Clay Harper

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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.

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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

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