All I did was put spirit and business together in that big mixing bowl and add love. I didn't care about anything but people. Just cherish them, look after them, and be sensitive to them and their lives.
On June 14, 1971, Isaac Tigrett (Tigrett), and Peter Morton (Morton), started the first Hard Rock Café (HRC) restaurant in London's fashionable Mayfair district. The restaurant combined rock music, memorabilia related to rock `n' roll and American cuisine. The cafe-music-museum concept became very popular and soon the restaurant opened units in different parts of the globe. HRC was the first theme restaurant chain in the world. In 1988, Tigrett exited from the HRC venture and in 1992 started the House of Blues Entertainment Inc. (HOB). This was a company engaged in the dining and entertainment business. HOB, which started its operations on Thanksgiving Day by feeding the homeless, encouraged racial and spiritual harmony and brought the neglected Blues culture into the mainstream. Differences of opinion among Tigrett and the other HOB board members over operations resulted in Tigrett opting out of the venture in 1997. |