Benjamin Chase Harper (born 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 and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013.
At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy In This Land", was named as 'Song of the Year'.
Fight for Your Mind is an album by Ben Harper. Released in August 1995, it was his last solo album before adding the Innocent Criminals to his line-up. Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from folk "Another Lonely Day", folk rock "Gold to Me", and politically charged reggae "Excuse Me Mr.".
After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. On this, his second album, Harper added a more refined sense of his own intense spirituality, such as on the gospel-influenced album closers, "Power of the Gospel", "God Fearing Man" and "One Road to Freedom".
"Oppression" 2:58
"Ground on Down" – 4:53
"Another Lonely Day" – 3:43
"Please Me Like You Want To" – 4:55
"Gold to Me" – 5:00
"Burn One Down" – 3:31
"Excuse Me Mr." (Harper, Jean-Pierre Plunier) – 5:24
"People Lead" – 4:13
"Fight for Your Mind" – 4:06
"Give a Man a Home" – 3:35
"By My Side" – 3:34
"Power of the Gospel" – 6:02
"God Fearing Man" – 11:49
"One Road to Freedom" – 4:14
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