Rock N Roll Heaven
I died and went to my
Rock N' Roll Heaven
I have found a new reason to travel to
Orlando, Florida. It is not
for the amusement parks, water parks, or
various other tourist
attractions. It is not for the beaches
and year round perfect
temperatures. It is for the hidden
treasure that I was lucky enough
to discover. Orlando happens to be the home of the Hard
Rock
Memorabilia Warehouse.
The story goes as follows: I may sort
have been snooping around the
Hard Rock building when I met a man named
Don Bernstine. This man
happens to have the coolest job on the
planet. He is the manager of
acquisitions and artist relations for Hard
Rock international. This
means his job is to basically talk artists
out of their rock n' roll
memorabilia for the various Hard Rocks all
over the world.
When the memorabilia isn't at one of the
Hard Rock locations it lives
in this magical warehouse in Orlando...and guess who
talked Don in to
giving Kim and I a tour? Moi.
The first thing that struck me upon walking
in were the rows and rows
of guitars. There must have been 400
of them at least. All signed by
a musical great. I actually got to
hold one of Tom Petty's twelve
strings. There were also racks of
clothes worn by everyone from
Madonna to Blondie to Bob Dylan. Brian
Wilson had a couple of pianos
there as did Elton John. The
harpsichord the Beatles' used to record
the Sgt Pepper's album was there. And
speaking of the Beatles, there
were stacks and stacks of original photos as
well as hand-written
notes from John Lennon to people in the
studio during the recording of
his last album. One note in particular
was p.s.'d "I agree. -Yoko
Ono".
This warehouse was stacked full of music
history. As I walked through
staring at posters signed by Queen and Pink
Floyd, I kept hoping it
would all come to life. It was truly
an amazing afternoon.
Don-you are the freaking best for hooking us
up!!!
xo
Seana
