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Ben Harper
Ben Harper (born Benjamin Chase Harper October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner as well, winning awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, in 2005. He also won a Grammy for Best Blues Album in 2014.
==Early life==
Harper was born in Pomona, California.〔 His father, Leonard, was of African-American and possibly Cherokee ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Chase-Verdries, is Jewish. His maternal great-grandmother was a Russian-Lithuanian Jew. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he grew up with his mother's family. Harper has two brothers, Joel and Peter.
Harper began playing guitar as a child.〔() 〕 His maternal grandparents' music store ''The Folk Music Center and Museum'' laid a foundation of folk and blues for the artist, complemented by regular patrons Leonard Cohen, Taj Mahal, John Darnielle, and David Lindley and quotes of William Shakespeare and Robert Frost made often by his grandfather.〔Appleford, Steve. "I'll Rise: The Music and Message of Ben Harper" Page 5. Essay published in the (Ben Harper CD Box Collection ). Released April 4, 2000.〕
In 1978, at the age of 9, Harper attended reggae superstar Bob Marley's performance in Burbank, California (Marley was joined by former bandmate Peter Tosh for the encore, making this concert an historic performance), which was according to Harper an important influence. At the age of 12, Harper played his first gig. During the 1980s, in his teen years, Harper began to play the slide guitar, mimicking the style of Robert Johnson. Harper refined his style, taking up the Weissenborn slide guitar.〔 Harper broke out of the Inland Empire after being offered an invitation by Taj Mahal to tour with the artist. They recorded Taj Mahal's album ''Follow the Drinking Gourd'', released in November 1990, and toured Hawaii.〔
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