Meeting Ben Harper and the Relentless 7....

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The night Started off by arriving at the Venue to check out Ben Harper and the relentless 7. we arrived to pick up our ticket's were we were
told that 3 of the 4 should have been mailed to us and we could only get the one. there was only 3 of us because someone bailed so I scalped that ticket to a
guy who didn’t have one. At this stage I didn’t think there would be to much of an issue getting the other tickets. eventually after finding our conformation number
the chick at the ticket office decided she didn’t want to give them to us anymore because we had scalped the other ticket. At this time Sarah one of the girls I was with decided
to go to her car for something and on the way back she met some guys that were hanging out the back of the venue. Well it just so happened that one of the guys she was talking to was the
drummer from the relentless 7. he offered her 2 back stage passes and she came back with a smile on her face and broke the word. no word of a lie I probably squealed like a 12 yr old school girl.
anyways after she found out that they were screwing us over for the tickets we all went back to were they were and told Jordan the drummer what was going on he simply replied
don’t worry about it not only did he get us another back stage pass but he put us on the guest list and got us in.... sweet, we got inside, had a few drinks at the bar and were
talking about how stoked we would all be if only we got to say hi to Ben and shake his hand.... concert comes and concert goes, some of the best live music I have ever seen
for sure.... after the show when everyone was ushered out us 3 and 9 other people were aloud to stay behind to meet the band. just chilling talking for a while
till I turn around and notice some dude in a blue hoody standing right beside me... well what do ya know its Ben mo fo Harper... hey how’s it going he says.. I introduce my self have a quick little chat
about bull shit then he moves on and goes and meet the rest of the people... we go over to Jordan and say thanks get talking blah blah then he starts talking about what are
we going to do tonight. the suggestion comes up of going to a "club" that the girls work at, they like the idea, they mull it over and speak to Ben about it and he is keen to also come, which was a strange thing because
at a later conversation that night they were saying how they never go out or even do anything after a concert really but move on to the
next place and sleep.. any ways Ben tells us to meet him outside why they finish getting their stuff. 10 minutes later we meet them all outside and get talking again where Bens tour manager starts putting thoughts
in his head how it is not a good idea because if someone was to get a photo of him with their phone in the "club" it would
definitely not be a good thing reputation wise. so the decision is made to chill here and Ben and the guys invite us on his bus. So now Sarah Becka and myself are chilling on a bus with ben Harper and the relentless 7.... Damn…….
a bit later in the night
the party decides to move to another room in the back of the bus with still only 8 people was very crowded so I decided to go chill back out the front and have another beer. 5 minutes later
ben comes out and says to me " yeah your right you know, there is way to much cock in that room, i had to get out of there" .... ha ha. so for the next almost hour I’m chilling in the front of the bus with ben harper having conversations after I told him “look mate I’m not gonna lie there is a very good chance I’m gonna drink all your beer on this bus” to which he replied.. “ ha ha go for it we got 3 fridges”….
about how he feels about raising his kids being so famous and how he makes sure their grounded, about all the places i have traveled to and been. about what we and other people are looking for in life which turned into "I’m looking for something else, i consider my
home la because that’s were my family is but i always like to keep moving" which echoed familiarity’s, we also talked about how the U.S is a very sweet country, "it has its problems of course but it works". and we got into a whole deep conversation about how the grass is always greener on the other
Side, and about love, hate and forgiveness. I did actually try to call a couple of my friends as well toward the end of the conversation because Ben slightly reluctantly said he would say hi to them… but you guys never answered J …….. So the party starts to end out the back and a couple of others come on out and by this time it is also 6 in the morning and which these guys have to not only drive for 5 hours but play a gig afterwards. So ben says to me “look man I don’t mean to be a rude host or anything but I got to get some sleep, It was very cool to meet you” so the party was over, I got a couple of drum sticks signed by the whole band before we left and asked Ben if he wanted my autograph one last time which he just smiled and laughed to… for some reason!!!! So the night was over, we left the bus with the biggest smiles on our faces and the knowledge that no one would probably believe us even if we told them….

The coolest thing about meeting ben Harper was the difference between first meeting him inside the place where he seemed very distant from everyone, very friendly, polite maybe smiled once or twice and only occasionally for a photo. Compared to meeting him afterwards on a more personal level once he had a chance to relax and chill out and open up, he was a totally different person when as much as he appreciates it and likes it, he doesn’t have to put up with all the same old questions and compliments that he usually gets. Awesome guy. And If he ever brings out a song about traveling around the world and finding what you have already found before… I’m pretty sure that would be relating to the conversation we had that night… ha ha ha well ya never know what can happen… right???

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