Artist	Song
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
from Experience Hendrix - The Best of Jimi Hendrix (2010)
Bob Marley	Get Up Stand Up
from Legend (Remastered) [Bonus Tracks] (2002)
Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love
from Mothership (Remastered) (2007)
Bob Dylan	Idiot Wind
from Blood On the Tracks (1984)
Leonard Cohen	I'm Your Man
from The Essential Leonard Cohen (2002)
Robert Johnson	Cross Road Blues
from King of the Delta Blues Singers (1994)
Taj Mahal	She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
from The Essential Taj Mahal (2005)
Richie Havens	Handsome Johnny
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Richie Havens (2000)
Cat Stevens	Wild World
from Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits (2000)
The Band	I Shall Be Released
from The Band: Greatest Hits (2000)
Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing
from Number 1's: Marvin Gaye (2007)
Bill Withers	Use Me
from Lean On Me - The Best of Bill Withers (1997)
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Curtis Mayfield (2000)
Sly & the Family Stone	Family Affair
from Anthology (1989)
Mississippi John Hurt	Avalon Blues
from Avalon Blues - The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (1996)
Joan Armatrading	Love and Affection
from Joan Armatrading: Greatest Hits (1996)
Shuggie Otis	Me and My Woman
from Freedom Flight (2007)
Tim Hardin	Green Rocky Road
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tim Hardin (2002)
David Lindley	Spodie
from Win This Record (2009)

Comment:

So broad are Ben Harper's roots and influences that you could call them the roots and influences of modern music itself. You can hear echoes of classic rock's godfathers, Led Zeppelin, in Harper's "Keep It Together," but if you want the hammer-fisted sonic tsunami that inspired him, look no further than Zep's own body-slammin' barrage of sound in "Whole Lotta Love." On the more introspective side, the late-night-cabaret sashay of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" informs Harper's jazzier outings, as well as his intimately confessional love songs (like "Happy Everafter in Your Eyes"). And Ben's musical mentor, Taj Mahal, mixes equal measures of blues, soul, and folk into a churnin' urn of burnin' funk in "She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride." From Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, from Cat Stevens to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, we've got all the artists and craftsmen who helped hone Harper.

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