PHOTO GALLERY: Eric Rocket Kirchner performs at Cooper's Oak Winery

February 27, 2013 | 7:58 p.m. CST

Eric "Rocket" Kirchner is a career musician in Columbia. He is featured in a documentary, “Trouble Begins at Eight: Music of Rocket Kirchner," which will be screened at the Columbia Public Library on Thursday.

Eric "Rocket" Kirchner performs Feb. 16 at Cooper's Oak Winery in Higbee. Kirchner plays several different genres. He describes his music as a natural mixture of "entertainment and substance." Kirchner is the subject of an upcoming documentary, “The Trouble Begins At Eight: The Music of Rocket Kirchner,” that will be playing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Columbia Public Library. | Sam Gause

Matt Kirby, owner of Cooper's Oak Winery, left, and Kirchner, right, discuss Kirchner's next couple of shows while looking at a calendar. Kirchner is a full time musician who does everything himself in order to keep total artistic freedom of his songs. He writes, promotes, schedules and performs. "I don't tolerate anybody telling me what to do," Kirchner said. | Sam Gause

Kirchner plays in front of an empty house at Cooper's Oak Winery. | Sam Gause

Kirchner, left, laughs with Pam Forbes, right, at Cooper's Oak Winery. Forbes made a documentary about Kirchner titled “The Trouble Begins At Eight: The Music of Rocket Kirchner.” | Sam Gause

Kirchner packs up his car after a gig outside Cooper's Oak Winery. | Sam Gause