St. Barts Breakdown
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Behind the music
REVIEW BY BRUCE TIERNEY Danny Murtz is a rock-and-roll legend, a producer with hit records in each of the past five decades, and seemingly no end in sight. His big orchestral rock sound debuted in the 1960s; despite huge leaps in multi-tracking technology in the intervening years, nobody has been able to duplicate his unique sound. On the downside, he has a reputation as quite a nasty customer, a loose cannon bent on having his own way, even if it should cost the life of one (or more) of his countless groupie hangers-on (does this stir up the specter of a real-life situation in your mind, or is it just me?). Enter rock journalist Mick Sever, under contract with the Chicago Tribune to do an interview with Danny Murtz, on the scenic Caribbean isle of St. Bart (I want his job!). Before he can even leave Chicago, though, he is nearly run over by a speeding car, and shortly into his time in St. Bart, he barely escapes being killed by yet another demonic driver (perhaps I will stick with the job I have. . .). Clearly somebody does not want this interview to happen, perhaps Danny Murtz himself. St. Barts Breakdown marks Sever's fourth adventure from the pen of veteran music industry hand Don Bruns. The Sever books are peppered with insider information to whet the appetites of music junkies and National Enquirer readers alike, along with fine action and plot development as well.
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