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 90s and early 2000 with his backing band, the Innocent Criminals, comprised of 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.

Harper’s music spans 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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  • silvertree

    Excellent. Just waiting for him to bring out a masterpiece.

    13 Aug 2011 Reply

  • lil_gawa

    Beloved One [2] and Woman in You <3

    7 Mar 2011 Reply

  • yo09

    Beloved One

    27 Aug 2010 Reply

  • aangelika

    ' Welcome To The Cruel World ' <3 Lately, I saw his concert on tv, he is amazing!

    21 May 2010 Reply

  • teckhi5

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

    24 Dec 2009 Reply

  • Elementree1

    YO POSITIVE PEOPLE!! If you like Ben Harper and Rock/Reggae/Dancehall/Ska with a concious message please check out our music. We are a fresh new band out of Cincinnati Ohio, genre bending music and a message that must be heard. Our last fm page is: http://www.last.fm/music/theohms Our myspace page is: http://www.myspace.com/ohms. Feel our music

    15 Dec 2009 Reply

  • poisonheart1984

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

    4 Jun 2009 Reply

  • scorcheddog

    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!!!

    31 Mar 2009 Reply

  • Squeezzle

    Genius

    25 Feb 2009 Reply

  • potaytohead

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

    23 Jan 2009 Reply

  • simone438

    such a great voice

    16 Jan 2009 Reply

  • JackJakobsen

    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;)

    1 Jan 2009 Reply

  • SaimsDMB

    Alone is just GREAT!

    23 Oct 2008 Reply

  • biguns

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

    9 Oct 2008 Reply

  • MrLivingstone

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

    25 Sep 2008 Reply

  • kasa408

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

    24 Sep 2008 Reply

  • MrLivingstone

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

    22 Sep 2008 Reply

  • gypsy_eyes1982

    in the colors, what a song my god

    15 Feb 2008 Reply

  • mamafanfan

    better still to listen with friends smoking dope.

    6 Feb 2008 Reply

  • pret0

    come dance with me...

    17 Dec 2007 Reply
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