The Executive Room Piano Bar On Wilshire Boulevard

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The executive room piano bar on wilshire boulevard. Thanks boss located in the beverly wilshire formerly the regent beverly wilshire this would be the perfect place to have a cocktail and some snacks from the bar menu after a long day of shopping on rodeo. Our menu choices were passover friendly. While in california he did a six month gig in the executive room piano bar on wilshire boulevard near western. It s the perfect spot to relax and look out over beverly hills or to spend a romantic night out on the town.

Kobe beef sliders sans bun yellow tomato caprese and. It all started on wilshire boulevard 1972. The picture was taken in 1978 several years before the building was demolished. Piano man is a fictionalized retelling of joel s experience as a piano lounge singer for six months in 1972 at the now defunct executive room bar in los angeles located near the intersection of wilshire boulevard and western avenue.

Closed another good place to eat on the company dime. A little piece of la music trivia. Joel has stated that all of the characters depicted in the song were based on real people. Joel gigged locally in new york city in the fall of 1971 and moved out to los angeles early in 1972 adopting the stage name bill martin.

He had worked at the less than high end establishment for about six months after ending a mediocre tour that brought him little fame. In 31 reviews i prefer to stay in the wilshire wing the old building where the rooms tend to be larger than a standard room in the beverly wing. Although billy joel is from long island new york his inspiration for writing the song piano man his first major hit came from his experiences playing at the executive room a piano bar near wilshire western in los angeles in the early 1970 s. The characters from his song piano man are based on the customers and staff at the bar.

It was there he composed his signature hit piano man about the various patrons of the lounge. 374 reviews of the blvd temp. The blvd lounge features lush sofas and a magnificent 18 foot illuminated onyx bar. After the failure of his first album a disheartened billy moved to los angeles where he got a job playing piano at the executive room on wilshire boulevard using the stage name bill martin.

Take your pick from our selection of innovative craft cocktails. Joel played there for about 6 months in 1972 under the name bill martin. Commonly nicknamed the piano man he has been making music since the 1960s. William martin joel born may 9 1949 is an american singer songwriter composer and pianist.