B. Harper with the Blind Boys of Alabama........

even flow?
even flow? Posts: 8,066
edited October 2007 in Other Music
Has anybody heard this album? A very nice friend gave me a vinyl copy for my birthday and then began appoligizing because he thought it would be a gospel album. It has the overtones of gospel but man is it a super album. From the start to the end all the tunes are solid.

I didn't even know Harper did an album with the boys. Seems it was only a few years back that it got put out.

If you haven't had a listen, and you dig Harper's ways, then give this a shot. If you already have then you know how good it is.
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  • hendrix78
    hendrix78 Posts: 507
    That album is awesome. All the songs have great grooves and it has some of Ben's best guitar work in my opinion. Marc Ford's solo on the Otis Redding style tune (I don't have the album in front of me and I can't remember the name of that track) is great too. It's definitely one of my favortie Ben Harper albums. I'd say top three at least.
  • yostarama
    yostarama Posts: 287
    A few years ago my wife and I went to see Peter Gaberial and the Blind Boys of Alabama opened the show. We were amazed the were great live, was a definite bonus that we got to see themare live. Later yostarama
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Ive got this somewhere, was keen to hear some Ben Harper, it didnt grab me but maybe Ill have a backtrack and listen again. are they Harpers own songs?
  • allforcarrie
    allforcarrie Posts: 60
    indeed outstanding work!
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  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    yes, I have taht album and it's pretty good.
    Was recorded in only 3 days !
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    have it as well

    personal favorites:
    wicked man
    11th commandment
    well well well

    (this is a gospel album btw ;))
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    elmer wrote:
    Ive got this somewhere, was keen to hear some Ben Harper, it didnt grab me but maybe Ill have a backtrack and listen again. are they Harpers own songs?

    For the most part it is all Harper songs except for three or four.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Good album, much better than I anticipated. It's been out for a few years, and there was a live dvd released about a year later.

    Where Could I Go? is my fave.
  • lisam
    lisam Posts: 75
    Shit.. I love Ben but somehow ive managed to miss this one completely.
    Is it only on vinyl or on cd also?
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  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    lisam wrote:
    Shit.. I love Ben but somehow ive managed to miss this one completely.
    Is it only on vinyl or on cd also?
    cd also...
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • lisam
    lisam Posts: 75
    Julien wrote:
    cd also...

    Very cool. I'll be out looking for that tomorrow
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