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With Ben Harper one of those unusual things is the slide guitar. There’s no guitar so expressive, no guitar so seemingly simple yet imbued with subtlety, and no other guitar which speaks so directly to me. Hearing Ben play the slide in the antique yet carefully arranged acoustics of the Ryman was revelatory. Combining reggae, folk and rock isn’t new, but Ben has put his stamp on it in a way which is uniquely his own. The Weissenborn guitars he plays so well are a big part of that stamp.
Ry Cooder, Peter Drake, Duane Allman, Bukka White – there have been a lot of good slide players over the years and Ben’s playing reminds me of all and none of them. He has a light touch and uses the Weissenborn to its best effect, more as voice than stringed instrument. Really hearing, not just listening to, but hearing Ben play the slide on the same stage where Chet Atkins first played as an unknown, then as a star, and then where his funeral was held, bore a poetic resonance with me.
The set-list was long at 22 songs, but they played each with alacrity. Ben Harper’s 11 albums and 15 years of touring have taught him how to build tension, and he used that skill to its full effect, bringing the energy in the Ryman to a hard boil.
The show started out with everyone sitting down, politely listening, but as the night slipped by, they were drawn to their feet until the entire room was one roaring, standing ovation.
There may be some nights when Ben Harper isn’t on his game, or when the band isn’t tight, but on Wednesday, September the 12th, 2007, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals really kicked at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
One of my favorite songs from the new album “Lifeline” is the song “Fight Outta You.” This song is more introspection than extroversion. The verses “Don’t believe the headlines, check it for yourself sometimes, don’t let them take the fight outta you, The lies you live become you, the love you lose it numbs you” seem to be speaking of the hypocrisy I mentioned earlier and which Ben seems to be acknowledging both in himself and in the music industry. It bears the fingerprints of someone who has learned hard lessons and doesn’t want to have to learn them again.
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