In a COLD world you need

your passion to keep you WARM

Live from . . .the Hook is a small, compelling film about the history and camaraderie of the Charlottesville music scene, a story about a community of musicians and music fans who share a co-dependent passion for live music.

Our story is seen through the eyes of many local musicians, from members of the Charlottesville Blues All-Stars to the Dave Matthews Band.

At the center of the song-circle are Bob Girard and Charlie Pastorfield, two local rock n’ roll guys who met in Probability class at UVA many moons ago and have since played together live on the same stage more than 2000 times. What are the odds?

Live from . . .the Hook is a rip-roaring get up and dance film about the wide-open Virginia music scene in the 70s and 80s. The college circuit, country parties, and, of course, Easters. So many great bands, so much fun. Glimpses of long-lost live performances and inside stories of off-the-wall parties.

These musicians have always busted their butts, doing what they had to do, in order to do what they need to do: play live music. Some of them made it to the top, some of them flew too close to the flame, some of them lost their way, for awhile. But all of them keep on loading in that equipment, playing, and loading out.

Their journey is both familiar and inspiring to dedicated artists everywhere. For everyone else – all of us who dreamed big back when our lives were ahead of us, who ever dreamed of being a rock n’ roll star, a painter, a writer (in short, all of us) Live from . . The Hook is an inspirational story about the power of passion.