The Lennon Room at the Hard Rock Cafe/Live

[ckay87]

Has anyone ever seen the "Lennon Room" at the Hard Rock Cafe? We had the coolest little private tour! DH and DS got to talking to somebody at the HRC one night about guitars & general rock n roll. Guy told them if they come again to ask for a tour of this room. Well, we did go back, the next night (cause we love it there) and asked. All the waitresses "weren't sure" about it, etc. Then a guy stops by our table and asks us to come with him. Coolest guy, by the way. A professional "Rock Dude," as listed on his business card. My boys, 12 and 15, were in awe of him! He talked to them til our food got cold.

So we got this nice little private tour. They have a great collection of John Lennon stuff that they keep in this room, including a suit, a wicker couch (complete with holes), self-portraits, notes. Also a piano (not Lennon's) with each key signed by every great rock pianist you can think of.

We also got a peek into the concert hall during some kind of set-up. There was a stairway leading up there from that room.

Definitely one of those unplanned highlights of our trip. My pictures are, sadly, pretty crappy, but let me see if I can dig up a few good ones.

But if you are at all into the Beatles and visit the Hard Rock in Universal, definitely ask. I think the guy is happy to give tours if he's available and if you ask. Hopefully I'm not wrong about that!

 

[DeblovesPoohbear]

That is too cool! My hubby is a HUGE lennon and Beatles fan,
I would love to be able to take him on that tour.
How can we find this guy?

 

[macraven]

you can ask about anyone there when you go in to see the Lenno/back room area.

they give tours as long as they are not swamped with people when you are there.

this room is listed in many of the guide books.

i did it years ago to pass some time.

 

[ckay87]

you can ask about anyone there when you go in to see the Lenno/back room area.

they give tours as long as they are not swamped with people when you are there.

this room is listed in many of the guide books.

i did it years ago to pass some time.

Well, I guess I should read more guidebooks. But why should I when I have this place!

Na, I didn't think it was something obscure or anything. But it was a nice unexpected treat for us.

 

[macraven]

it is a nice treat. i'm glad you got to do it.

i read about it in a guide book and had to try it.

i like hrc and it was a fun experience for me for the mini tour

 

[DeblovesPoohbear]

I am so going to ask and not tell my hubby
It'll be a nice surprise
Thanks Guys!

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

My DH saw it. He abandoned us for about an hour while he got the tour. He came back all smiles and constantly talked about how cool it was. The guy doing the tour said he couldn't take all 4 of us.

In the meantime, the kids and I waited for him for 30 minutes before we ordered our food because I wasn't told how long it would take so I was pretty peeved off when he returned to the table. Oh yeah - the food sucked when it arrived.
Hmmm - ya think I'd be over being mad about it a year later but it still ticks me off when I think about it.