***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

LukinFan
LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
edited April 2012 in Other Music
Been listening to a lot of Ben lately and figured with his upcoming solo tour, he needs his own thread.

How cool is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjD9QSRA ... re=related


Anyone else a big fan?
www.RLMcDaniel.com

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  • NAUjackfan
    NAUjackfan Phoenix Posts: 2,340
    Much Appreciation to BH!
    From Two Feet Thick's recap of Arras 2010:
    Before the encore, Vedder tells that “our band just got bigger” and Ben Harper joins the band for “Red Mosquito”. Vedder not only talks about “bigger”, but adds that the band has become “stronger and more handsome”.
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  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    LukinFan wrote:
    Been listening to a lot of Ben lately and figured with his upcoming solo tour, he needs his own thread.

    How cool is this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjD9QSRA ... re=related


    Anyone else a big fan?
    Holy shit, why have I never seen that before? :shock: That was the coolest Amen Omen video ever!

    I have much love for Ben and all his bands. The music is great and he comes across as such a great guy.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,813
    Love his stuff. One of the few acts my wife and I totally love, which ensures that I listen frequently!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • belinda27
    belinda27 Posts: 731
    he looks like gold to me! :D
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    LukinFan wrote:
    Been listening to a lot of Ben lately and figured with his upcoming solo tour, he needs his own thread.

    How cool is this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjD9QSRA ... re=related


    Anyone else a big fan?

    Brilliant performance! Thanks for sharing! I love Ben...he has amazing passion. I first heard him back in '96 when he opened for pearl jam..and I've been listening to him ever since :D
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    The last time I saw him, he covered Uncle Neil :mrgreen:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vFP62ldhB4
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    I've been a big fan of Ben's since around 2002 and he just gets better as a writer and a musician. I love his album with the Blind Boys Of Alabama and Live From Mars is essential listening. I was made up when he supported PJ in Europe last time as it meant I got to see him 4 times too!! Good to see him and Ed doing Under Pressure together and he made Red Mosquito sound massive at Hyde Park.
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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  • blindjoedeath
    blindjoedeath Posts: 12
    Ben Harper is brilliant, i first heard of him through PJ. Check out his slide skills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBqDk2twvU, I first saw him in Hyde park (england) If anyone like's his music i would recommend one of his early albums, 'welcome to the cruel world'. Brilliant music, very talented man.
    “Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne.” C'est la vie
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    blindjoedeath wrote:
    Ben Harper is brilliant, i first heard of him through PJ. Check out his slide skills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBqDk2twvU, I first saw him in Hyde park (england) If anyone like's his music i would recommend one of his early albums, 'welcome to the cruel world'. Brilliant music, very talented man.

    I love that he covers Maya Angelou's I'll Rise on that album!
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    veddertown wrote:
    his album with the Blind Boys Of Alabama
    I still need to check this one out
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore
    2025: Hollywood II
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    LukinFan wrote:
    veddertown wrote:
    his album with the Blind Boys Of Alabama
    I still need to check this one out
    You won't be disappointed Roger, it's one of my lazy Sunday morning albums.... ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GooCuXKa ... re=related
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
    Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    i like what i've heard from him but i never got into him extensively.. what album would you suggest i start with?
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    conman wrote:
    i like what i've heard from him but i never got into him extensively.. what album would you suggest i start with?

    I'd recommend starting with this..
    10585.jpg
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    afroannnie wrote:
    conman wrote:
    i like what i've heard from him but i never got into him extensively.. what album would you suggest i start with?

    I'd recommend starting with this..
    10585.jpg
    :thumbup: thanks
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    it wouldn't have worked out anyway

    but for now it's just another, lonely, daaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    conman wrote:
    afroannnie wrote:
    conman wrote:
    i like what i've heard from him but i never got into him extensively.. what album would you suggest i start with?

    I'd recommend starting with this..
    10585.jpg
    :thumbup: thanks

    I hope you enjoy it...if you like Zeppelin, he does a killer version of Whole Lotta Love on this album :D
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuzqTXNG ... re=related
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    veddertown wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    veddertown wrote:
    his album with the Blind Boys Of Alabama
    I still need to check this one out
    You won't be disappointed Roger, it's one of my lazy Sunday morning albums.... ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GooCuXKa ... re=related
    anything with the slide guitar is nice
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore
    2025: Hollywood II
  • ekwipt
    ekwipt Vancouver Posts: 1,039
    My wife & I used Happy Everafter In Your Eyes as our wedding song. Now we sing it as a lullabye to our son at bedtime. Definitely big fans of Mr Harper. No acoustic date here for us yet but he's being kind enough to spend independance day with us :-)
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    conman wrote:
    afroannnie wrote:
    conman wrote:
    i like what i've heard from him but i never got into him extensively.. what album would you suggest i start with?

    I'd recommend starting with this..
    10585.jpg
    :thumbup: thanks
    That's the one that got me into him 100%. In fact,I listened to it today and it still holds up

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