Anybody into Ben Harper?

I like Ben's first two best. "Welcome to the Cruel World" and "Fight for Your Mind". The remainder have much less soul and therefore do less for me. I hope he returns to his earlier style one day.

i'm with redkiwi on this one (BTW, good to see your monikor again). ben harper started his career in the republic of boulder, colo. (just up the road..... err, turnpike, a piece). his early work was acoustic, "new folk" of the variety that includes, for example, ani difranco and greg brown. i'm fortunate to have some of his solo performances recorded at e-town and studio c. of his latest work, i greatly enjoy "steal my kisses." sounds great on fm but, alas, is not really well recorded. a good friend of mine who's known ben for many years played for me recently an unreleased lp master of ben on solo, acoustic - WOW! he wouldn't entertain an offer. -kelly

I love "Welcome to the Cruel World". I haven't been impressed since. Something about the ease and simplicity there. For me, it is missing on the later releases.

Based on this thread I picked up "Welcome to the cruel world" SWEET!!!

here's some news on ben harper i just heard yesterday. laura dern is carrying his child. what a fascinating couple. and what a fascinating woman, skipping from billy bob thorton to ben. ('course billy bob's now hangin' with ms. jolie.) america, what a country! -kelly