, gets to know himself anew - and finds a new language: he begins to sing about this life. Over the next three years, he builds up a reputation and an audience as a street musician. And one day he is discovered as the new singer for the legendary punk band Slime. Months later, he is performing in front of 40,000 people on a festival stage.
Christian Schlodder and Tex Brasket met in 2017 when, apart from Tex's voice and talent, there was little to suggest such a turn of events. Together, they tell a story that is full of dirt and darkness, but sparkles all the more brightly.
