I think what appeals to me about the story of Hilly and CBGB is how he encouraged and embraced original music so completely. It was all about the music, not making money as a club. As his offical web site states, one of his many paradoxes was that he was a visionary business man who was bad at business. The idea though of being there at that moment of discovery of a new band or a new sound is something that has always intrigued me. To be a part of that, and to see so many amazing bands get their start has to have been life altering.