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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.

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Ben Harper
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
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Pomona
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Benjamin Chase Harper
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