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Garrett Dutton III (born October 3, 1972), better known as G. Love, is the front man for the band, G. Love & Special Sauce.
Dutton, born in Philadelphia, began playing guitar at age 8. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the 9th grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits Bob Dylan and John Hammond Jr., as well as then-contemporary “old school” hip-hop sounds of RUN-DMC, the Beastie Boys, and Philadelphia’s own Schooly D as influences.
Dutton, still in high school at Germantown Friends School, began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After a year of college, he relocated to Boston, working as a fundraiser for Peace Action and playing wherever and whenever he could. One of his few indoor gigs at this time was a Boston bar called The Tam O’Shanter, where he met drummer Jeffrey “The Houseman” Clemens in January 1993. Dutton and Clemens began working as a duo, they were joined a few months later by bassist Jim “Jimi Jazz” Prescott and became the house band on Mondays at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The name G. Love doesn’t really have that much of a story to it. The ‘G’ stands for Good as said in many radio interviews. He said in an interview that the ‘Love’ was just there because it sounded right.
G. Love featured Jack Johnson on his 1999 LP Philadelphonic playing an early version of Jack Johnson’s “Rodeo Clowns” when Jack was an unknown artist. Jack later featured the song on his 2003 LP On And On.
Dutton, born in Philadelphia, began playing guitar at age 8. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the 9th grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits Bob Dylan and John Hammond Jr., as well as then-contemporary “old school” hip-hop sounds of RUN-DMC, the Beastie Boys, and Philadelphia’s own Schooly D as influences.
Dutton, still in high school at Germantown Friends School, began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After a year of college, he relocated to Boston, working as a fundraiser for Peace Action and playing wherever and whenever he could. One of his few indoor gigs at this time was a Boston bar called The Tam O’Shanter, where he met drummer Jeffrey “The Houseman” Clemens in January 1993. Dutton and Clemens began working as a duo, they were joined a few months later by bassist Jim “Jimi Jazz” Prescott and became the house band on Mondays at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The name G. Love doesn’t really have that much of a story to it. The ‘G’ stands for Good as said in many radio interviews. He said in an interview that the ‘Love’ was just there because it sounded right.
G. Love featured Jack Johnson on his 1999 LP Philadelphonic playing an early version of Jack Johnson’s “
Rodeo Clowns” when Jack was an unknown artist. Jack later featured the song on his 2003 LP On And On.
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lucasmenezis wrote:
Se garantiu abrindo pro Jack Johnson!
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MatLloyd wrote:
Sooooooo good! Come to the UK bro!!!
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strajnic wrote:
Eclecticism at it's best!
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begutierrez wrote:
<3
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artrush wrote:
just heard G Love and Plutonic drop their entire new album live, didnt play any old songs at all but it didnt matter - all the new songs are great!! definitely worth hearing when it comes out
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Please check our music out for fans of: Sublime, 311, Pepper, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rebelution, Bob Marley, Michael Franti, SOJA, Slighty Stoopid....ect We are a fresh new band out of Cincinnati Ohio, genre bending music and a message that must be heard. Our last fm page is: http://www.last.fm/music/theohms Our myspace page is: http://www.myspace.com/ohms Our homepage is: http://www.ohmsmusic.com U.N.I.T.Y.
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Mat-Rdm-Cooper wrote:
moonshine lemonade coming soon
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MJ13MJ wrote:
saw him opening for jack johnson. pretty good
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bern4dette wrote:
i can tell that we gon be friends
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NatanGomes wrote:
q ↓
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Reuve wrote:
мда, опять это говно поставили, ну ок
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ZAT4ZAT wrote:
We love G. Love here in Pécs, Hungary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SamGarde wrote:
G. Love sounds a lot like Citizen Cope! I'm seeing him on Feb. 26th at The Paradise in Boston - so excited! He's also playing the 25th and 27th - totally worth checking out.
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funnyfarm wrote:
HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Dashboard Madonna have uploaded a free track called Oh Boy. It's taken from a rehersal in 2004 and will be released as a studio version on the upcoming album, which is to be released in the summer of 2010.
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lepopnoir wrote:
Spotify has The Glove down as being G.Love, who is apprently this guy, who is evidently not in The Cure or Siouxsie and the Banshees. UNHELPFUL.
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BigRod19incher wrote:
Don't see how all you haters have anything bad to say about G-Love: HE'S SIMPLY THE MAN. I've seen him perform here in his hometown Philly. Listen to this awesome studio session at 104.5 Phil.: http://www.radio1045.com/pages/studio/glove.html It's great to see this scrawny little white guy channel this bluesey kind of sound. You would never guess he's white until you see him
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mandie_kadabra wrote:
ronaldo
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mr_fantasdick wrote:
weak.
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Hey-Len wrote:
were I can find G.Love song to download free in the web?
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