Jack Johnson and Ben Harper youTube
Jack Johnson, the man that has redifined the word ‘relax’ and Ben Harper, a player that has always managed to player with a maturity way beyond his age. To have them together is quite a treat. For quite a few years during the eighties and nineties there wasn’t a lot happening in mainstream music regarding acoustic singer guitar players, YES, there were plenty of people playing acoustic and singing but it seemed very unfashionable for a long time. In the 70′s we had, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, john Martyn, Nick Drake Seals and Crofts and others but as the other electric styles came to the fore, the great acoustic singer guitarists didn’t really get much of a mention. Now there’s Jack Johnson and Ben Harper, John Mayer, John Butler, Ash Grunwwald and others making people take notice of the singer guitar players once again, minus the Marshall stacks, being accepted as household names. This will no doubt open the doorway for thousands of others to follow and take up the beautiful artform of singer guitarist.
Enjoy this video, it’s a song called ‘ Please Me Like You Want To . Sweet, very very Sweet playing.
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&hearts I loved it!
It’s lovely to see two guitar players just being themselves.
thanks for dropping in.
Are there any great acoustic players that you like that I am not awae of?
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Jack and Ben are legeds. I saw Ben supporting Jack last year in London and it’s great to see two artists who are about the music rather than fame and ego validation. Musically they are probabaly my biggest influences.
Am I a little late to respond to this……..???