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G. Love
& Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce will spend 2014 celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their self-titled debut with a brand new album built on the trio’s signature hip-hop blues sound. Sugar, which was recently released in April via Brushfire Records, reunites original members G. Love, aka Garrett Dutton, upright bassist James Prescott and drummer Jeffrey Clemens for the first time in years. The band has also confirmed an extensive United States tour, including this stop as the 2014 Rock ‘n’ Roll Portland Finish Line Festival headliner. The Philadelphia-based trio has a laid-back, sloppy blues sound that is quite unique. It encompasses the sound/production of classic R&B and recent rap artists, blazing the trail with
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artists such as the Beastie Boys and Beck. The group -- G. Love (born Garrett Dutton) on guitar/vocals/ harmonica, Jeff Clemens on drums and Jim Prescott on upright bass -- released their self-titled debut in 1994 on OKeh/Epic. It received enthusiastic reviews and was certified RIAA Gold on the strength of the MTV-spun video for “Cold Beverage.” The group toured heavily, traversing the world and playing 200 nights a year. They landed a subsequent spot on the H.O.R.D.E. tour, where they found a receptive young audience and established themselves in the Jamband scene. They followed up this success with the more mature Coast to Coast Motel in 1995. The record dug back to the blues roots that propelled G. Love to music. Following the release of Coast to Coast Motel, G. Love worked on a new album with three different bands (All Fellas Band, Philly Cartel, and King’s Court) and special guest Dr.
Rock ‘n’ Roll PORTLAND ½ Marathon & 10K
John. Soon, though, G. Love & Special Sauce reunited, and they have been bringing the unstoppable energy of a band that got their start in Boston bars in the early ‘90s to up to 150 shows a year ever since.
Celebrate your 13.1 or 6.2 mile achievement at Waterfront Park with friends, family, fellow participants and an amazing performance by G. Love & Special Sauce!