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The band is led by Clarence Greenwood. “Citizen Cope” is a pseudonym of Clarence Greenwood, keyboardist, guitarist, singer, DJ, and record producer, and the name of the band that he leads. Citizen Cope now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Greenwood started his musical career as a DJ for the hip hop act Basehead, a group that would have a significant impact on his style as a solo-musician. Citizen Cope blends many genres of music, such as folk, blues, hip hop, rock, and R & B.

Greenwood first released a demo tape under the name Cope Citizen in the late ’90s. He would follow up the release of the demo by donating songs to several independently issued compilations, movie soundtracks, as well as appearing on several fellow artist’s albums.

In 2000 Greenwood signed with the DreamWorks Records label, which released his first album in September 2002, Citizen Cope. Greenwood toured to promote the record as an opener for Nelly Furtado. He performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, in 2002.

After the release of Citizen Cope, Greenwood felt the label “mishandled” the record, creating tension between the two. The tension prompted Greenwood to buy out his contract with the label, using the advance he received from his next label, Arista Records and RCA Records, to do so.

In September of 2004, Citizen Cope released his second record, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, which earned him much critical success as well as minor touring success as an opening act for a popular touring band, Robert Randolph & the Family Band.

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AverageHero wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Whoa, he's from Memphis? I did not know that.

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deegan78 wrote:
Tuesday evening

It looks like Citizen Cope is playing Bonnaroo this year. If you are thinking of going this year , then you might want to check out this message board: http://www.inforoo.com

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fruityass21 wrote:
Monday afternoon

he keeps knockin me sideways

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dafudd wrote:
last week

Simply put, Great stuff!

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markgagarratt wrote:
last week

saw him play in London & loved it.

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x_nani wrote:
last week

it's my ring tone!!

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x_nani wrote:
last week

me gusta sideways <3

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JWilakersssss wrote:
last month

sideways is a great song. but g. love and special sauce are still my favorite

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xborn wrote:
last month

the 1. and the most amazing song that i've hear was Appetite (for lightin' dynamite)

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thebaconator wrote:
last month

I agree with mattman22, he's good live. The crowd loved him when I saw him.

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miaa wrote:
last month

i really like it!

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biabell wrote:
last month

....I love his melodies and sounds....

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mattman22 wrote:
last month

I saw him live and actually really enjoyed his performance. He wasn't great but I thought he played very well and I have seen a lot worse. I would definitely go see him in concert again.

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brittpinkie wrote:
December 2008

The Clarence Greenwood Recordings is one of my favorite albums- it's like, one of the few albums I can listen to all the way through without skipping anything. Wonderful music <3

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laser99lb wrote:
December 2008

I enjoy the albums; howver, I have to say he is one of the worst acts to see live. I don't think he has much talent and his shows prove it. He plays the same rifs over and over.

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DotsDisconnect wrote:
December 2008

i utterly despise this bullshit people call "music" by an "artist" citizen cope. I think my ears bled when he played

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Editor2006 wrote:
December 2008

magic

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DutchCrow wrote:
December 2008

this guy is wonderful.

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homendutalho wrote:
December 2008

awesome!!

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T-101 wrote:
December 2008

all his "similar artists" suck ass.

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Feb 12 Citizen Cope Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa OK, United States
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Feb 13 Citizen Cope House of Blues, Dallas TX, United States
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Feb 15 Citizen Cope House of Blues, Houston, Texas, Houston, United States
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News

Cope - Special Acoustic Set & Rock The Vote 1/19

9 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/citizencope

Cope - Special Acoustic Celebration 1/19/09 Cope will be performing a special intimate acoustic set in Washington D.C. on January 19th in celebration of the Barak Obama Inauguration. ...

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