Blues Traveler - Classics 2002 (Greatest Hits) [FLAC] [h33t] - Kitlope

Blues Traveler is a rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock. They are known for extensive use of segues in their live performances.

Currently, the group comprises singer and harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, drummer Brendan Hill, bassist Tad Kinchla and keyboardist Ben Wilson. Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson joined the band following the death of original bassist Bobby Sheehan in 1999.

While Blues Traveler is best known among fans for their improvisational live shows, the general public is most familiar with the group from their Top 40 singles "But Anyway", "Run-Around" and "Hook". They gained mainstream popularity after their fourth studio album four, released in 1994.

Sheehan's death and Popper's struggle with obesity put a damper on the group's success, and A&M dropped the band in 2002. However, the band took this transition period as an opportunity to start in new directions musically, going largely independent and releasing on smaller experimental labels.

Blues Traveler recorded a "best-of" collection of older songs reinterpreted with acoustic instrumentation called Cover Yourself, released October 2007; a studio album, North Hollywood Shootout, was released on the Verve Forecast label August 26, 2008.

In March 2012, Blues Traveler released a double disk album entitled 25 off of Hip-O Records. The album commemorates the band's 25 year anniversary includes the band's greatest hits, new covers, unreleased b-side material.[1]

Blues Traveler's newest album Suzie Cracks the Whip, will be released on June 26th 2012 off of 429 Records.