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Ben Harper

Musician

Ben Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his slide guitar (Weissenborn), soulful hoarse voice, and a genre-blending mix of blues, folk, rock, reggae and gospel. He has led projects with the Innocent Criminals and collaborated with artists and groups such as the Blind Boys of Alabama, Charlie Musselwhite and Relentless7.

Praised for distinctive Weissenborn lap-slide playing, versatile songwriting, emotionally intense live performances, and collaborations with gospel and blues artists; active since the early 1990s.

DeBaser reviews present Ben Harper as a versatile singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who blends blues, rock, folk, reggae and gospel. Reviewers praise his Weissenborn slide guitar, hoarse/soulful voice and powerful live shows. Collaborations (Blind Boys of Alabama, Charlie Musselwhite, Relentless7) and albums like Both Sides of the Gun and Diamonds on the Inside are frequently highlighted.

For:Fans of blues/folk/rock, live-music readers, and guitar enthusiasts

 We must all have / The will to live / You got to have / The will to live... always remember that too!

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 No Mercy In This Land, the title track, is the only piece sung by Musselwhite: an excellent country-blues piece, all played with slide guitar and harmonica.

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 He is breathtakingly handsome.

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 The result is the album of the year 2004.

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