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CLAY HARPER AND FRIENDS

AVONDALE TOWNE CINEMA -EVERY TUESDAY IN MAY

ENDING WITH bleak beauty CD RELEASE MAY 29

ATLANTA – Save the dates: each Tuesday in May, legendary Atlanta musician Clay Harper will host a weekly series of music, art, theatre, discussions, and readings to commemorate his latest audio creation, bleak beauty. It will be upstairs at the Avondale Towne Cinema at 106 N Avondale Rd. in Avondale Estates. Performances from 8 pm -10:30; tickets are $5.

Founder of Atlanta’s favorite pizza joint, Fellini’s Pizza, Clay Harper has never been one to wear the same mask twice, and bleak beauty is a brilliant artistic mix of sounds and poetic language. Clay says, “bleak beauty is basically the soundtrack of a very difficult time for me as I attempt to process and make sense of the illness and death of my partner. Sometimes life comes down to just sadness and coping. That’s now, and that’s this. ”

The sounds are stark and pure; the words are honest and straightforward.

“Harper upset the ‘80s with the Coolies, a high-velocity band that deconstructed the Paul Simon Songbook. He’s continued to challenge social mores and the accepted norm through spirited projects and guises as both an artist and a producer. With his new album, bleak beauty, he’s realized the only person you need to be is yourself.” – Tony Paris, longtime Atlanta music journalist

Guests on the record include Chaz Jankel, Rick Richards, Kevin Scott, Tom Gray and Mark Bencuya all contributing to the icon’s eclectic style. Recorded by Harper and Ruairi Kilcullen at RDK Audio in Little 5 Points and mixed at Harptone, located in Atlanta.

Each night will be a different theme leading up to Clay’s latest musical creation that will be released on May 29 and will be on sale that night.

So, mark your calendars, Tuesday nights just got better!

MAY 1, 8 PM

I FOUGHT THE LAW, AND THE LAW WON

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONVICT PERSONA HOSTED BY ATTORNEY DANIEL KANE

MUSIC BY CLAY HARPER WITH MARSHALL RUFFIN, CHRIS CASE, AND JORDAN DAYAN

MUSIC BY ATLANTA OUTLAW ” MULESKINNER MACQUEEN”

AFTER PARTY WITH MUSIC SELECTED BY JOHN FOY, THE STRONG ARM

MAY 8, 8 PM

TOM ZARILLI HOSTS “SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ATLANTA”

MUSIC BY CLAY HARPER WITH MARSHALL RUFFIN, CHRIS CASE, AND JORDAN DAYAN

CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE MEET AND GREET WITH MUSIC SELECTED BY JUAN “BOOMBOX” DAVIS PLAYED THROUGH HIS MOTORCYCLE