***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

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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..
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    listening to this now.. me likey

    Awesome! You'll have to try to see him live sometime when you can...i know i've said it before, but his shows are really amazing! :D:D
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    ok, so i'm loving the live from mars album... what next? :geek:
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    conman wrote:
    ok, so i'm loving the live from mars album... what next? :geek:

    I like his earlier stuff..like Fight for your Mind & Welcome to the Cruel World, but there's a good mix from both of those albums on Live from Mars, so I would recommend this if you want more of the "get down/funk" stuff...

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    or this if you want more "straight rock, guitar driven stuff"...i love them both...just depends on your mood...

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    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • gremmiedotnet
    gremmiedotnet Posts: 345
    hello gremmies. we like ben too. stay tuned for a big announcement from gremmie.net. there's diamonds on the inside....
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    afroannnie wrote:
    conman wrote:
    ok, so i'm loving the live from mars album... what next? :geek:

    I like his earlier stuff..like Fight for your Mind & Welcome to the Cruel World, but there's a good mix from both of those albums on Live from Mars, so I would recommend this if you want more of the "get down/funk" stuff...

    3678482_1317446216.jpg


    or this if you want more "straight rock, guitar driven stuff"...i love them both...just depends on your mood...

    benharper_2050_10408494.jpg


    I agree when I asked about BH a long time ago *Diamonds On The Inside was one of the first suggestions.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
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    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
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    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
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    LukinFan wrote:
    BHBSOTG.jpg

    Met him on the tour of that album...not too many artists release double albums anymore.

    peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    i'm revisiting this...it's been a little while since I've watched it..

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    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    I really like the relentless 7, but i miss seeing him with the innocent criminals...especially leon...

    love him at the end of this... :mrgreen:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEe9P1QXTwU
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    g under p wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    BHBSOTG.jpg

    Met him on the tour of that album...not too many artists release double albums anymore.

    peace
    It's such a great album too. I've been listening to a lot recently. It seems like it has everything - fast songs, slow songs, electric, acoustic - just a killer Ben Harper album (I could be wrong, but itsn't the first CD mainly Ben solo stuff and the 2nd mostly R7 stuff?)
    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
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    LukinFan wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    BHBSOTG.jpg

    Met him on the tour of that album...not too many artists release double albums anymore.

    peace
    It's such a great album too. I've been listening to a lot recently. It seems like it has everything - fast songs, slow songs, electric, acoustic - just a killer Ben Harper album (I could be wrong, but itsn't the first CD mainly Ben solo stuff and the 2nd mostly R7 stuff?)

    I'm not sure because when I saw and met BH backstage he was touring with the Innocent Criminals at that Langerado Festival In South Florida. A big thank you to Michael Franti who allowed me to meet him. After the show though it was a nightmare to leave that show some 3 hours we were stuck there.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    g under p wrote:
    I'm not sure because when I saw and met BH backstage he was touring with the Innocent Criminals at that Langerado Festival In South Florida. A big thank you to Michael Franti who allowed me to meet him. After the show though it was a nightmare to leave that show some 3 hours we were stuck there.

    Peace
    That story sounds familiar. So freakin cool.

    According to wiki, I'm completely wrong:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Both_Sides_of_the_Gun

    The album saw Harper playing the majority of the instruments on both discs; an approach that he had rarely used on his previous albums. However, the Innocent Criminals would appear on a few tracks whilst his later band, Relentless7, would appear together for the first time on "Serve Your Soul", the last track on the second disc.

    And on a related note, I'm glad I went to the wiki page. I didn't know there was a 3rd bonus disc:

    Disc 3 (Special Edition package only)

    The album was also released as a Limited Special Edition box set including a Bonus CD featuring four alternate mixes and two live tracks.

    Gather ‘Round The Stone (Alternate Version Mix)
    Reason To Mourn (Alternate Mix)
    Get It Like You Like It (Live, Acoustic)
    Waiting For You (Alternate Mix)
    Morning Yearning (Alternate Mix)
    Beloved One (Live)
    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
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    LukinFan wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    I'm not sure because when I saw and met BH backstage he was touring with the Innocent Criminals at that Langerado Festival In South Florida. A big thank you to Michael Franti who allowed me to meet him. After the show though it was a nightmare to leave that show some 3 hours we were stuck there.

    Peace
    That story sounds familiar. So freakin cool.

    According to wiki, I'm completely wrong:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Both_Sides_of_the_Gun

    The album saw Harper playing the majority of the instruments on both discs; an approach that he had rarely used on his previous albums. However, the Innocent Criminals would appear on a few tracks whilst his later band, Relentless7, would appear together for the first time on "Serve Your Soul", the last track on the second disc.

    And on a related note, I'm glad I went to the wiki page. I didn't know there was a 3rd bonus disc:

    Disc 3 (Special Edition package only)

    The album was also released as a Limited Special Edition box set including a Bonus CD featuring four alternate mixes and two live tracks.

    Gather ‘Round The Stone (Alternate Version Mix)
    Reason To Mourn (Alternate Mix)
    Get It Like You Like It (Live, Acoustic)
    Waiting For You (Alternate Mix)
    Morning Yearning (Alternate Mix)
    Beloved One (Live)


    I have that box set and it's a gem to have and behold. Great show he had at langerado and i even had some pictures from that show but where the hell they are I don't have a clue. I'll try and find them it's on an old laptop somewhere.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    I still hear you saying "All of life is chance, and is sweetest, is sweetest when at a glance". But I live, I live a hundred lifetimes in a day.
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    Brisk. wrote:
    I still hear you saying "All of life is chance, and is sweetest, is sweetest when at a glance". But I live, I live a hundred lifetimes in a day.
    8-)
    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
  • cockage
    cockage Posts: 465
    LukinFan wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    I'm not sure because when I saw and met BH backstage he was touring with the Innocent Criminals at that Langerado Festival In South Florida. A big thank you to Michael Franti who allowed me to meet him. After the show though it was a nightmare to leave that show some 3 hours we were stuck there.

    Peace
    That story sounds familiar. So freakin cool.

    According to wiki, I'm completely wrong:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Both_Sides_of_the_Gun

    The album saw Harper playing the majority of the instruments on both discs; an approach that he had rarely used on his previous albums. However, the Innocent Criminals would appear on a few tracks whilst his later band, Relentless7, would appear together for the first time on "Serve Your Soul", the last track on the second disc.

    And on a related note, I'm glad I went to the wiki page. I didn't know there was a 3rd bonus disc:

    Disc 3 (Special Edition package only)

    The album was also released as a Limited Special Edition box set including a Bonus CD featuring four alternate mixes and two live tracks.

    Gather ‘Round The Stone (Alternate Version Mix)
    Reason To Mourn (Alternate Mix)
    Get It Like You Like It (Live, Acoustic)
    Waiting For You (Alternate Mix)
    Morning Yearning (Alternate Mix)
    Beloved One (Live)

    here ya go....

    http://www.mediafire.com/?p77iqqspaw737x3
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEnfy9qfdaU&ob=av3n
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    afroannnie wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEnfy9qfdaU&ob=av3n
    :thumbup:
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhc2cDi66ug

    makes me want to get naked 8-)
  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    conman wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhc2cDi66ug

    makes me want to get naked 8-)

    agreed 8-)
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....

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