Dave Butler's "Hellhound On My Trail"...A Book Review

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Have you ever read a book where the main characters are members of a rock band and they fight evil? Chances are good if you know author Dave Butler, you've read just such a book. If you don't know the author, I recommend you check out one of his many books in the Rock Band Fights Evil series.

The first book in the series is Hellhound on my Trail and I finished it on the bus ride home this afternoon. The story begins with a rock band playing your basic gig in an out-of-the-way bar in New Mexico. The bass player Mike is new to the group and his life is going nowhere. In fact, after the music stops, Mike has plans of his own, plans that involve ending the personal torment he's facing.

Good thing Mike joined this group of musicians. You see, normally rock bands invite evil, not fight it. But this group is different. As the rockers rock a hellhound and demon crash the party complete with death and giant attacking metal flies. 

We, along with the newest band member, have many questions and as Mike learns more of Heaven, Hell, androgynous drummers, wizard keyboardist and other surprises as the adventure unfolds. Seriously, I'm once again blown away by Mr. Butler's imagination.

I'll be checking out the second book in the Rock Band Fights Evil series soon. This was a very fast read and the pace of the action never waned. There's nuggets of humor strewn throughout the book that had me laughing--not out loud, of course because I was on public transportation and no one wants to be "that guy..." Glad to have read the book. Glad I know the author. Glad Butler didn't make the bass player some patsy, butt-of-the-jokes guy. Glad there's more to come. If this sounds like a book you'd like, please give it a try!

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Dave Butler's Books...Now Available At My Local Library!

The other day I checked out our local's library selection of new books. Little did I know that among the new listings a series written by a local author was found. I'm happy to say Dave Butler's Rock Band Fights Evil series can now be downloaded from the Davis County Library.

I immediately downloaded the first book in the series, Hellhound On My Trail and began reading it the very next day. I've known Dave for about two and a half years and I've heard about this series for almost as long. Imagine if you will a rock band that is damned to hell then given an assignment in order to redeem themselves. Okay, I might have got the gist of the series wrong--Dave tells it much better than I do (of course he does--he wrote it...). 

I've only read a couple of chapters so far, but I have to praise Dave for making the bass player more than just a butt of a series of unfunny (maybe occasionally funny...) jokes about how lame are bass players. I was once a bass player in a garage band and I can tell you that bass players the the "redheaded stepchildren" of the rock and roll world.

I'm glad my library decided to pick up Dave's series. I'm glad it was available to download. I'm glad I met Dave at the first ever Salt Lake Comic Con and that we've been friends since. And I'm glad there's a series out there about hell-bound rock and roll players where the bassist has an interesting and important role in story.