Fistful of Mercy is Joseph Arthur, Ben Harper & Dhani Harrison, Alain Johannes
- When
- Thu Nov 11, 2010
- Where
- Great American Music Hall (GAMH)
- Time
- Show @ 9:00pm
- Cost
- $36
- Tags
- Music
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There’s a song called “With Whom You Belong” on Fistful of Mercy’s debut albumthat sums up the simple, but affecting sentiment behind As I Call You Down — a
nine-song collaboration among musicians Joseph Arthur, Ben Harper, and Dhani
Harrison. A stellar tune that plays out between heartily strummed acoustic guitars
and exquisite three-part harmonies, “With Whom You Belong” is about friendship,
and, fittingly, it closes out the album. “While we were making the record, we all
became good friends,” Arthur says. “The album is the culmination of those
relationships.”
Spend time around these three and their easy camaraderie is readily
apparent. They banter like brothers and finish each other’s sentences. The album
they’ve made together under the moniker Fistful of Mercy is shot through with
that engaging chemistry. Deeply melodic and willfully groovy (thanks, in part, to
world-class session drummer Jim Keltner), As I Call You Down shines with the
aforementioned guitars, including some killer slide from Harper, and those
undeniable harmonies. It’s the sound of three very experienced musicians, each
used to running his own show, coming together and having a ball.
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