View Full Version : Ben Harper and the Relentless Seven
velvet hustle
11-18-2008, 09:18 PM
I guess really it's just Relentless Seven but Ben happens to be a part of the crew. Anyway, Check it! http://www.myspace.com/RELENTLESSSEVEN
sway2sway
11-24-2008, 03:10 AM
that's cool, thanks vh.
purple rain even.
angischy
12-05-2008, 08:45 AM
Just found out they are in Santa Cruz on Sunday night.
I didn't make it to see Ryan Adams/Matt Costa/Oasis last week (no can do on school nights), but maybe I can make it to this one.
sway2sway
12-05-2008, 01:21 PM
nice. hope you can go.
let us (me) know how it goes
if you make da show
i'm thinking,
it will be "HellYaWhoa!"
angischy
12-08-2008, 03:17 AM
I'm on my way! I didn't think I'd make it back from Tahoe in time, so didn't buy tix in advance, and of course, since Friday, it sold out. BUT thanks to Craigslist and a not-too-greedy seller, I'm going after all
Miss Shark
12-08-2008, 01:41 PM
I hope you had a great time. We know you've earned it!
angischy
12-08-2008, 08:15 PM
I hope you had a great time. We know you've earned it!
I also earned the I-can-barely-keep-my-eyes-open feeling I'm struggling with right now. Grrr! :o
It was fun, but they took forever to go on! I wish I'd stepped out and gone over to the coffeeshop down the street to study while waiting, but I didn't want to miss the beginning of the show.
Anyways, they guys came out loud and really fired up. The drummer was tossing drum sticks from the start and very fun to watch. BH killed it, as always. They played a few rocked out versions of BHIC songs but mostly stuff I wasn't all that familiar with. Ben played acoustic for just a couple songs (with full band) but kept the intensity. A favorite moment for me was the song where he didn't even played guitar, just percussion (like a tambourine but with more jangly things . . . ?) and sang and jumped around the stage. Sooo energetic, he really is fun to watch.
The crowd was into it, I think, but other than a few ok-what-drugs-are-you-on crazy dancers, most people just stood there and took it all in. Which sorta killed some of the vibe I was feeling. It was like, really people, you're just gonna stand there? I dunno.
It was an all ages show, and I think people were wanting to hear BHIC songs and sing along. Alot of people shouted "Purple RAIN!" between songs, but they never brought that out.
Anyways, it was fun, I'm glad I went, and I found out GLaSS will be there in March, so...yay. Perfect venue for them to play. Big barn-like room with a wrap-around balcony & rear bars upstairs. A lot of bad sound spots in the house, but lots of room to dance and move about.
Okay, back to work. I have to re-caffeinate before class starts again. Can't make this school night show-going a habit. It's sucking wayyy too much today!
angischy
12-08-2008, 08:20 PM
p.s. I taped the show. If anyone posts expressing interest, I'll share a link once I get the file(s) hosted.
The sound quality may be kinda ho-hum, cuz it was so loud in the house and the recording device was on my person. Plus, I kept moving to avoid the massive clouds of MJ smoke that filled much of the room (and to avoid the talkers, so many talkers!)
Also, can/would anyone help me out with breaking it up into a track-by-track playlist sorta thing? Motashekaram!
velvet hustle
12-09-2008, 02:13 AM
that's sic you got to go see them Angi! Very cool indeed. Thanks for the review. I read one on jambase echoing a lot of your thoughts and insights. Good work girl.
angischy
12-10-2008, 08:00 PM
Santa Cruz & San Fran shows, reviewed. (http://norcalrock.blogspot.com/2008/12/relentless7-auditions-in-santa-cruz-and.html) Guy sums it up pretty well.
http://www.relentless7.com/
new single up
angischy
02-16-2009, 11:18 PM
As usual, Fred is ON IT! ;)
I actually heard the song on KPIG today (Gotta LOVE the PIG!). If you like it when Ben Harper kicks things up a notch, this is for you. Hearing it now, I remember how great I thought his drummer was. This is definitely a rock band, no Jack Johnson lullabies here.
Shimmer and Shine hits the air
The first single from "White Lies For Dark Times" is on the airwaves and streaming here (www.relentless7.com) for your listening pleasure! Stay tuned because 101.9 RXP - The New York Rock Experience (http://www.1019rxp.com/music/BenHarper.aspx) will broadcast and stream a playback of RELENTLESS7 live at the Highline Ballroom (http://www.1019rxp.com/Event/Details.aspx?ID=108784) on Wednesday, February 18 at 8pm EST. Get "Shimmer and Shine" at iTunes beginning February 24.
http://www.relentless7.com/img/ico_r7_48x48.gif*Album out May 5 on Virgin Records.*
European & US Tour Dates are also posted on their website now.
They're slotted for Jazz Fest, Bonnaroo, and All Good, so far, for the stateside amongst us.