The documentary “More Than Just A Party Band” about Spencer Barnitz, a musician growing up in an idyllic Santa Barbara of the 1970s, will be screened at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at The Alcazar Theater in Carpinteria.

“More Than Just A Party Band” tells the story of Barnitz, who effortlessly achieves a flash of early fame, but then faces personal and professional tragedies. In response, he rewrites his definition of success, and the result is his own enduring and quirky brand of music and entertainment style that some say sounds like the soul of Santa Barbara.

Friends, neighbors, musicians, even “Good Morning America,” join Barnitz in telling the story of his music and its inspirations against a backdrop of personal setbacks, comebacks and successes while living in Santa Barbara, London, Peru and Mexico.

Stories from Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket and Marko DeSantis of Sugarcult describe Barnitz’s role in the raucous Santa Barbara music scene of the 1980s and ’90s.

While making the film, Barnitz sees his many past lives focus into a coherent story just in time to face another existential crisis.