For the former Yellowcard and Amber Pacific guitarist, see Ben Eric Harper. Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American musician. Biography Harper was born in Claremont, California, U.S. (in California's Pomona Valley). He began playing guitar as a child in Claremont.[LINK: http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:hlI7i2ny8TEJ:www.swer.net/english.roots1.html+%22ben+harper%22+jewish&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4] [1][LINK: http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24975/edition_id/488/format/html/displaystory.html] [2] He eventually specialized in the acoustic lap steel guitar (Weissenborn guitars). As a young man, he recorded an LP (Pleasure and Pain) with fellow folk guitarist Tom Freund. After this limited edition record, Harper got a record deal with Virgin Records, who released his debut album, Welcome to the

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