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Isaac Burton Tigrett (born November 28, 1948) is an American businessman, best known as the co-founder of Hard Rock Café and House of Blues. He is the widower of the late Maureen Cox Tigrett (formerly Starkey), the ex-wife of Beatle drummer Ringo Starr. His wife died of leukemia in 1994.
House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. [1] The first location opened at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 26, 1992 (Thanksgiving Day). [2]
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later generations of musicians.
Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues’ longtime keyboardist and the last surviving founding member of the Rock Hall-inducted band, has died at the age of 82.. Pinder’s family announced his death via a ...
Denny Laine sang vocals on the Moody Blues' 1964 hit 'Go Now' but is best known as the longtime Wings guitarist alongside Paul and Linda McCartney. Denny Laine, co-founder of Moody Blues and Wings ...
British musician Denny Laine has died aged 79, his wife has announced. The co-founder of both Wings, which also featured Sir Paul McCartney, and The Moody Blues “passed away peacefully ...
In 1992, Aykroyd and Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Isaac Tigrett founded the House of Blues, [39] a chain of music venues, with the mission to promote African-American cultural contributions to blues music and folk art. [citation needed] Many other music and Hollywood personalities helped to finance this chain at its start.
The Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder has been remembered as a “great cosmic philosopher” following his death at the age of 82. ... while singer Thomas died at the age of 76 in 2018 and bassist ...