Wow! The Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse was a rockin' on Sunday night!
The evening started off with 5 archived live song performances from
Capt. Tunes, Skip Castro Band & The Casuals, followed by the "Version
2" of the rockumentary "Live from the Hook" - which I must say is
even better than version 1 with some additional footage and
commentary. The guys from the Nighthawks (Pete Ragusa and Mark
Wenner) LOVED the movie. Of course, Mark has some of the best
comments onscreen about U.Va being "wide open" in the 70's and about
being on the roof of ATO, etc...
A very good crowd of about 230 on hand had the place pretty full, and
everyone was pumped up and ready for Skip Castro Band to take the
stage. After we finally got up to "move all the tables & move all the
chairs"...there was a lot of boogieing up front! Bo is still Bo,
except maybe better - at least when it comes to singing and playing
those Rolling Stones nuggets for the encores ("jumping jack flash"
& "midnight rambler"). Charlie & Corky were steady rocking and
Charlie is still a big cheerleader - having more fun than anybody
there. Eric H. on keyboards again - he is a wonderful musician and
an even better singer. We always miss Danny, but Eric is a real pro
and lends some fantastic vocals! Guest star, Mark Wenner from the
Nighthawks added a lot of power & fun with his wailing harp fills &
solos for a number of songs...and a surprise special guest, Dick
Green added some fine blues guitar to the party - after some awful
feedback during the first song.

If you live in Northern Virginia/DC/MD and didn't make it, shame on
you and shame on me and Deke for not getting you to come. This
traveling show will happen again - maybe in Richmond, Baltimore,
other Virginia cities? Event successfully raised some needed $$ for
the completion of the movie. Don't miss your next chance!

bob adamchop