Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

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Ben Harper is an artist from the Inland Empire in California, an oddly named place for an interesting person. Recording since 1992 (Pleasure & Pain with Tom Freund), Ben Harper released several albums throughout the mid 90’s and early 2000 with his backing band, the Innocent Criminals, comprising Juan Nelson on bass, Leon Mobley on percussion, Oliver Charles on drums(although Dean Butterworth was on the drums for multiple albums from 1999 until the release of Diamonds on the Inside) , backup/lead guitarists (featuring Marc Ford and Michael Ward), and various keyboard players including Jason Yates. His latest efforts have been solo credited but the Innocent Criminals remain his backing band, led by Nelson’s ever affable presence.

The music really does span multiple genres, covering everything from Jimi Hendrix to Bob Marley to Bruce Springsteen to The Beatles to The Funk Brothers. Harper also recently collaborated on a grammy-winning album with the Blind Boys of Alabama.

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teckhi5 wrote:
December 2009

check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE

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Elementree1 wrote:
December 2009

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poisonheart1984 wrote:
June 2009

CLICK TO http://heartofglass.altervista.org AND SEARCH THE REVIEWS OF BEN HARPER... (TRANSLATOR INCLUDED) ... ENJOY IT !!!

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scorcheddog wrote:
March 2009

Sorry...who's comparing Jack Johnson to Ben Harper?...Johnson was better known for floating round on strips of fibreglass up till recently....and Harper kicks ass!!! Johnson, the type of music you play at your mums funeral...when everyone has gone home!!!

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Squeezzle wrote:
February 2009

Genius

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potaytohead wrote:
January 2009

This Guy Can do no wrong>>>>>>>!!

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simone438 wrote:
January 2009

such a great voice

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JackJakobsen wrote:
January 2009

of course i'm a HUGE jack johnson fan,but compare every less famous artist from his label or who's a friend of him with him is not fair. ben harper is an artist for his own and his music is wonderful and often very different from jack's music. so you(everyone) should give him a chance as a solo artist,and not as a second jack johnson. ben harper is nearly a decade longer in music business than jack,remember that;)

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Evaatjuhhh wrote:
December 2008

Steal my kisses is awesome! Jack Johnson style <3

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SeanMcMeekin wrote:
December 2008

"Why don't they melt this page with the Ben Harper one?" - Because this is the name of his band, jackass. His solo efforts should be tagged as Ben Harper and the albums with the Innocent Criminals should be tagged as this. That's why.

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SaimsDMB wrote:
October 2008

Alone is just GREAT!

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biguns wrote:
October 2008

The band rocks as does Ben allthogh, when Be flies solo his sound is a tad more mellow, henece the seperate tags

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MrLivingstone wrote:
September 2008

sure they do, i was just wonderin why some albums are tagged as solo albums while other include the whole band in the tag

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kasa408 wrote:
September 2008

i dont care about the tag, ben harper or ben harper and the innocent criminals both make kick ass music any tag is welcomed : )

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MrLivingstone wrote:
September 2008

Why don't they melt this page with the Ben Harper one?

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attackblue wrote:
May 2008

I sell two income for the concert in the City of Lisbon - FESTIVAL OPTIMUS ALIVE 2008 on July 12. Information pandepico83@hotmail.com or to leave message in my mailbox

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gypsy_eyes1982 wrote:
February 2008

in the colors, what a song my god

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mamafanfan wrote:
February 2008

better still to listen with friends smoking dope.

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pret0 wrote:
December 2007

come dance with me...

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Jinxd wrote:
November 2007

I agree with bryanseymour, the innocent criminals deserve to be part of the artist tag, they are the muscians too, it's their work aswell.

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