The Executive Room Piano Bar On Wilshire Boulevard

The executive room bar in los angeles where billy joel played for 6 months in 1972 located at 3953 wilshire boulevard.

The executive room piano bar on wilshire boulevard.

Our menu choices were passover friendly. 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. Joel played there for about 6 months in 1972 under the name bill martin. Kobe beef sliders sans bun yellow tomato caprese and.

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. 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. Billy joel was playing gigs at the executive room a sub par piano bar in los angeles under the stage name bill martin. It was there he composed his signature hit piano man about the various patrons of the lounge.

A little piece of la music trivia. 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. Take your pick from our selection of innovative craft cocktails. It all started on wilshire boulevard 1972.

Joel has stated that all of the characters depicted in the song were based on real people. 374 reviews of the blvd temp. Commonly nicknamed the piano man he has been making music since the 1960s. The blvd lounge features lush sofas and a magnificent 18 foot illuminated onyx bar.

Closed another good place to eat on the company dime. He had worked at the less than high end establishment for about six months after ending a mediocre tour that brought him little fame. The picture was taken in 1978 several years before the building was demolished. Blvd restaurant in the hotel is classy great ambiance great food wonderful music and great looking people.

William martin joel born may 9 1949 is an american singer songwriter composer and pianist. In 5 reviews. 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. While in california he did a six month gig in the executive room piano bar on wilshire boulevard near western.