“Ground on Down” by Ben Harper

"Ground on Down" comes from Fight for Your Mind, Ben Harper's second album, released in 1995 and the last record he made on his own before the Innocent Criminals came aboard. He wrote it and sings it, and he produced it with JP Plunier, with Bob Coke as co-producer, Bradley Cook recording and Eric Sarafin at the mixing desk.

The album followed a debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, that had gone down well, and a long stretch on the road with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. Critics warmed to the way it roamed from folk and folk rock to politically charged reggae, with a deepening streak of spirituality running through it.

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