Ben Harper with Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland

Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars

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Cool lineup. Weird tune.

Ben's vocals really remind me of Jack Bruce here.
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Killer!
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I guess I love weird.... I thought it was excellent. Thanks
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Mark Mansueto wrote:I guess I love weird.... I thought it was excellent. Thanks
I don't know if I meant weird in a bad way--I'm not sure. I felt slightly disoriented after listening to it. :lol:

I'm definitely in the weird camp as far as music is concerned.
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I would like to see or hear them play one of Mr. Clarks compositions.
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I'm a fan of all three so I think I'd like anything they might play. Stanley is coming to Detroit this summer so I'm going to try to see him.

Mike, I forgot to add the smiley after my last comment. I don't know how many Ben Harper fans are here but my guess would be not a lot so weird may actually be the majority.
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watched it.
i dont know this ben fellow..sorry.

stuart coplands technique made my left wrist hurt!

stanley clark playing the same lick over and over...all i could hear was him playing on the light as a feather lp. my how things change.
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Ben has been introducing the lap steel to his fans for a long time. Check out the crowd in this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZNGAR7U7hY
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Ben Harper plays without boundaries, when it comes to the lap steel, as we all should. I hope they do an album. They leave me wanting to hear more.
I agree with Mike, I do hear Jack Bruce when I hear Ben Harper sing.
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I love playing "with boundaries". YMMV, but I don't have time in my life to cover every style of music from Inuit to Antarctic.
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Love it... nice to seen Ben hooking up with a monster rhythm section 8)
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Mark Mansueto wrote:Ben has been introducing the lap steel to his fans for a long time. Check out the crowd in this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZNGAR7U7hY
I'm so glad that Rap and no talent chick singers are the popular music now, and crap like this is overlooked. NOT!
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