Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Sun, Sep 17, 6:30 PM AMD Stage Stage
When Ben Harper last appeared at the ACL Festival, in 2004, he was about to release an album he regarded as a career high: the Grammy-winning There Will Be a Light, recorded with the Blind Boys of Alabama. This year, the master of rock, soul, folk, funk, blues and just about any genre he tries is touting his newest endeavor, the spring release, Both Sides of the Gun, which features separate ballad and rocker sides. Harper says he recorded it with a lot of one-take vocals and guitar solos that are nasty, loose, raw, immediate. Known as much for his songs of conviction as his guitar prowess, Harper weighed in on Katrina with Black Rain. If we allow that to happen to the citizens of this country, he says, then all bets are off. And if there's no justice in day-to-day living, there's for damn sure gonna be some justice in my music.
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