Date
Venue
City
State
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Sources
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic
Santa Monica
CA
Roses From My Friends
Widow Of A Living Man
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Solo Performance
Ben stopped by to preview songs from his new album.
Tower Records
New York
NY
Power Of The Gospel
Jah Work
Roses From My Friends
Widow Of A Living Man
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Encore:
Oppression/Get Up, Stand Up *
Solo Performance
30 minute performance at "The Will To Live" record release party. "Glory & Consequence" was teased during the warm-up.
* Bob Marley & the Wailers cover
MSNBC's Edgewise (NBC Studios)
New York
NY
Roses From My Friends
Waiting On An Angel
Solo Performance
This recording was split into two broadcast shows, with the performance of "Roses From My Friends" being aired the day following the taping, on the 28th. The recording of "Waiting On An Angel" was not aired until July 26th. Includes interviews with host John Hockenberry.
Metro
Chicago
IL
Excuse Me Mister > Burnin & Lootin'
Breakin' Down
Glory & Consequences
Burn One Down
Jah Work
Sexual Healing
Ground On Down
Faded
Roses From My Friends
The Will To Live
Voodoo Chile
Power Of The Gospel
By My Side
Another Lonely Day
Widow Of A Living Man
I Shall Not Walk Alone
E-Town (Boulder Theatre)
Boulder
CO
Widow of a Living Man
Roses From My Friends
Glory & Consequence
Ashes *
Homeless Child
Encore:
God Don't Never Change > @
Nobody's Fault But Mine #
Solo Performance
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys opened.
* featuring Chris Engleman on bass and Nick Forester on mandola
@ Blind Willie Johnson tease
# ensemble performance of a Blind Willie Johnson cover
BBC Maida Vale Studios
London
England
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Roses From My Friends
Jah Work
Homeless Child
Solo Performance
Ben joined Charlie Jordan (filling in for Mary-Anne Hobbes) on BBC Radio 1's Breezeblock for an interview and short acoustic performance.
Sala Bikini
Barcelona
Spain
Homeless Child
Glory & Consequence
Roses From My Friends
Jah Work
Excuse Me Mr.
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Like A King
Another Lonely Day
Sexual Healing *
Waiting On An Angel
Widow Of A Living Man
Power Of The Gospel
Solo Performance
Solo performance to make-up for a canceled in-store performance on 06/20/1997. Around 100 people were in attendance.
* Marvin Gaye cover
Gwinnett Civic Center
Atlanta
GA
Number Three
One Road To Freedom
Widow Of A Living Man
Roses From My Friends
Excuse Me Mr.
Homeless Child
Like A King
Solo Performance
Ben opened the 99X "Christmas Party" concert with this solo acoustic performance.
House of Blues Radio Hour
Unknown
Unknown
[No Performance, Ben is interviewed]
Solo Appearance
Ben is interviewed by Elwood Blues (aka Dan Ackroyd) for his House of Blues Radio Hour program. Ben didn't perform any songs, but Ackroyd played the album cuts from his album "The Will To Live," as well as playing cuts from artists who inspired Ben. Songs included "Faded," "Red House (Hendrix)," "Whipping Boy," "Breakin' Down," "It Hurts Me Too (John Hammond)," "Glory & Consequence," "Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now," "Walking Blues (Robert Johnson)," "Homeless Child," and "Just Around The Corner (Toni-Lynn Washington)." Released as a promo CD titled "House of Blues Radio Hour - Show #224."
Wheeler Opera House
Aspen
CO
Pleasure And Pain
One Road To Freedom
Excuse Me Mr.
Walk Away
Glory & Consequence
Widow Of A Living Man
Waiting On An Angel
Burn One Down/With My Own Two Hands
Oppression/Get Up, Stand Up *
Homeless Child
Like A King
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Not Fire Not Ice
Number Three
Another Lonely Day
Roses From My Friends
Give A Man A Home
Power Of The Gospel
Ashes
Solo Performance
* Bob Marley & the Wailers cover
Wheeler Opera House
Aspen
CO
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) *
Whipping Boy
Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave/Concrete Jungle @
People Lead
By My Side
Widow Of A Living Man
Welcome To The Cruel World
Number Three #
Roses From My Friends
Another Lonely Day
Like A King/I'll Rise
Burn One Down >
Jah Work
Homeless Child
Solo Performance
* Jimi Hendrix Experience cover
@ Bob Marley & the Wailers cover
# Ben teases what would become "The Woman In You" before beginning