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Alex Cooley is an international concert and music festival promoter, and a household name among Atlanta’s live music fans. Born and raised in Atlanta, he attended Georgia State University and the University of Georgia before being lured into entrepreneurial pursuits.
As a fledgling promoter, Cooley was a vital cog in the Capricorn machine. “He supported every band on the Capricorn label,” Leavell said of Cooley, who died on Tuesday at age 76. Leavell...
Dec 1, 2015 · Dec 1, 2015. BY MELISSA RUGGIERI and SHANE HARRISON. A piece of Atlanta music history has gone silent. Alex Cooley, whose national legacy began with the Atlanta International Pop Festival in...
Feb 17, 2006 · Alex Cooley, known as “the unofficial mayor of Atlanta music,” is credited as the man who brought rock and roll to Atlanta. In his lifelong career as a concert promoter, Cooley put on thousands of shows, bringing to his hometown almost every major musical act in the world for millions of music fans.
Dec 4, 2015 · Promoter Alex Cooley held many distinctions during his decades-long career on the Atlanta music scene: a co-founder of Music Midtown, half of Concerts/Southern Promotions alongside Peter Conlon and, most recently, co-owner of Eddie’s Attic. The media even went so far as to once dub him the “Mayor of Music.”.
Dec 2, 2015 · Legendary concert promoter Alex Cooley passed away on Tuesday in Florida. He was 74, according to his former business partner Peter Conlon. A major part of Atlanta music history has died.
December 01, 2015 at 4:50 pm EST. Legendary Atlanta concert promoter Alex Cooley has died. The Atlanta music scene would not be what it is today without Cooley, beginning with the Atlanta...
