Ben Harper &
The Innocent Criminals ~ Greek Theater ~ Los Angeles, CA
10.8.99
10/08/99 - Greek Theatre: Berkeley, CA support act: The
Funky Meters set: Burn to Shine, Forgiven, One Road to Freedom, By My Side, Don't
Take That Attitude to Your Grave/Concrete Jungle, Alone, Less, Burn One Down,
Ground On Down, The Woman In You, Please Bleed, Steal My Kisses, Breakin'
Down, Faded
E: Beloved One, Another Lonely Day, Widow of a Living Man, I Shall Not
Walk Alone
E2: Oppression/Get Up Stand Up, Manic Depression notes: What a night. The Innocent Criminals
sold out the 8500 seat capacity Greek Theatre. This might just be the largest
headlining crowd to date. After "Forgiven", a fan yelled to Ben to play some
classic Ben Harper, to which Ben laughed and replied, "Classic Ben Harper?
Is there such a thing?" After "By My Side" (which was performed with the entire
band, as was "One Road..."), Ben spotted a fan in the audience and said "Nice
shirt. I used to have the poster. And I got it at the concert too." Right
before "Burn One Down", Ben asked a fan "Is that for me? I'll come get them
later." At which point Juan walked to the front row and picked up a bouquet
of flowers and delivered them to Ben. Ben commented about how much he liked
playing the Greek and said "I wish I could play here every...single...day.
We've been playing in basketball arenas." The first encore was performed solo
acoustic.
