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Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Leonard Cohen, Taj Mahal, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Robert Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The John Butler Trio, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ray LaMontagne, Jack Johnson and G. Love & Special Sauce, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vanessa da Mata, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites and Dhani Harrison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, reaching back through Leonard Cohen and forward to Vanessa da Mata. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Benjamin Charles Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally.
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Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals connections
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals grew out of Leonard Cohen, Taj Mahal, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, shares an orbit with The John Butler Trio, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ray LaMontagne and Jack Johnson, went on to shape Vanessa da Mata, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe and The Skatalites. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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