John Daniels is a criminal defense attorney who reinvents himself as a rock singer known as Jack Daniels. He then finds himself caught in the crossfire of handling two divergent careers. His struggle to find his true inner self reaches a ceasefire when he leaves his law practice to capitalize on his skyrocketing music career. The ceasefire is brief as the crime of the century back home lures him into straddling a cross-country tightrope.