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Clay Harper
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. 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. He subsequently founded the band Ottoman Empire in the 1990s. At one point, its members included Daniel Pearl. During the 1990s, he also released two albums (one solo and one with his brother, Mark) on his own label, Casino Music. In 2012, his children's book ''Are You Sure That Was a Rabbit?'' was published. Career as a restaurateur With Mike Nelson, Harper co-founded Fellini's Pizza in 1982, and co-founded La Fonda Latina, a restaurant that frequently is located next to Fellini's. He later founded the frozen yogurt chain Three on the Tree in the summer of 2010. He also founded the barbecue chain Th ...
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The Coolies
The Coolies were an American alternative rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1986 to 1989. They derived the name from a dictionary definition of coolie, which defines the derogatory word as "one who does heavy work for little pay". ''dig..?'' The Coolies' first album, ''dig..?'' was released in 1986 by DB Records, and consisted of nine tongue-in-cheek covers of Simon & Garfunkel classics plus a version of Paul Anka's 1974 No. 1 hit " (You're) Having My Baby". While Anka's version received criticism for perceived sexist undertones, Coolies lead singer Clay Harper added a brief spoken interlude at the end of the song in which he reveals that she is not the only woman in town having his baby. Thus, he must leave town. " Scarborough Fair" was released as a 7″ single. ''Doug'' ''dig..?'' was followed up in 1988 by the rock opera ''Doug''. ''Doug'' contains 13 original tracks, mostly written by guitarist Rob Gal, in the style of various previously existing bands. For ex ...
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Fellini's Pizza
Fellini's Pizza is an Italian restaurant founded in Atlanta, Georgia on May 5, 1982 by Clay Harper 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. He also f ... of the Coolies and Mike Nelson. It has 7 locations and is known for its Atlanta style pizza. Its first location was near Little Five Points. It was voted "best pizza" in 2013 by '' The Emory Wheel''. References External links * {{Portal bar, Companies Restaurants in Atlanta Restaurants established in 1982 Italian restaurants in the United States Pizza chains of the United States 1982 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) ...
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Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who worked for ''The Wall Street Journal.'' He was kidnapped and later decapitated by terrorists in Pakistan.'''' Pearl was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, to a Jewish family of mixed European and West Asian origins; his father is of Polish Jewish descent and his mother was an Iraqi Jew from Baghdad. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in communication from Stanford University, Pearl embarked on a career in journalism. He was working as the South Asia Bureau Chief of ''The Wall Street Journal'', based in Mumbai, India. Infamously, he was kidnapped by Islamist militants when he went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between British citizen Richard Reid (known as the "shoe bomber") and al-Qaeda. Pearl was killed by his captors. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, was sentenced to death by hanging for Pearl's ...
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Old Airport Road
''Old Airport Road'' is the second solo album by Clay Harper (formerly of the Coolies and founder of Fellini's Pizza, located in Atlanta). It features a cover of Beautiful Beautiful, an adjective used to describe things as possessing beauty, may refer to: Film and theater * ''Beautiful'' (2000 film), an American film directed by Sally Field * ''Beautiful'' (2008 film), a South Korean film directed by Juhn Jai-h .... Glenn Phillips appears on track 7 as a featured artist. Track listing #Ole Ray #Roly Poly #Crazy #Get that Money #Beautiful #Fuck Who You Want #Old Airport Road #I Can Find You At The Airport #They Played Amazing Grace Musicians * Clay Harper (vocals) * Kevin McFoy Dunn (guitar) * James Cobb (bass, keyboards) * Paul Barrie (drums) * Mike Barry (trumpet) * Mark Bencuya (piano) * Eric Fontaine (saxophone) * Duane Trucks (drums on #2 and #6) * Kevin Scott (bass on #2 and #6) * Chris Case (piano on #2 and #6) * Gary Lee Miller (drums on #8) References 201 ...
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