KimandSeana’s Blog

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