Ben Harper
: "My first [song] choice was 'Atlantic City,' "
Harper said," 'cause I know that song intimately and
it was the safe route, and I just love that song.... But
'Atlantic City' was taken. Every other song was taken but
'My Father's House,' which happened to be my second choice
anyway, so it was cool, it worked out. I recorded it at
my neighbor's four-track." Harper described. "My
neighbor has a four-track. His name is Andy Factor, and
I just jumped in [and did it]. It's [just] me on Weissenborn.
Actually, since it's four-track and Bruce used a few other
tracks, [I did, too]. I mean, he'd do harmonica, a guitar,
another guitar, and maybe a tambourine or something. So
he'd make good use out of his four tracks. I did Weissenborn,
regular guitar, eastern Indian harmonium, and vocal."
(source : David Basham -
www.mtv.com)
Andy Factor : "Ben was my
neighbor at the time. I was no longer his A&R guy really.
He asked me to record this track since it had to be done
lo-fi. I didn’t realize I had the low-cut switched
on my mic. He brought the harmonium and a guitar. I always
wanted another shot at that, you don’t get to engineer
a Ben Harper track every day. I should be more prepared."
(source : swer.net)
