Citizen Cope Day

This is Citizen Cope, or his lesser known real name; Clarence Greenwood.  Citizen Cope has been doing his solo project since 2000.   Cope played at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, Oregon.  He classifies his music as Ska, which is a mixture of reggae and rock all rolled into one.  Taken on May 8, 2011.

Cope currently has four albums out and writes every single piece of music on them.  He is currently working on his fifth album and played a preview song from the, so far, untitled album called What a Lovely Day.  Taken on May 8, 2011.

I know this is an odd picture, but I thought it was funny that he doesn't tie his shoes.  Instead he just slips his boots on and makes sure that they are laced enough to where they won't unravel and to where he can slip them on and off easily.  Taken on May 8, 2011.

The Doug Fir Lounge concert was a private concert, where he was the only musician playing for two and a half hours.  Taken on May 8, 2011.

Citizen Cope is a self taught musician and also plays the keyboard and drums.  Taken on May 8, 2011.

Most people don't know who this man is, but trust me...you've heard at least one of his songs on either a T.V. show or on a T.V. commercial and just never realized it.  Cope has played with artists Santana, Dido, and the Easy Star All-Stars band to name a few more famous artists that everyone has heard of.

For all you people that still have no clue who Citizen Cope is, here is a song that I recorded from his May 8, 2011 concert.  The song is called Salvation, which is one of his more famous songs.  His most famous songs would have to be Sideways and Let the Drummer Kick.  The quality isn't as good as his cds, but it gives you a vauge idea of his music.