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Isaac Burton Tigrett, a native of Jackson Tennessee, is the Founder of the original London Hard Rock Cafe in 1971, which he formed at age 22 with partner, Peter Morton.
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.
Peter Alan Morton (born August 7, 1947) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder of the Hard Rock Café (along with Isaac Burton Tigrett), a chain of casual dining restaurants.
classes could come and dine together. “I wanted to break that system,” said Tigrett,9 who was having the idea to create a classless restaurant where music fans could spend time together. It was during this period that Tigrett met Peter Morton (Morton), who opened a restaurant in London, in 1970.
- Ajith Sankar R.N.
- 2011
Tigrett, then nineteen, joined forces with pal Peter Morton, who at the time was managing his father’s restaurant, the Great American Disaster. The two young entrepreneurs took London by...
Tigrett and Morton held together their shaky partnership until 1981. Tigrett then bought out Morton’s interest in the only existing HARD ROCK CAFE on London’s Hyde Park Corner and all World ...
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Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton were two shaggy-haired Americans who just wanted to find a good American burger while living in London. Their solution? They opened up their own American-style diner in a deserted Rolls Royce dealership. They called it Hard Rock Cafe. Fun fact: Isaac & Peter were only given a 6-month lease.
