Danny Kalb
Recording engineer

Andy Factor
Former Vice President of A&R at Virgin Records
Co-founder of Everloving Records

John McKnight
Bass player on the album Welcome To The Cruel World (1994)

Mike King
Graphic Designer and Poster Artist

Todd Burke
Record engineer, mixer and producer

Tom Freund
Ben Harper and Tom Freund recorded together an album entitled Pleasure And Pain (Cardas Records, 1992).

A surprise appearance at L.A.'s Royce Hall
Original article by Roger Steffens

Jon Rothe
Jon evokes the influence of the Chase/Harper family

Jesse Savath
Videographer / editor

Tom Dolan
Art director / designer

Pleasure and Pain | DVD
Interviews of Danny Clinch (director, producer) and Samantha Lee (co-director, editor)

In Remembrance of Charles Chase
Ben Harper : "Without my grandfather, I don't think I'd be doing what I do."

Toots and The Maytals
Interview of Mike Cacia - manager

The Two Hands of Ras RoJah
With My Own Two Hands video - behind the scenes | original article and photos by Roger Steffens

David Dart | Luthier
"I began taking guitar lessons from Dorothy Chase when I was 10 years old. This was in 1958..."

David Dart Bowl-Back Slide Guitar
Creation process | article and photos by David and Peggy Dart

David Dart Bowl-Back Slide Guitar #2
The second Bowl-Back was delivered at Christmas time 2003 as an instrument to take on the road | photos by David and Peggy Dart

Maton
Interview of Bradley Clark, production manager, 2001

Kotz Cajon
Handbuilt drums and percussion by Michael Kotzen

David Leach
Percussion player (1997-2001)

Eric Person
Musician-composer-arranger Eric Person played saxophone on Mama's Trippin' and Ashes (The Will To Live, 1997). He also played on stage with Ben Harper and features on the DVD Pleasure and Pain.

Pleasure and Pain | Ben Harper and Tom Freund
Recorded March 15, 1992 © Cardas Records
Interviews of Tom Freund and George Cardas. Original photos.

Patrick Brayer
"I met Ben when he was about 15 years of age. He was a magic kid as I knew them. He worked in the back room of his grandparents folk music store repairing zithers, and would in my memory emerge occasionally with his hair full of sawdust..."

David Lindley
"I've known Ben since he was five or six because I knew his mother and went to school with his father. His grandfather and grandmother, Charles and Dorothy Chase are two of the musical cornerstones of the Claremont folk music scene. I've known Charles and Dorothy forever..."

Chris Darrow
"I grew up in Claremont California and started playing music quite young. I played ukulele as a 5-year-old and finally took up the guitar at the age of 13. My first guitar came from the Folk Music Center owned by Charles and Dot Chase..."

Bunni Lezak
Cover of Diamonds On The Inside is a photo by Bunni Lezak.

Caroline Dourley
Pomona born and Claremont raised vocalist-singer-songwriter Caroline Dourley evokes the Claremont music scene, manager JP Plunier, the Nick's Caffé...

Mick Hart
Special website dedicated to soulful australian songwriter Mick Hart.

Fashion  |  Design

Dorothy Chase
A special page dedicated to Ben's grandmother.

Restless Spirit: The eyes of a child
A special page dedicated to Ben's middle brother and his book of poetry.

Speak out : an interview series
Interviews by Gavin Conaty for benharper.net : Leon Mobley (percussion), Juan Nelson (bass), Oliver Charles (drums), Jason Yates (keyboards), Clarence Fountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama) - Michael Ward (guitar).

Ben Harper - Blood Brother
Article by Teremoana Rapley (selector.soundsnz.com)
August 20, 2001
The complete story of Ben Harper's tattoos.

Ben Harper, live in San Diego
Interview by Sylvain Roger (benharpertablatures.free.fr)
April 2003

Le Baron Perché | Ben Harper & Julia 'Butterfly' Hill
September 1999
Article in French (w/ photos)

Le Blues du skateur | BLAST magazine
September/October 1999
Interview in French (w/ photos)

Ben Harper & John Lee Hooker
January 1999
Article in French (w/ photos)