G. Love
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Garrett Dutton better known as G. Love, is the frontman for the band G. Love & Special Sauce
.
neighborhood of Philadelphia, and began playing guitar at age eight. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the ninth grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits Bob Dylan
and John Hammond Jr., as well as the then-contemporary "old school" hip-hop
sounds of Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys
, and Philadelphia's own Schoolly D
, as influences.
Dutton, who attended high school at the private Germantown Friends School
, began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After one year at Skidmore College
, also a private school, Dutton dropped out and 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 "G" stands for Garrett 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 album 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 album On and On.
Garrett dated Tristan Prettyman
and wrote the song "Beautiful" with her while they were dating.
Known nowadays for his live shows, he is often seen touring with Jack Johnson. As a producer, Johnson signed G. Love to his record label Brushfire Records
. He has made appearances on the records of artists such as Slightly Stoopid
and Donavon Frankenreiter
. And also recently went on tour with Dave Matthews.
In 2009, he collaborated with Zap Mama
on her album ReCreation, singing alongside her on the single "Drifting."
In 2010, G. Love joined forces with The Avett Brothers
who produced and are featured on his newest album "Fixin' to Die". The album was released under the Brushfire label on February 22, 2011. This album showcased G. Love's love of back road blues.
G. Love is also dating model Sarah Rabby Frigo. They became engaged while on vacation in Paris on October 31, 2010.
also "In the King's Court" Chicken Platters Records CP002 copyright 1996
G. Love & Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce is an alternative hip-hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are known for their unique, "sloppy", and "laid back" blues sound that encompasses classic R&B. The band features Garrett Dutton, better known as G...
.
Biography
Dutton, the son of a banking lawyer, was born in the Society HillSociety Hill
Society Hill may refer to:* Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood in Philadelphia* Society Hill, South Carolina* Society Hill, Middlesex County, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Middlesex County, New Jersey...
neighborhood of Philadelphia, and began playing guitar at age eight. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the ninth grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and John Hammond Jr., as well as the then-contemporary "old school" hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
sounds of Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
, and Philadelphia's own Schoolly D
Schoolly D
Jesse B. Weaver Jr. , better known by the stage name Schoolly D, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.- Career :...
, as influences.
Dutton, who attended high school at the private Germantown Friends School
Germantown Friends School
Germantown Friends School is a coeducational K-12 school in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States under the supervision of Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends . It is governed by a School Committee whose members are drawn mainly...
, began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After one year at Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
, also a private school, Dutton dropped out and relocated to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, working as a fundraiser for Peace Action
Peace Action
Peace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign...
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
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
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
House band
For the British band that existed from 1984-2001, see The House BandA house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to...
on Mondays at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
.
The "G" stands for Garrett 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
Jack Johnson (musician)
Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
on his 1999 album Philadelphonic
Philadelphonic
Philadelphonic was the fourth album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1999.-Track listing:#"No Turning Back" – 3:03#"Dreamin'" – 3:54...
playing an early version of Jack Johnson's "Rodeo Clowns" when Jack was an unknown artist. Jack later featured the song on his 2003 album On and On.
Garrett dated Tristan Prettyman
Tristan Prettyman
Tristan Prettyman is a singer-songwriter and former Roxy model from San Diego, California. She is signed to Virgin Records and released her first major label album Twentythree on August 2, 2005, followed by her second album Hello...x which was released on April 15, 2008...
and wrote the song "Beautiful" with her while they were dating.
Known nowadays for his live shows, he is often seen touring with Jack Johnson. As a producer, Johnson signed G. Love to his record label Brushfire Records
Brushfire Records
Brushfire Records is a Haleiwa, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. The label, formerly known as The Moonshine Conspiracy Records, was originally made to release soundtracks for Woodshed Films, a surfing movie production owned by Jack Johnson, Emmett Malloy, and...
. He has made appearances on the records of artists such as Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid is an American band based in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, who describe their music as "a fusion of acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk". As a band, they have released eight albums with their sixth studio album, entitled Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat...
and Donavon Frankenreiter
Donavon Frankenreiter
Donavon Frankenreiter is an American musician and surfer. He is a long-time friend of Jack Johnson and his debut self-titled album was released in 2004 on Johnson's Brushfire Records through Universal Music and made the Australian ARIA Top-40 charts in April 2004.-Surfing career:He took up surfing...
. And also recently went on tour with Dave Matthews.
In 2009, he collaborated with Zap Mama
Zap Mama
Zap Mama is a Belgian musical group founded and led by Marie Daulne. Daulne says her mission is to be a bridge between the European and the African and bring the two cultures together with her music...
on her album ReCreation, singing alongside her on the single "Drifting."
In 2010, G. Love joined forces with The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers is a folk rock band from Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett and Seth Avett, who play the banjo and guitar respectively, and Bob Crawford who plays the stand-up bass. Joe Kwon, cello, and Jacob Edwards, drums, are touring members of...
who produced and are featured on his newest album "Fixin' to Die". The album was released under the Brushfire label on February 22, 2011. This album showcased G. Love's love of back road blues.
G. Love is also dating model Sarah Rabby Frigo. They became engaged while on vacation in Paris on October 31, 2010.
Solo Releases
- Oh Yeah (Philadelphonic Records - 1998)
- The Hustle (Brushfire RecordsBrushfire RecordsBrushfire Records is a Haleiwa, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. The label, formerly known as The Moonshine Conspiracy Records, was originally made to release soundtracks for Woodshed Films, a surfing movie production owned by Jack Johnson, Emmett Malloy, and...
- 2004) - Lemonade (Brushfire RecordsBrushfire RecordsBrushfire Records is a Haleiwa, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. The label, formerly known as The Moonshine Conspiracy Records, was originally made to release soundtracks for Woodshed Films, a surfing movie production owned by Jack Johnson, Emmett Malloy, and...
- 2006) - Fixin' To DieFixin' To DieFixin' To Die is a studio album released by G. Love in 2011. It is his fourth solo album....
(2011)
With Special Sauce
- Back in the Day (1993)
- G. Love and Special SauceG. Love and Special Sauce (album)G. Love and Special Sauce is the début album by G. Love & Special Sauce released on May 10, 1994 via Epic Records. The album has gone Gold....
(EpicEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
- 1994) - Coast to Coast MotelCoast to Coast MotelCoast to Coast Motel is the second album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1995.-Track listing:All songs by G. Love, except as noted#"Sweet Sugar Mama" – 4:05#"Leaving the City" – 3:40...
(Epic - 1995) - Has Gone Country (1998)
- Yeah, It's That EasyYeah, It's That EasyYeah, It's That Easy is the third album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1997.-Track listing:All tracks written by G. Love except as noted.#"Stepping Stones" – 4:24#"I-76" – 3:46#"Lay Down the Law" – 5:37...
(Epic - 1997) - PhiladelphonicPhiladelphonicPhiladelphonic was the fourth album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1999.-Track listing:#"No Turning Back" – 3:03#"Dreamin'" – 3:54...
(550 Music - 1999) - Front Porch Loungin (2000)
- Electric MileElectric MileElectric Mile is the fifth album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 2001.-Track listing:All tracks by G. Love except were noted#"Unified" – 3:07#"Praise Up" – 3:43#"Night of the Living Dead" – 4:36...
(550 Music - 2001) - Best Of (Sony - 2002)
- Superhero BrotherSuperhero BrotherSuperhero Brother is a studio album released by American alternative hip-hop trio G. Love and Special Sauce.-Track listing:# Communication # City Livin' # Wiggle Worm # Peace, Love, and Happiness...
(Brushfire RecordsBrushfire RecordsBrushfire Records is a Haleiwa, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. The label, formerly known as The Moonshine Conspiracy Records, was originally made to release soundtracks for Woodshed Films, a surfing movie production owned by Jack Johnson, Emmett Malloy, and...
- 2008) - Long Way DownLong Way Down (album)Long Way Down is a studio album released by American blues hip-hop band G. Love and Special Sauce. The album, released in Australia and New Zealand only, is the first release on the band's own label, Philadelphonic Records.-Track listing:...
(Philadelphonic Records - 2009)
With King's Court
- In the King's Court (Fishtown Records - 1998; available online or at live shows)
also "In the King's Court" Chicken Platters Records CP002 copyright 1996