Clay Harper Explained

Clay Harper is a musician and restaurateur from Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for his work as a songwriter and frontman in the band the Coolies, and for co-founding the Atlanta-area restaurant chains Fellini's Pizza and La Fonda Latina.[1] [2] He also founded and owns the barbecue chain the Greater Good.

Biography

Harper began his musical career when he co-founded the Coolies in the 1980s.[3] He subsequently founded the band Ottoman Empire in the 1990s. At one point, its members included Daniel Pearl.[4] During the 1990s, he also released two albums (one solo and one with his brother, Mark) on his own label, Casino Music.[5] In 2012, his children's book Are You Sure That Was a Rabbit? was published.[6]

Career as a restaurateur

With Mike Nelson, Harper co-founded Fellini's Pizza in 1982,[3] and co-founded La Fonda Latina, a restaurant that frequently is located next to Fellini's.[7] He later founded the frozen yogurt chain Three on the Tree in the summer of 2010.[8] [9] He also founded the barbecue chain The Greater Good, which opened its first location in Tucker, Georgia in 2012.[4]

Discography

Solo

With Mark Harper

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clay Harper . Love . Bret . 2012-07-01 . georgiamusic.org . en-US . 2017-08-06.
  2. Web site: Main Street man . Allen . Jamie . 2000-09-16 . Creative Loafing Atlanta . en . 2017-08-06.
  3. Web site: Coolies Kitchen . Love . Bret . www.insiteatlanta.com . 2017-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054813/http://www.insiteatlanta.com/clayharper.asp . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  4. Web site: Clay Harper Opening Barbecue Joint in Tucker . 2012-06-19 . Tucker, GA Patch . en-US . 2017-08-06.
  5. Web site: Coolies . Robbins . Ira . www.trouserpress.com . 2017-08-06.
  6. Web site: Fellini pizza owner, Clay Harper, has written a children's book. "Are You Sure That Was A Rabbit.". Green. Linda . 2012-04-09 . Virginia Highland-Druid Hills, GA Patch . en-US . 2017-08-06.
  7. Web site: Fellini's founders plan new La Fonda on Ponce . Elam . Shade . 1998-08-31 . Bizjournals . 2017-08-06.
  8. News: As frozen yogurt stores pop up, some see top-out . McWilliams . Jeremiah . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 2017-08-06.
  9. Web site: Three on the Tree Gets AtlantaFresh . scoutmob.com . en . 2017-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170807071312/http://scoutmob.com/atlanta/scoutfinds/1349 . 2017-08-07 . dead .

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