http://www.philadelphonic.com/home Philadelphonic News http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/1298/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/1298/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:30:16 -0800 Greetings Phamily and Phriends. I hope you all are enjoying your phall and everything that comes with it. This week we get back to another segment from my forthcoming book, “101 ways not to F!ck up your chances at being a Rockstar”. Enjoy! G 101 ways - “I love your Shit” “I love your shit” Say it again “I love your shit” now keep saying it to everybody you listen to, work with, open up for and definitely say it to the opening act. I know you’re an egotistical-self-centered-musician-a**hole but try to remember to be nice. Be better than nice, be supportive. My old producer Dave “Stiff” Johnson taught me to say “I love your shit” to every other band I would come across. It works too. “I love your shit” is the perfect thing to say and by saying it you will make some struggling fellow egotistical-self-centered-musician-a**hole feel great about what they are doing. Remember you might be opening for them sometime soon and they might not give a shit about your music but they will remember that you were the person that “loved their shit” http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/1263/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/1263/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:07 -0800 G. Love sits down for an exclusive interview with ABC Radio and performs “Peace, Love & Happiness” in preparation for his upcoming Australia Tour. Check out both videos below! November 18 - Melbourne Get Tickets November 19 - Sydney Get Tickets November 20 - Byron Bay Get Tickets November 21 - Brisbane Get Tickets http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/1247/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/1247/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:41:06 -0700 Enjoy this new 12:07 Video Blog where we catch G right before he paddles out for a surf in Cali! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/1238/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/1238/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:53:51 -0700 Check out this great solo performance from G. Love at ABC Dig Music HQ. Eleven songs in total for you to enjoy! Click here or on the image: http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/804/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/804/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:21:20 -0700 Enjoy this new 12:07 Video Blog where we are treated to a special card trick performed by G’s friend! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/800/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/800/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:11:32 -0700 Well, I’m out of the frying pan and into the fryer. I’ve really been going nonstop and its feeling good. Basically, I wrapped my summer tour in Portland 10 days ago, flew to Boston for a day with the Pham, flew to Oz for the best promo tour in 15 years then flew back to LA.     I got in at 10:30 am yesterday and rolled up in the littlest rent-a-car possible (gotta save money honey) and arrived at the Standard Hotel where they macked me out in the kind room. I wasn’t really too tired after sleeping 9 hours out of 14 on the plane (thank you Ambien and Vin Rouge) so, I cruised down to Newport (2 hours 20 mins—thanks LA traffic) to get a sunset session with surf writer/photog Steve “Zeldo” Zeldini. Caught some waves, got worked, jammed on a 52 strat (niiiice) and headed up to the Brushfire studios. By accident, I took a wrong turn off the 405 North and found myself at In and Out Burger. Damn!!! Alright, make it a Double Double, can you say “#1 pleeeeeeze!” That was a good detour. I razzled up to Brushfire and met Merlo Podlewski who plays bass with Jack and is currently working on his solo project as MC J-Radio. Merlo makes beats and some of them become G. Love or JJ songs like “Can’t go Back to Jersey”, “Get on Back 2 School” and JJ’s “Staple it Together”. We laced a J-Radio track called “Dynamite” and 5 other beats Merlo made and I wrote to—straight hip hop. I got to see the Brushfire crew who just rolled back with rave reports from the Pearl Jam, Ben Harper show. Good vibes all around. I didn’t make it back to the hotie til 2:30am and my weird jetlag didn’t give me rest till 4 or so…     I woke up today cruised for a surf at Point Dume where I paddled out into a small day and saw guess who in the lineup?? You’ll never believe it…Mike D from the Beastie Boys. That was fucking cool as shit. I tripped out in my head but managed a quick rap with Mike before snagging a few waves. Before I knew it I was late to my studio session in El Segundo with my old producer T- Ray and Anton the Russian Soul Brother. Are you dizzy yet? I am. T-Ray produced my record Philadelphonic, Cypress Hill, Ozo, SS, Double X posse, Percee P, Funk Doobiest, Carlos Santana. Nice. We got into our swamp stew of creation and started working on some voodoo infused Hip hop Blues. Rag Mop…Almost out of breath now…We wrapped and I headed home and now a very tired G. Love is sitting on the balcony having a Duty Free purchased night cap. Who’s got the weeeeeeee…and yes, finally this jet lag had absolutely kicked my ass. But all that’s not what I came here to talk about. I came to talk about going independent. Our 10th release in Oz, remember Oz? is called Long Way Down. LWD is the first official Philadelphonic Record release. For the first time since selling my cassette, G. Love Oh Yeah record, I am completely in control of my own musical destiny and I love the Philadelphonical Pheeling. I finally put my own record out. Liberation. So that’s it, go independent. Do it yourself. Pheel Phree. One more show with our good friend Jason Mraz and then its full focus on nothing else but my new record. Thanks for a great summer 2009!  Y’all be cool and I will see you soon. Thanks! G PS. Be back with a 101 ways next week! Oh Yeah! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/799/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/799/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:36:04 -0700 Enjoy this new 12:07 Video Blog where we find G in Bondi Beach, Australia chillin’ with a new friend! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/796/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/796/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:40:34 -0700 Check out this great G. Love interview and performance on 90.5 KUT! G performs a few songs including a new one - “Come Back to Me”Click here or the image to listen http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/792/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/792/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:50:31 -0700 Greetings to our Philadelphonic Phamily and I hope this finds you well. For the past couple years I have been working on what I hope someday will be a book called “101 ways not to f!*ck up your chances of being a Rockstar: a musicians hand guide to navigating the treacherous waters of the modern music industry”. I guess the titles a bit long… Artistic license. Because I don’t have a publisher yet I’m going to publish some excepts for you all to check out. I’ve got 40 chapters already so tune to check it all out.  Here is the first chapter “Always Take the Gig” Enjoy! G101 ways: Always take the gigWhen I was 19 I got an offer to play my second gig at the Crossroads Cafe in Wilmington, Delaware. It was also the same weekend as the big River Bluesfest I was dying to see in Philadelphia. I couldn’t do both. I asked my good friend Jonny V what he thought I should do and he said, “Gare, always take the gig”. That one sentence has become one of my mantras. “Always take the gig” say it again 100 times. When you “always take the gig” you decide many things. You decide to be the show instead of watching the show, you practice for the show instead of watching a TV show. You are active not passive. You decide to be on stage instead of watching from the crowd. You just gave yourself a shot at something instead of sitting on your ass. No gig is too small or unimportant. The only time you don’t take the gig is if you are preparing for a bigger gig.People that don’t take the gig lose. Not taking the gig is complacent and complacency leads you to saying these three words when there are no more gigs being offered, “…Fries with that?”Always take a gig. It may lead to another gig or opportunity, a chance meeting or connection that someday could have you on the podium thanking Jonny V for telling you to “always take the gig” when you accept your Grammy for best new artisit. So get off your ass, get your guitar and yes!!!! Always Take the Gig. I will be watching! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/791/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/791/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:34 -0700 Enjoy this new 12:07 Video Blog where G. Love is getting his tattoo touched up backstage at the HOB in Dallas http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/782/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/782/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:59:59 -0700 I just can’t wait to get on the road again…I’m on the 8pm flight from Boston to Chicago and getting ready to hit the road again for the end of summer tour.  Gotta get on back to school I guess…I hope someday I find a place where summer never ends ya know?   I just had a nice week off with the family at the Jersey shore. The surf was up due to the offshore Hurricane Bill. Pretty classic—big waves all week. Lucky break for sure.  Now its time to get back to music and I’m ready. We’ve been really solid as a band lately and writing a lot of music. I write a lot of tunes solo but we also write a lot of tunes as a band.  This summer on the Mraz tour was a bit tough to work through new music at first because we didn’t get sound checks. Sound checks are really where we get to hash out a lot of new song ideas and address any improvements we want to make to older songs.  Luckily we were able to use the Mraz band practice room during their sound checks so that was really a blessing.  They’ve got a couple amps and a small standup cocktail kit for the Houseman. It is actually a pretty classic sound so I plan to record a tune or two for youtube with the acoustic practice rigs when we get back with those cats.   Right now we are jamming off to do our own shows. Nothing like that ya know. Bring our own vibe to our own peeps and just get deep into a longer set for peeps that really know us. I can’t wait.  Times are tough out there right now and it’s the best thing we can do to keep playing music and really bring it to a beautiful place. Bring it to a spot where hopefully people can forget about their worries even for a little while. That’s why I play music. I play to feel good and make other people feel good too. Let’s let the music take us away from our worried minds. Time to stop thinking and just feel it. Even for a little while…Even for a little while… Keep your head up! Turn the heat on! The pot’s on now. That’s it, now your cookin’, with gas…oh yeah. See you soon! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/778/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/778/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:19:13 -0700 http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/08/16/dickinson-obit-memphissound.html Hello friends, I got sad news today. Legendary musician and producer and friend Jim Dickinson passed away today. I had the great honor of working with Jim when he produced my second record Coast to Coast Motel in 1995. We recorded in New Orleans and mixed in LA. I spent about a month all told with Jim and those were some heavy and intuitive times. I remember traveling with Jim and checking out his spread in North Mississippi, and going to visit various studios in Memphis and New Orleans. Jim had played with the Stones and Dylan but I was more interested in his stories of the great Memphis Blues men like Sleepy John Estes. Jim knew these guys and he was a real link for me to the original Delta Blues. He told me once how, in his later years, Sleepy John Estes would call him at crazy hours because he was blind and didn’t really know if it was day or night. Jim had stories for days and we were all ears. Another time, in LA during mix down he told me “don’t lose the fire G”. Talking about playing and saying that’s where its at, “Its about that fire”. I knew just what he was talking about too. I hadn’t really seen Jim for awhile, but over the years I’ve stayed in touch with Jim’s boys Luther and Cody. We’ve become good friends since way back in the day, when they first played with us at the New Daisy Theater on Beale St in Memphis. We recently got a chance to hang with Luther when we shared the stage with him and the Black Crowes at Rothbury. Luther is playing guitar with the Crowes now and he is burning it up for real. I know Jim is proud. Music will always miss Jim and I count myself blessed to have shared some of the most intimate moments of my musical life with Jim while he was our producer. I’m lucky to have had the chance to work with him and get to know his amazing family. People call people like the Dickinson’s “good people”. Good people. Keep jamming Jim! We miss you- G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/768/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/768/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:38:39 -0700 What’s happening my Philadelphonicans?!? I hope this finds you well. The last blog I wrote delved into the finer points of putting my show together. I wanted to continue the theme and talk about song selection. Every night whether we get to play 30 minutes or 3 hours, it’s a fact of life, we can’t play them all. Songs I mean…You just are never going to be able to play all the songs you and the audience want to hear. And of course, no one in the band or audience can agree on what are the best songs. Trust me it can be very frustrating to say the least. Why, just last night in Pittsburgh we had a killer show. After the after show shenanigans I was stealing away to the hotel on my bike and a crew stopped me in the parking lot. This one girl was pissed, seriously mad (and drunk ouch) that we didn’t play “Baby’s Got Sauce”. Now, I can dig it. Sauce has always been one of my hits since my street musician days. I play it almost every night. I would’ve played it in Pitts but we just ran out of time.  So, how do I choose which songs to play? We definitely have songs like Sauce, Cold Bev, Weed, Peace, Booty that are staples in the set. Then of course there are the singles from the last 15 years. Songs like Blues music, Dreamin, I 76, Soft and Sweet, Hot Cookin, Beautiful, Rodeo, Kiss and Tell, Astronaut. Then we have over 10 records of songs and probably another 200 songs we’ve written, covered, or are freestyle jams. You start to get the point, there’s a lot of material. After playing 100-200 shows a year for the past 16 years, I have a pretty good idea about what energy reactions certain songs get from an audience so I keep that in mind when I chose the song. For instance, if I want to play something new, obscure or a slower deeper song that might take the people to a different place, I might follow that up with a song like “Booty Call” or “Hot Cooking” two songs, which, always seem to uplift an audience. Some days, I wake up early and it’s like a song is knocking around my head singing, “Play me tonight”. Sometimes I might throw on one of my records and say damn, “that’s a good song, let’s work that back in the set”. We just did that yesterday with the song “Love” from the Hustle.  Sometimes, after the show a fan will come up and say, ‘hey G, I’ve seen you 7 times but you never play Rhyme for the Summertime” and I will be like damn he’s right, so I work it back in. Sometimes someone in the band or crew will make a suggestion of a song they’re missing and I try to work it in. The only time I get pissed is when it’s like 1 hour to show time, my set is ready and someone says, “why don’t you play this, or this instead of that”. You see, I’m a Libra so then I start weighing my options and I can’t make my mind. Mostly, I find that song selections are cyclical. Songs kind of come in and out of rotation depending on the mood of life and the world, the time of year, the venue sizes, whether we are headlining or supporting, what country we are playing in. Shoot, it could be, and often is, the weather. Seriously. I went to see Paul McCartney the other night in Boston on the night off. He played Blackbird solo acoustic, they played Something, Lady Madonna, Let it Be, Live and Let die and so many other hits. I cried. To see all those songs my Dad used to sing to me and the songs I learned to play my guitar by…I guess Paul could’ve played some he didn’t play or not play some he did, all I know is that he looked so happy and sounded so good and I was completely emotionally inspired and satisfied. I was just happy to be there listening, just like I’m happy to be out there playing for you beautiful people. It’s just a tremendous, tremendous blessing and I want to thank you. Thank you, G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/764/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/764/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:59:44 -0700 LiveNation is offering a no service fee promo on Wednesday, August 5th For one day only, LiveNation will be waiving all ticketing fees for the September 18th show at House of Blues in Anaheim! Pick up your discounted tickets here! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/758/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/758/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:43:00 -0700 The following excerpt was taken from MTV.com:“Today, President Barack Obama hosts a rather unorthodox event at the White House. He will welcome embattled scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard professor who was arrested for disorderly conduct following an incident in his home. When Gates raised the idea that it was possible that his arresting officer, Sergeant James Crowley, may have been racially motivated (Gates is black, Crowley is white), the President commented on the case and seemed to draw the conclusion that it was indeed a case of racial profiling. He accused Crowley of “acting stupidly” when asked about the incident.However, Obama later walked back his statements when he realized they were slightly more inflammatory than he initially intended. As a way of diffusing the situation, Crowley and Gates will meet with Obama today for a beer at the White House. The President will quaff a Bud Light, Gates will sip a Red Stripe and Crowley has opted for a bottle of Blue Moon. The informal meeting will act as a mediation between all three parties, and Obama hopes that this will become a “teachable moment” about race, status and law enforcement. The President has seen his poll numbers dip a bit because of this snafu, though as Jimmy Fallon and Diddy explained to the world two nights ago, those numbers can be deceiving.The so-called “Beer Summit” is getting a little bit of heat in the media, but it’s an excellent idea. After all, as G. Love and Special Sauce have always told us, there’s nothing that a “Cold Beverage” can’t cure.”ORGINAL URL: http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/30/beer-summit/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/756/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/756/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:23:08 -0700 I’m waking up here in Cary, NC. Last summer we had to cancel this show due to my vocal injury so I’m happy to be back! The vocals are better than ever by the way and we are off to a great start on the Gratitude Cafe Tour. It just goes to show you, whatever doesn’t kill you will definitely make you stronger.     Some folks have been asking me lately how I decide what, when and where I plan my sets and song selection so, I figured I would dedicate a blog to that topic.     Set lists in my mind have always been a blessing and a curse. Sometimes they save my show, sometimes they can hurt. I like to look at a set list as one possible trail I can take to the peak of the mountain. The peak of the mountain being the climax of a euphoric show. That set I write out is the head of the trail. A clear path into the unknown.  I strike out on the set and along the way I may come to a fork in the path, another song pops in my head that fits the energy and vibe of the room. I think, “hmmm, do I stay on this path I planned so carefully, or do I venture off and blaze a new trail to the peak?”   When I’m feeling confident and in the zone, I always go with the flow. I always let the energies and the vibes of the room, the crowd, the band and the music flow into one another and ride that euphoria to a magical place. I freestyle the set. Of course, I have certain songs and groups of songs that carry with them different moods and I have a good idea what kind of reaction I might receive if I play them. Also, sometimes you have to play some dark music and go deep to make the light music shine brighter. It’s really all rather ethereal and hard to express in words. Like Jimi Hendrix said, “music sweet music I wish I could caress and touch”.     Then there are nights where everything is going wrong. There could be technical difficulties, your dog died, your girl left you, your mom yelled at you, you have child custody case, you spilled your drink, tripped on your shoelaces, your fly was down, the band is fighting, the Sixers lost, you’re out of weeeeed, your rents late and you’ve got heartburn and on top of that you just broke a guitar string. What can you do?? It’s showbiz. Keep on smiling and playing that guitar. Find the release in the music. Sometimes, on nights like that I rely heavily on a strong set to guide me to the top. And that’s that.     Stay tuned for the next blog—“Choosing the songs”   http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/749/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/749/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:05:18 -0700 Hey, hey, hey, wasssup y’all. I’m waking up on the bus en route to Charlotte, NC for the day off. Last night we commenced the Gratitude Cafe Tour at the Merriweather Post in the D.C area. I had a long ass day that started at 3:45am in my bed at the luxurious Hampton Inn in Delmar, CA (gotta love that free breakfast). That’s definitely a time to still be up and definitely not the time to have to get up. But get up I did for that ugly 4:15am lobby call and a 6:30am flight from San Diego to Dulles International to make our 7:45pm set time on the Jason Mraz tour. I swear to god I didn’t really feel alive yesterday til I grabbed that mean green guitar and started kicking that “Back of the Bus” intro lick. Then I was like, “ok let’s do this thing”. The crowd was huge, 12,000 people and honestly, I don’t think a lot of them knew us but by the end of our 50 minute set I felt like we were old friends. Seriously, thanks for a great vibe. Rewind to the day before in SD where luck was on my side and I scored the swell of the summer. The waves were 10” at least and I paddled out twice. First in the am with my crew from Avalon, NJ. Scott “Scooter” Garner, Brian Brown (http://www.doublesurfboards.com) and Ben. We charged it til sound check and caught some big lefts at Ponto. After sound check my manager dragged me out again. I used Tristan Prettyman’s lil 5’11” short board and it just barely had enough float to get me out past those massive sets rolling in. I got some great waves and serious natural high that carried me through our bumbing 90 minute set at the Delmar racetrack. The only thing I missed was betting on those ponys but then as much as I fiend I’m a lousy gambler.  Anyways, everyone is waking up slow, we got the day off and I’m getting ready to shed out and work on some new tunes. See you all in Hotlanta as we take this thing to the dirty south on route to Beantown, Nyc and hometown Philly. Represent! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/746/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/746/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:27:53 -0700 Yo! What’s up Pham??! I’m chilling on the bus in Sun Valley, Idaho, getting ready for our first set of the weekend. There’s nothing like the summer tours! It’s just beautiful out here in the mountains and the air may be thin but its fresh. So breathe in deep. We are working our way to Denver for the Mile High fest. It’s gonna be off the charts. We are back sharing the stage with our old friends Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, Incubus, Ani Difranco, Galactic and many more. It’s gonna be the bomb. This summers been cruising by quick and slow. I always want it to last forever. The other night after rehearsal I was chisilling out after a crazy day and watching Animal House on TV and this freaking Walmart commercial comes on saying how its time to get ready to go back to school. I’m like what?! Its fucking July 14th. Its just the midway point. Come on now. It’s a little too early to start buying school supplies. Yikes. Get back in the hammock. Go back to the beach. Anyways, if there’s one person who doesn’t want summer to end it’s me. And I’m going to be bringing it to you guys all summer so get ready to jam out and don’t listen to those Walmart fools- we got plenty of time! One! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/713/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/713/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:26:51 -0700 Come check out G. Love on tour with Jason Mraz.  Brand new dates added.  Tickets go on sale tomorrow!  Check the site for details tomorrow.Sep 14 - Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie, TXSep 15 - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TXSep 16 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, TXSep 19 - West Beach Music & Arts Festival, Santa Barbara, CASep 22 - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SDSep 23 - Brick Breeden Field House, Bozeman, MTSep 25 - Riverfront Park - Lilac Bowl, Spokane, WASep 26 - Idaho Center Amphitheater, Boise, IDSep 27 - Rose Garden, Portland, OROct 10 - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/709/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/709/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:38:42 -0700 Didn’t get to make it to Rothbury this year?  You can still check out the full set from G. Love and Special Sauce Live as he delivers his high energy set from the Rothbury Stage Click here to check out the Live stream http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/690/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/690/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:42:54 -0700 G. Love wears many hats, including one that saves lives from malaria! “We can change the world/In a week or a day/And if you’ve got a problem/Man, I’ll sweep them away/If you find yourself in a world full of trouble/Just call on G. Love/The superhero brother/And I’ll be there” - Superhero Brother, G. Love & Special Sauce Staying true to his word, long time friend of Malaria No More and self-described “Hip Hop Blues artist” G. Love put down his guitar and found a new creative outlet to fight malaria… hats! Partnering with Adventurehat.com, the Philadelphia based musician has produced a slick fedora hat inspired by the headwear of another Philly legend, Rocky. G. Love and Adventurehat.com are generously donating 100% of the profits ($25 of each hat) to MNM to fund mosquito nets and other life-saving interventions in Africa! To get your own life-saving hat, click here. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/687/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/687/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:16:51 -0700 Well, schools out, the cold weather is done and once again it’s my favorite time of year. I’m down at the Jersey shore just chilling with the fam, enjoying a nice week before we crank it up for Rothbury and Summerfest next weekend. Then it’s on for the rest of the summer. GLaSS will be performing a bunch of festivals until we crank it up for the Jason Mraz tour in July/Aug. After our stint with Mraz we head out west to do our own tour and hit some dates with DMB awww yeah. At the Gorge in WA, we will do 3 nights there with Dave. The Gorge is definitely one of the best venues in the world. RedRocks and the Gorge- the best spots to play… Anyways, I’ve been writing a gang of new songs, doing a couple local shows with my new side project Butter and chilling. We are getting ready to release the new G. Love limited edition Rocky fedora. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to http://www.malarianomore.org. Thanks for your support! See you soon, G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/684/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/684/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:41:57 -0700 Well its that time of year again Festival season—its my favorite place to play.  Where you can get on down in front of lots and lots of people and bust out! And guess what, you better play good cause everyone is watching. You get to play in front of your peeps and your peers. The festival circuit is an amazing place to meet fellow musicians. I’ve been able to make good friends with bands like Ozomatli, Donavon Frankenreiter, John Butler, The Black Crowes, Galactic, how many others? The list goes on. And which festivals have I played? You name it- I’ve played them all—Glastonbury, Woodstock 99, the Horde Tour, Lollapalooza, ACL, Phoenix Fest, Motreaux Jazz, North Sea Jazz, Nice Jazz, Lowlands, Park Pop, Pukel Pop, Summerfest, MoeDown, New Orleans Jazz, VooDoo, Wakarusa, Kokua, Summer Haaaaaze… Man, the list goes on. I can’t wait to see all y’all at Rothbury in a couple weeks. We are gonna throw down for sure- drink lots of water and let’s rock it! Happy summer- G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/683/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/683/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:31:17 -0700 Yo Homies, Enjoy today’s 12:07 Video Blog where G. Love hangs out in the Massachusetts home of Rock and Roll. If the embedded video does not appear above, please [Click Here to Watch the Video]The Philadelphonic Family http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/673/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/673/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:22:14 -0700 http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/664/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/664/ Wed, 27 May 2009 13:32:05 -0700 Listen up G. Love fans, a once in a lifetime opportunity has come up for those of you planning on attending the Rothbury Festival in Michigan this July.  Fantasy Rothbury is a contest that will give some lucky fans an up close and personal VIP experience with G. Love & Special Sauce.  To enter the contest and to get more details click on the banner. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/658/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/658/ Mon, 11 May 2009 10:00:06 -0700 We had a blast this past week and a half in the south. From Birmingham, Mobile, St Aug, Hilton Head, West Palm and Memphis. Oh yeah- only in the south. You guys brought the vibe every night like you always do so I gotta give you much love! It was great to catch up with Medeski, Martin and Wood, Ben Harper, The Movement and hear the sounds of Steve Miller and Snoop Dogg. Damn, its gonna be a good summer. We have a bit of time off now before we rock a couple dope festivals like Wakarusa and the Mile High in June and July. I will be brewing up some new jams at the casa and getting ready to see you out this summer. Much love- G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/632/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/632/ Fri, 08 May 2009 15:15:10 -0700 Hey Everybody, G. Love is hitting the road to support Jason Mraz… Check out the dates below! Pre Sale begins on May 13 at 10:00AM local time. July 25 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD July 27 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA July 28 - Uptown Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC July 29 - Cary’s Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, NC July 31 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Hartford, CT August 02 - CMAC, Canandaigua, NY August 04 - B of A Pavilion, Boston, MA August 05 - B of A Pavilion, Boston, MA August 07 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY August 08 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ August 09 - Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA August 14 - Freedom Hill, Detroit, MI August 15 - Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, ON August 17 - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City, Cleveland, OH August 18 - Indiana State Fair, Indianpolis, IN August 20 - Xcel Arena, Minneapolis, MN http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/603/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/603/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:09:35 -0700 During April 09 G. Love dropped in to listenin.org for a nice interview session.  He talks about his tunes, Malaria No More, social issues and more… Make sure to check out G. Love’s Interview on listenin.org http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/601/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/601/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:36:32 -0700 What’s up Pham. Chilling? Chisilling. Springtime rhymes got me passing my time, with headphones on in the zone I roam, from city to city, town to town, room to room, room to move, find my groove ad push on through. Lately I’ve been hooked on GZA and Freddy King. Two masters of music fo sho. GZA of the Wu Tang Clan…Honestly, I never peeped the Wu back in the day but my friend Mariqueen, from West Indian girl turned me onto Liquid Swords last year and I’ve been peeping it every since. GZA has one of the illest flows and all the RZA beats? Well, you know how tasty it can be. Every lyric is dope and worthwhile. Every beat hits hard. Every subject is ill.            It’s got me thinking about the musical journey of hip-hop and blues I’ve been chasing for almost 20 years. In my room, on the porch, plane, train, van, tour bus, Chinatown bus, from Jersey to Australia, Brazil, to Mt Fuji and back again, I’ve been working on my craft.   Music makes music. Every time I get inside another artists music it’s a journey. GZA is a journey just like Eric B and Rakim, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, The Pharcyde, Cypress Hill. All these musical spirits are like different planets, different worlds. It’s hard to believe you can classify them as one type of music. Hip Hop   The blues is the same thing. Every bluesman is a journey. Robert Johnson, John Hammond, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Fred McDowell. And lately, Freddy King. Damn. I had never really peeped Freddy King until I was rooting around on youtube (I love you). Freddy King has got me hooked. What tone, what a singer, what a performer. You know he died at just 42 or something. I asked my musical father John Hammond about him and he said, “damn Garrett, man, could he sing, what a player. He played with his fingers and thumb pick, delta blues style and he learned from the records just like me”. I think Freddy Died from too much of a good time- Ain’t nobody’s business!     Anyways, the journey of music is something else so what are you waiting for- take a ride- G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/598/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/598/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:37:34 -0700 ...And all it does is rain again…walk to slide, riding through it all. Comeon sunshine. Well, we are off here in Pittsburgh and it is indeed a rainy day. Big ups to the sold out Mr. Smalls crowd in Pittsburgh last night. Unfortunately, my voice was a bit raspy but we made it through and the crowd was nicey nice. I’m just lying low today getting ready to finish up one more week of this spring tour.   I have to say, this tour has been slamming. The new lineup is really gelling and we’ve had some amazing shows. We definitely had a sick family vibe with the Movement. I think Jordan Miller and I are brothers from another. Every night after the show was just freestyle flows till the cows came home. It got misty fo sho. And Josh and Jordan from the Movement can flow fo sho.   It’s always nice to have some fellow MCees on the road to keep the skills up. Give us a beat, some spoons or a guitar and it’s on. You shoulda heard the hooks and rhymes. Just pouring out…   I’ve been in a real positive creative flow for a couple months now. Just vibin on the chance to record in the fall and make some ill new music. Its gonna have a lot of hiphop in it.  I’ve been listening to a lot of Wu Tang Clan and GZA- Liquid Swords. What a killer record.     Time to get back to the music and stop all this talking. I hope- wherever you are and whatever you’re doing you’re having the time of your life- Live up! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/584/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/584/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:39:20 -0700 Come join the fun and support the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation during their Earth Day Benefit Auction and Membership Drive!What do G.love’s signed sneakers, a G.Love signature Fedora hat, Jack’s Johnson’s guitar and front row tickets to the Eddie Vedder concert in Honolulu all have in common? ...They are just three of the over twenty one-of-a-kind items available exclusively at the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation Benefit Auction this month. Bid on numerous collectible items and concert opportunities from past Kokua Festivals artists, as well as fun Eco-themed experiences and gift certificate packages from friends of the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation. Check out the rest of the special items from Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, Ozomatli, Matt Costa, Paula Fuga and more by visiting www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/auction/2009.The first annual Kokua Hawai’i Foundation Benefit Auction begins on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22nd and bidding continues thru May 1st. All proceeds support Kokua Hawai’i Foundation programs… so don’t be shy and have fun bidding on your favorite G. Love items!Also to celebrate Earth Month, reward our Kokua supporters and gain new members we will be offering all Kokua members, who have a current membership during the month of April, with free exclusive Kokua Festival live music downloads. Simply visit www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/membership; to join, renew or check your membership status and follow the special instructions to download your complimentary tunes. Gift memberships are also available. Please tell your friends, renew or become a member and rock out to some free tunes from the Kokua Festival this month!Mahalo for your continued support and enthusiasm and HAPPY EARTH DAY!From your friends at the Kokua Hawai’i FoundationThe Kokua Hawai’i Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawai’i. Our mission is to provide students with experiences that will enhance their appreciation for and understanding of their environment so they will be lifelong stewards of the earth.www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/574/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/574/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:18:08 -0700 Just announced this morning: G. Love & Special Sauce to play the Mile High Music Festival in Denver in July!! Tickets for Mile High will go on sale Friday, April 3, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. MST. Purchase tickets online at tickethorse.com, by phone at 866-461-6556 and at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Box Office.Check out the rest of the lineup at Mile High’s website. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/567/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/567/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:31:32 -0700 Sitting down at the House of Blues in Dallas with G. Love, it’s hard to imagine there was a time in his life when he couldn’t talk, let alone, sing. “It was such an emotional year, I always have put a lot into my music and everything I had,” said Love, “Four months out of surgery and I’m doing things like warm-up before sound-check, warm-up before the show and cool down after the show.” Check out some videos below or Read the Interview Here. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/556/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/556/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:00:42 -0800 If anyone missed it, here’s a link to G Love’s visit with KUT (Austin, TX) which aired yesterday: Listen Now! “Philadelphia, PA’s Garrett Dutton is G Love. Special Sauce is his backing band who lay down their soulful, funky grooves night after night. Last year’s Superhero Brother is the tenth release from G Love since his 1994 debut, with improved harmonica stylings and Dutton’s laid-back charisma intact.” http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/533/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/533/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:29:04 -0800 Hey Everybody, Don’t forget that we just experienced yet another Thursday and we’ll be sending out the next G. Love “12:07 Video Blog” post later tonight… Make sure you are signed up for the G. Love Mailing List to ensure that you are able to see it! Check out other examples of the “12:07 Video Blog” here. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/532/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/532/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:15:11 -0800 Check out “Soft and Sweet” as well as some classics performed at the LiveDaily Studio.  Watch the videos here: http://sessions.ticketmaster.com/52.html http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/527/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/527/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:18:31 -0800 What’s up to my Philadelphonic Phamily. I wanted to let you all know about my new online video show “12:07”.  Every Thursday at 12:07pm I’m going to show you exactly what I’m doing, who I’m with, what I’m eating, thinking, holding in my hand; where I’m driving, what I’m talking about, whatever is happening at that precise moment is what you’re going to get.  From the incredibly invasive minds at Philadelphonic.com straight to you—here is, in all its pride and Glory, “12:07”.This first two videos go out to everybody, but if you want to keep receiving them week by week, make sure to be signed up for the Philadelphonic Mailing List.  Every other video after these first two will be exclusive to our mailing list!One! Thanks for stopping by.G12:07pm, Thursday, February 5, 2009:12:07pm, Thursday, February 12, 2009:Click Here to Watch The Videos(If they don’t load above) http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/513/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/513/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:48:33 -0800 Yeah Boyee! GLASS hits the road after a four month hiatus. Its been awhile and we are raring to go. Kansas City is the first stop and as always, we will be heading coast to coast to coast to coast. We got a new line up with Houseman, Mark Boyce and Timo Shanko filling out the Special Sauce.  I had a successful surgery on my vocal chords and I’m not lying when I say I’m sounding better and stronger than ever. We also got some hot new jams and some old skool ones too.  We knows times are tough but we really hope to see you soon at a theater near you. Check out the tour dates to see when we will be close and we will see you soon! Thanks, G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/461/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/461/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:43:15 -0800 Tonight, Thursday January 29th, tune your radio into Loveline with Dr Drew and Stryker. http://www.lovelineshow.com/ And don’t forget on Saturday G. Love will perform on the small screen and in your living rooms on the popular late-night TV series TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN. When you ask? Saturday, Jan.  31 (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) on FOX. Need more details? www.fox.com/talkshow OR www.myspace.com/spikeferesten http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/456/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/456/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:56:06 -0800 G. Love & Special Sauce is hitting the road in 2009!Click on the image below to visit the Philadelphonic.com Tour Page. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/453/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/453/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:17:32 -0800 Attention all G. Love fans… mark your calendars and set your Tivos! G. Love will perform on the small screen and in your living rooms on the popular late-night TV series TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN. When you ask? Saturday, Jan.  31 (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) on FOX. Need more details? -www.fox.com/talkshow -www.myspace.com/spikeferesten http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/452/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/452/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:46:04 -0800 Greetings Friends, I hope this finds you all in the best of health and spirits. The winter tour kicks off in Kansas City on 2/12 and we are certainly looking forward to kicking it with you all.  We have been hard at work in Boston rehearsing and writing and are pleased to announce the new member of G. Love and Special Sauce. Joining us on upright bass, electric bass and saxophone is Timo Shanko.    I first had the opportunity of watching Timo play back in 1993. Timo was one of the original members of our brother band, Jasper and the Prodigal Suns. A cool scene developed out of the Plough and Stars Pub in Cambridge, Mass. Morphine, G. Love and Special Sauce and Jasper and the Prodigal Suns. All three bands went on to sign major label deals and make some truly unique and profound recordings.  Timo is a truly gifted and inspired bass player. Last year I started a side project in Boston called The Phamily that featured myself, Timo and Tom Arey on drums. We have been writing a lot but only had the chance to do one gig. It’s really been an honor to reconnect with Timo, someone whose playing has inspired me throughout the years. Check out Timo’s Bio below and we look forward to getting down with y’all soon! Respect! Timo Shanko, born Timo Kielnecker in Los Angeles California USA 1968. Attended Santa Monica High School, Class of 1986. Began electric bass studies at age 11 learning rock, blues and soul songs; focusing on theory, technique, sound and time. Played in bands with older musicians at bars, clubs, parties, etc… in the area starting at age 14.  Discovered Jazz and quickly became a “Jaco Clone”. Moved to Boston, discovered all jazz, modern classical music, world and avant music of every kind. Deepened roots and then founded the Fully Celebrated Orchestra (FCO) with Alto Saxophonist Jim Hobbs playing in the streets and now recorded 11 records.  Moved to NYC 1990-1991. On tour with Eddie Kirkland as Band Director 1990-1994 traveling everywhere ten times. Founded the Prodigal Suns 1993-1995. Signed a major label deal with Geffen Records and toured again. Moved back to Boston to further develop FCO, original group and expand Acoustic and Electric Bass and Tenor Saxophone skills. Principal Bass in orchestra’s. Over 50 recording appearances and numerous mentions in Media. Many published books and awards won. In 1998, began very large transcription series that has become Life’s Work. Still touring and performing locally (500 gigs/year). As of 2009, lives in Swampscott, MA –full steam ahead. A partial list of musical associates includes: Jim Hobbs, Django Carranza, Ray Anthony, Mackie Burnette, Ken Clark, Luther Gray, Benny Benson, Johnny Trama, Peter Prince, Toussaint, Tommy Benedetti, Geoff Scott, Mike Rivard, Sayers Brothers, Eddie Kirkland, Steve D, Craig Welsch, Joe Morris, William Parker, Mickey Bones, Marco Benevento, Tom Arey, Eli Winderman, Grayson Farmer, Gordon Beetle, Scott Shetler, Paul Ahlstrand, Jeff Galindo, Aruda Brothers, Bob Gullotti, The Slip, Zemog, Salim Washington, Brian Thomas, John Medeski, Sam Kinninger, G Love and the list goes on and on….. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/451/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/451/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:18:24 -0800 After 15 years it is with heavy heart that I let you know we have made a more permanent change to the G. Love and Special Sauce line up. Jimi Jazz Prescott will no longer be touring with the current GLaSS lineup.      James Prescott is one of the founding members of the band and a musician of the highest caliber. His energy is relentless, his passion deep and his technique and style completely original. We send Jim mad respect; love and we wish him all the best in all of his future endeavors, on and off the stage.  This February we will hit the road again and look forward to jamming with you all. Sincerely, G. Love http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/442/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/442/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:54:00 -0800 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ya’ll! Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and so am I cause I can’t get enough of those good, old fashioned Christmas cookies. Besides carols, trees, church, family and presents, what says Christmas better than cookies?!?  Now I know everyone says their Mom makes the best Christmas cookies but I’m gonna step up and lay down the God’s Honest Truth. My little sister makes the best, crunchiest, cinnamon-sugareriest, lightest, crispiest, banginest, christmassyiest christmas cookies ever to be served to Santa with a glass of milk.  Peep out the recipe below. It’s a family recipe from my Grandma Mimi. Mimi made them good and my Mom makes them good too but lil’ sis has mastered the technique. Damn! They’re crunchy.  She is the queen of holiday cookies.    Its a very simple recipe. Make sure you’ve got a lot of fun shaped cookie cutters and various types of sugar to sprinkle on the top. I love the cinnamon sugar the best. The secret to make these cookies great is to roll the dough as thin as humanly possible. The thinner the better. If the cookies are thin like paper then you will call me and say, “Damn G, you were right!  These cookies are the finest Christmas cookies the world, Santa, Rudolph and all of his elves have ever tasted.”  If you don’t roll them thin enough because you’re a lazy-ass Christmas cookie chef then you will just say, “Damn, G was right, these cookies are good and all, but they’re not the best in the world - G, you’re frontin’, my Mom’s are better”.  Its gonna be up to you! Here’s a hot tip from my lil’ sis: All you need to roll them this is a lot of elbow grease, make sure the dough is cold out of the fridge and roll it on a pastry cloth with a well floured silicone rolling pin or a rolling pin with a cloth cover.  Enjoy! Merry Christmas! G. Love My Grandmother’s Christmas Cookies 1/2 lb. butter (2 sticks) 2 C sugar 2 eggs 4 C. flour pinch salt 1 tlb. Vanilla 1. Cream butter and sugar in mixer really well – until smooth and creamy 2. Beat in eggs one at a time 3. Add vanilla 4. Add flour, it will be very thick beat well so it is well mixed. 5.  On a lightly floured surface, divide into 2 parts then divide into thirds. Flatten into pattiesand refrigerate for 24 hours. 6. Preheat oven to 350. Roll out dough, ½ patty at a time on a floured baking cloth. Either use a floured silicon rolling pin or a cloth rolling pin cover. As this will allow you to roll them very thin. 7. Use various cookie cutters and transfer to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper 8. sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or colored sugars to decorate. 9. Bake for about 7 min. until light golden brown. 10. Store in cookie tins. (Check out G. Love’s holiday track “Christmas Baby” on This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Volume 1 – available now on iTunes.) http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/440/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/440/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:54:00 -0800 Everybody who wants to keep warm during this upcoming winter should come shake their booty to a G. Love show! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/439/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/439/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:23:01 -0800 Hey y’all! Happy Holidays to you and yours from all of us here at Philadelphonic. We want to thank you all for your love, support and good groove in 2008. We look forward to bringing our music to you in 2009 and beyond. Our winter tour kicks off in February and, hopefully we will be seeing you in your town soon! Have a safe, happy and healthy holidays! Ho ho ho! Wishing you all Peace, Love and Happiness G. Love and the Phamily http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/437/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/437/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:52:00 -0800 What’s up Fam! Well, I’m chilling up in Boston in the pouring rain and getting ready to get back to tour in February. I wanted to let you all know about a charity event I’m involved with. Its called the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project Shoe Auction and it’s going on now until December 12th I donated my shoes to this charity auction, a bunch of eco-minded people like me joined.  People like Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson and Tristan Prettyman, Cameron Diaz, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Costa, Sophia Bush, Sal Masekela, Andrew Keegan, Nick Hexum (311), Lisa Andersen (pro-surfer) and more. That sounds like some cool shoes. If you’re feeling it you can bid here until this Friday: www.eBay.com/BarefootWine All of the money raised at this auction goes to Surfrider Foundation - this great environmental organization that I’m a member of - they fight to keep our beaches clean and shores healthy all around the world. This past spring I actually worked with the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project. We cleaned up Ditch Plains in Montauk, NY and then I performed for all the volunteers at a party near the beach. Check out this picture of my dope Pumas. Oh yeah! Thanks a lot! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/434/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/434/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:37:00 -0800 Yo yo yo! What’s up y’all. Well, I’m singing again and sounding good as new thanks to the wonderful advancements in laser surgery and an amazing team of Doctors. Special thanks to Dr. Venu Divi and my voice coach Shirley Gherson. I’m back money. So I’m feeling so good I called my manager J and told that man—book the tour. I’m ready. So that’s that. G. Love and Special Sauce will be hitting the road in February and hitting it hard. Hopefully, we will be coming to a theater near you so stay tuned. Thank you all for your kind words and support. I hope to see you soon. Big ups! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/405/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/405/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:42:00 -0800 “What’s up y’all!! Or should I say, Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day. Yeah that’s right! Even for people who tend to shy away from holidays, what’s not to love about Thanksgiving? Let’s give thanks for all of the positive aspects of our lives. And even though times are tough to say the least, there’s nothing like some turkey with all the fixin’s to help ease the pain. And don’t forget the pumpkin pieeeeeeeee. Yeah boyeee. I’m coming home Ma! Save me a seat! “ [Read Full Interview!!] http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/395/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/395/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:14:00 -0800 Greetings Crew! Wassup Lemonheads. Wassup Special Saussiers (that’s chef of sauce in French). I am now 8 days out from surgery and feeling good.  I had the opportunity to see one of the best and most renowned Laryngologists in the world yesterday, Philadelphia’s own, Dr. Sataloff. The kind Doctor scoped me and took me off of voice rest. Kind of.  What does that mean? That means that every hour I can speak 5 to 10 mins in short 1 to 2 minute segments. This sounds kind of hard to keep track of. Honestly, it is a bit hard to keep track of, but I’m getting the gist of it. The long and short of it is that I should be singing within a month and ready for the stage by mid January. As you all know I’m off the road right now until mid February when we start our winter and spring tours so get ready. I know I’m gonna be ready to tear sh!t up!  This is definitely the longest amount of time I’ve gone without a gig since I started gigging. Wierdness… Anyways, its pouring rain in NYC and I’m gonna be jamming some blues shortly. I’ve been learning a lot of great songs straight off of Youtube. Computerized blues…My the times are a changin’...John Hurt’s version of “Creole Belle”, Big Bill Broonzy’s “Hey Hey”, and Bukka White’s “Jelly Roll Blues” to name a few. Have a great day and keep your head up in these troubled times! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/394/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/394/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:21:00 -0800 Yo yo yo. Its not even Thanksgiving yet but it seems like its never too early to start thinking about Christmas. And when you’re thinking about Christmas I know you’ll start humming all those old carols. Well, we’ve got some new carols for you on the new Brushfire records Christmas record. Make sure you pick one up for the perfect stocking stuffer. 25% goes to charity so you’ll be supporting a good cause. You can also check it out at http://www.ilike.com/jack+johnson My tune is called “Christmas Baby”. I hope you like it! Merry X mas - G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/393/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/393/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:11:00 -0800 Hey Everyone, You can hear brand new recordings from all of your favorite Brushfire artists on This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol 1. You can hear the whole album including music from every other artist on Brushfire by going to:  http://www.ilike.com/artist/Jack+Johnson The album hits stores on Tuesday (Nov. 11), and 25% of the profits are going to support musical education for children, so help support a good cause! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/392/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/392/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:08:00 -0800 Greetings! Well, I’m down at the Jersey shore on post-op voice rest, convalescing with the fam. My father wrote down his thoughts about the Barack Obama Presidency. It was so well put I thought you all might enjoy it. Nice one Dad! Friends and family—I had to publish something because I’m still excited about the election and so indulge me one more time and I’ll try to explain.  Of course, part of my excitement is attributable to the Philles’ World Series win, but turning to Barack…As most of you know, I’ve been for Barack since early 2007.  His leadership and organizational skills were evident in his extremely effective, cohesive and harmonious campaign.  His impressive intelligence and leadership abilities coupled with his charisma and speaking skills will serve him and our country well. He will inspire us and bring out the best in us and in our country and bring us together rather than dividing and polarizing us in so many ways and along so many lines.  He will improve and elevate our standing around the world.  Under him, diplomacy will trump pre-emptive military action and force feeding of democracy (that’s the Bush Doctrine, Sarah). He will honor our Constitution (remember, he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review and he’s a Constitution scholar and professor) and observe the separation of powers doctrine,  keeping the Executive Branch and the Presidency and Vice Presidency in their proper places (good riddance, Mr. Cheney). He will surround himself with capable people and with time will deal with the serious challenges facing us.  He’s inheriting the worst and worsening economy in our lifetime - record budget deficit and national debt, housing and mortgage crisis, unemployment, volatile stock market, etc., etc.  I know there’s a fear about increased taxes, etc. - but remember two things - Congress not just the President changes our laws (and I think he will control Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid) and secondly, the mess we’re in might call for some stiff medicine for all of us. Well, thanks for your indulgence.  I know many of you share my optimism about our President-Elect, his administration and our future. Gary http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/391/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/391/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:03:00 -0800 Rolling Stone’s Pete Maiden interviews G. Love at Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/390/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/390/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:51:00 -0800 11/1/08—As promised I’m going to take you all through my surgery that will lead to the new bionic G. Love version 3.0 model upgrade 2009. I’m like a singing cyborg. No, its actually a little laser procedure to burn away any excess baggage on my vocal chords. As I write this post, I’m sitting in the chair at my wonderful doctor, Dr. Divi’s office in Philadelphia. Divi will scope me today. I hope I will not have any blood on my vocal chords. If there is blood I will have to wait a week for surgery. I feel pretty good though and I’m optimistic that we will proceed tomorrow with the surgery. So now I will wait….. 11/4/08—Well I waited 3 days to get back to this. During that time Barack Obama was elected and indeed I had my operation. It’s most certainly a new beginning. I got scoped and Dr. Divi said we would go forward with the operation. On the way home from the doc I stopped by Philadelphonic studios and Chris D and I put the finishing touches on the “Soft and Sweet” radio edit. It sounds siiiick. I got home around 9:30pm, macked down some seared tuna and mushroom risotto and watched the election polls. I watched Obama win and give the most inspirational speech I’ve seen in a long time. It brought tears of joy to my eyes. To be a part of this beautiful piece of American history, I feel proud to be American again. I went to sleep in complete peace. 11/5/08—I arrived at Hanneman Hospital on Broad and Vine at 9:30am and got prepped for surgery. They put me under at 11:30 am and I woke up around 5pm in the recovery room. The surgery was a complete success. I’ve got a swollen tongue and I’m on voice rest for a week but I should be back to 100 percent soon. Thanks to Dr Divi and Shirley Gherson for guiding me through this whole vocal blowout. I look forward to a beautiful and creative 2009. More to come! Thanks for your support G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/389/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/389/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:01:01 -0800 Nov 4th is finally here. I was the last person to board the $10 dollar Chinatown bus from NYC to Phillytown. I sat down next to a nice young woman and we commented on the fact that the Chinatown bus is getting shadier and shadier. Soon our talk turned to the election. She told me she had taken the $20 dollar Chinatown bus from DC last night, waited an hour and a half to vote this morning and was catching the bus back to DC. Its 10 am. That’s dedication. That’s how much people care this time. She has 5 classes today at Howard University in DC and she says she hopes she can make the last two. She said with a laugh, “you see what I do for you Obama? I’m just a poor college student running around, spending all this money to vote…You better win!”  This election has been the most emotionally charged election I can remember in my lifetime. I was definitely emotionally drained and in complete and utter disgust of my country when George W Bush was elected for his 2nd term but this time I’m completely inspired. The possibility of having Barack Obama as the first African American president is inspiring. The possibility of having a charismatic leader who can connect with people all around the world is inspiring. The fact that 100,000 people show up to hear Obama speak is unbelievably inspiring.    This is surely an exciting time. Obama gives us hope to rebuild our economy, get out of Iraq and unify our country and move into a more positive era of American life. I sound like a freaking politician now but really I wanted to wish you all a happy and inspired election day. Whatever you believe in, today is your day to make your thoughts count by getting out and voting so don’t sleep! Go vote! One life to live, one love to give! Cast your ballot! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/388/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/388/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:24:00 -0800 Yes, the rumors our true, the infamous codeine swilling, blunt smoking, rhyme writing southern hip-hop shwinging king of New Orleans, Lil’ Wayne is playing the signature G. Love Corvette during his performances. Go to Gretsch Guitars to see how you can pick up one today. Go Weezy! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/385/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/385/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:22:00 -0700 Wasssssssssup! Aight enough about shows, enough about politics, enough about music, family, traveling, fishing, elections, wars, weed, records, youtube, myspace, books, money, girlfriends, world peace, Boston, John McCain, child support, gourmet dinners, benefits and wishful thinking! For the next 12 hours all we need to think about is baseball! Go Phillies! Go Phillies! It’s been 25 years since we have had a championship team in Philthadelphia, the city of brotherly love. We need some luck to go with that love! Although, the Phighting Phillies seem to have the skills to pay the bills. Let’s get it done tonight. Don’t be phrustrated my phine philly phriends. It’s phinally our time to pheel good about our phavorite team! Love the Philadelphonic Phunkateers - G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/383/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/383/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:56:00 -0700 Hey Fam…here’s a blast from the past from some cool Philly cats—Enjoy! CHANGE IS GOOD—GET OUT AND VOTE! Love, G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/382/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/382/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0700 I’m up in here working on collaboration with Zap Mamma. Zap Mamma is an amazing Belgian artist of African descent. This music is the funkiest, dirtiest, world beat, triphop I’ve heard. Fueled by the crisp and intimate vocal personality of Zap Mamma the music swirls through genres of hip-hop, afrobeat, and tribal rhythms with emotions that delve deep in the soul. I met Marie (Zap Mamma), 2 years ago at the Monterey Pop Festival and we exchanged numbers. On our European tour this past July, she joined us onstage in Amsterdam for “Grandmother” and “Can I kick it”. Shortly after that Marie asked if I would like to join her on a track for her forth-coming release. Oh yeah, would I ever.          So, here I am up in the studio while this funky thing is going down. We worked on a down tempo joint called “Drifting” or “Please come on”. Then I blazed some mean electric harp on this untitled afrobeat joint. This record is gonna be the jam. Aight, I got to get back to work here. These Funky Francois speaking dames are ready for G to drip-drop-drizzle some more crunky rain on this track. Peace. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/381/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/381/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:52:00 -0700 What’s up Fam? I am 30,000 feet up in the sky somewhere above the Midwest. Only 2 more hours of my 12-hour flight from Tokyo to DC.  We had a great tour in Japan and many thanks to all of our Japanese fans who represented. The vibes were thick and every show was hot. Our last show was on the island of Fukuoka and after a slamming show we had one last funky dinner. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the Japanese cuisine is the best and most eclectic in the world. Every night after the show we have big group dinners. The food and sake flows till you just have to get up and get out before you explode or have some kind of damn Maalox moment at the table. Uggggh. Self control so hard… On our last dinner, we asked to try something different and they served us, get this…raw horse. No joke. Raw horse. It’s a traditional Japanese food. I have to say it was pretty good, just like Carpaccio. Honestly, I couldn’t get past the fact it was horse. Even though it was tasty, I moved onto the fish roe omelets! I’m telling you, I was raised to try everything at least once and most foods I love. Another thing I tried on this tour was fish nuts.  I didn’t even know fish had nuts well, lest just say I won’t be trying them again. So, now I’m flying home to the family and I have a couple weeks off before my two last shows of the year. Salt Lake City and Denver. Both of the shows are free for the radio station listeners of KENZ in SLC and KBCO in Boulder/Denver.  After those two shows I go to get laser surgery on my vocal chords followed by 2 weeks complete voice rest and 2 months of vocal rehab before we hit the road again in Feb 2009. Those of you who keep up with these blogs have heard about my vocal injury.  After being dogged by a bleeding vein on my vocal chords for months now, I finally have an opportunity to correct this problem before I do permanent damage to my voice. I am going to do an in depth journal of the procedure and recovery.  I think I will learn a lot about the voice box and hopefully any other aspiring singers won’t have to end up where I did after 15 long years on the road. The surgery itself is pretty basic and I will feel fine. I’m certainly not looking forward to being completely silent for two weeks. But I gotta do what I gotta do to get back on that stage.  I plan to practice my guitar and really get back into playing those mean old Delta Blues. I’m going to write a lot and spend a lot of time with my kid. I haven’t been off the stage for three months ever so it’s a tough pill to swallow but I will keep you posted. Thanks to everyone, fans, band, crew and family for a great summer tour and giving me so much inspiration to keep our musical movement flowing forward! I couldn’t do it without you. Thanks G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/380/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/380/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:08:00 -0700 What up Y’all !!  I’m sitting in my room at the Shibuya Excell Tokyo overlooking the throngs of bobbing heads as they hustle and bustle their way through the main crossing at Shibuya Station in downtown Tokyo, Japan. Last night we jammed the Asagiri Jam at the base of the famous Mt. Fuji. It was the joint!RewwiiiiiiiiiindMore on the Jam in a minute. So, after last weekend in Austin and Laguna I headed back to Boston for some R&R and just really relaxed which was nice.  I was flying to Japan out of NYC so on 10/1 I jetted down to the big city for a couple nights before my plane on the best day of the year…10/3, my B-day!!Because the Black Crowes cancellations left me stranded without my tour clothes, and due to a myriad of post touring botchups I still hadn’t got my luggage or my stage clothes so I had to treat myself to some new duds suitable for the stage. There’s this great vintage store in Greenwhich Village on Greenwhich St. just below 7th and 11th that’s called Star Struck. I’ve bought some cool clothes there including the green leisure suit I wore on the Lemonade record.  I was able to find a couple of sick black western shirts for my tour. If you go just tell them G. Love sent you. He will probably kick you out!I had a nice mellow birthday dinner with my family and saw my little baby niece, she is just the cutest thing ever. My mom cooked up a storm and made me a bomb apple crisp for dessert. Crisp, any kind of crisp, a la mode is my favorite dessert of all time. Mom always nails it too. After my dinner we hit a couple clubs to celebrate and we did it right. Needless to say, I over celebrated and didn’t wake up until the next morning when I realized I missed my alarm, my ride, and my flight! Oh shit! Luckily, I was able to get on another flight and I made it to Japan!After the 15-hour flight, during which I finally got to see Hancock (I play some harp over the song on the end credits), I arrived in sunny Tokyo and jumped in the van for a nice 4-hour drive to Mt. Fuji. I was worn down, worn out, strung, down, strung out and just plain exhausted. We had some delicious miso ramen noodles and got horizontal.I woke up early the next morning. The jetlag I experience in Japan is like a lifestyle. It completely dominates my whole schedule. It always ends the same too, the minute I regularize myself and feel human again, its time to go home. That’s life.I took a run alongside some rice paddies while Mt Fuji looked down and headed back to the van to ride to the Asagiri Jam.We arrived onsite and had 2 hours to get ready for our early 1:30 pm hit. Right before our set I got to see this great band from the UK called Kitty, Daisy and Lewis.  Theses guys are a family band all brothers and sisters with the mom and dad as well. Completely old school man. I loved it. The girls were playing harmonica and drums and it was something else to see them shuck and jive.We hit the stage next and from the first note it was on. I thought our ACL hit was sick but this set even topped it. The band was loose and funky, the vox were hot and strong and I was flowing like Lil Wayne’s bank account.  Talk about starting off with a bang…man, it was on!  Our 50-minute set was tight and right:The Things I used To DoDon’t Drop itBack of da BusHollaThis Ain’t Livin’Georgia BrownWho’s Got The WeedCold Beverage/freestylePeace, Love and Happiness1234It was a sick show thanks for a great show to all the jammers at Mt. FujiI gotta run and see the Emperor yo!Peace outG http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/379/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/379/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:01:00 -0700 What a weekend. I’m flying home American Airlines service LAX-Boston. Man I’ve gotta piss so bad but the lady next to me is sleeping hard and I just don’t have the heart to wake her up so I’m typing this letter. Ahhhhhhh…this beautiful September weekend was a funky whirlwind. I flew from Boston to Austin on Thursday and after what seemed like myriad of flight cancellations.  I finally arrived in the Lone Star state to play the best fest in the world, Austin City Limits.  This was a big year for us as we were finally headlining our stage. I had an appointment with my vocal coach Shirley Gherson 3 days before the gig who put me on more vocal rest. I was nervous I wouldn’t make it after pushing too hard in Telluride. I shut down pretty good for three days and when I hit the stage at 7:30pm I was ready. We had our best set ever at ACL with an awesome sit-in from Slightly Stoopid on Mellow Mood. The band played great and my voice felt strong. Right before my set I jammed “Baby I like it” with SS and right after my set I ran to Donovan Frankenreiter’s last two tunes and played some harp.  After the DF sit-in I caught a bike cab back to the hotee to get ready for my late night set at La Zona Rosa. I was scared my voice was blown out but I hit the stage at La Zona and felt even stronger. DF and SS joined us for jams at the late show and it was in fact a funky good time. The next day we jetted to LAX rented a convertible and drove down the PCH to Laguna Beach for DF’s benefit. We macked out at a fancy hotel and jammed a cool mini solo set for cancer and AIDS research. Let’s find a cure!  Also on the bill was my homie Matt Costa, Sugar Ray and whaaaat?? Warren G from Tha Dogg Pound—talk about an eclectic bill at The Coach House. Sunday morning found me on the beach at Salt Creek competing in the pro/am surf contest with Rob Machado, Tim Curren, Pat O’Connel and others. I won third place again in the legends heat. Not the best not the worst. Not bad at all for a street musician from Philly. Anyways it was a killer weekend thanks to everyone who came to rock out with us. Our fans are the best! Now- I’ve really got to excuse myself- PLH! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/378/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/378/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:59:00 -0700 Want to see G. Love & Special Sauce live from the ACL Music Festival?  Check out their performance on the ACL Music Festival webcast at 8:30PM on Friday, September 26th.” Watch it Here:  http://www.aclfestival.com/webcast http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/377/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/377/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:22:01 -0700 Hey everybody wassup??!!!  Well, I’m finally back home for a week and I’m busy getting into the back to school routine.  I got home early after the Black Crowes had to cancel those shows in Cali and its just been beautiful here in Boston. The farmers market is in full effect and we’ve been grilling up a storm. Corn, baby eggplant, radicchio, fingerling potatoes, beets, oysters, brusselsprouts, the list goes on, anything you can cook. I can grill. Damn that’s good. And while it’s cooking you know I’ve got my guitar by my side. It was nice to do some jamming off the stage after the summer tour. I couldn’t help it…I started writing a song the first time I picked it up. It’s a good jam too, “Undertow”.  Lyrically it’s all about losing control—the story of my life. It seems like no matter how much I plan things out, life and music have a way of going exactly the way they want to go. Which oftentimes is not exactly where you planned on them going. That’s just the way it is for me. Make no mistake I’m going to keep on making my plans and putting in the work to get it done. I guess you’ve got to go with the flow. You can’t fight the undertow—swim with it until it let’s you go. Just don’t drown! That’s it. Make plans, work hard, and go with the flow. A new mantra for you to absorb. So, I was thinking on these issues and along came this song “speed limit” and “undertow” then I woke up this morning and my drummer the Houseman sent me the following words of wisdom from some of the wisest to have ever walked this earth. Enjoy! Thanks Houseman. These quotes are right on time. See you all at Austin City Limits.  Make sure to get your tix for our late show Friday night at La Zona Rosa after the fest. Keep the party going. G THIS WEEK’S THOUGHTS FOR CHIEF PHILOSOPHICAL OFFICERS: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” Douglas Adams “If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” Joseph Campbell “One recognizes one’s course by discovering the paths that stray from it.” Albert Camus “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.” Abraham Lincoln “How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man’s city?” Thomas Merton “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. Henry David Thoreau “We can’t reach old age by another man’s road.” Mark Twain “All in the dark we grope along and if we go amiss we learn at least which path is wrong, and there is gain in this.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/362/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/362/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:42:00 -0700 Awwwww man! I was all geared up for my two last shows in Cali. I was on the sick bill with the infamous Black Crowes. I got the call from my manager today. “Bad news…The Black Crowe shows are cancelled”. What?!!?! It turns out there was some health issues within the band and they had to cancel all their touring for the rest of the year. I understand…kind of. You all know I have suffered a hemorrhage on my vocal chord in July and August and my doctor and my manager wanted me to cancel the whole tour. I wouldn’t do it. Call me stupid or irresponsible, but I powered through it with caution and I made it through.  I’ve got to get a surgery in November to get my vocal chords fixed.  Either way I thought,  “I have 2 more shows and then…Bam!” The BC’s have to cancel for an injury. Like I said I understand, but I’m bummed on so many levels.      I want all of our peeps to know that I wish I could’ve played these shows for you and I want to jam the new record in Cali. And make no mistake; I’m not mad at the Crowes. I love them and their music, and I, of all people, know what they are going through. I am going through it right now as well. Hopefully, we can make this up and reschedule this bill. Anyways, big shots out to all the peeps that came and rocked with me in Chicago and Minnie for my two acoustic performances. These two shows were the last shows of the summer tour! What a vibe. Last night in Chicago was ill.  I didn’t think it could get better, but tonight in Minneapolis crushed it. The Hard Rock Cafe was over capacity and the crowd was awesome. I love rocking with the Sauce, but there’s nothing like solo acoustic. That’s my roots man! Thanks to my whole crew, Chris D, Philly Frank, Goldenboy, Big Skrimp, Mark Boyce, Jimmy Jazz, Houseman, JB, AP, JJ, Chuck, Megan, Chris, Mario, James, the JBT and Tristan Prettyman all the bands and crews for a great summer. Thanks to all of our fans coast to coast for supporting the record and the tour. We love you all! Peace- G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/361/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/361/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:29:00 -0700 To our fans, We sincerely regret to inform you that the following dates are being cancelled due to an unexpected illness within the Black Crowes band: 9/17 Los Angeles, CA 9/19 Santa Barbara, CA Despite our efforts, it is not possible to reschedule the canceled shows at this time.  However, efforts are being made by the Black Crowes to reschedule these markets in early 2009. Fans are encouraged to obtain refunds from their original place of purchase. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this situation may cause our fans, are greatly appreciate of your understanding and look forward to seeing you soon. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/360/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/360/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:17:00 -0700 This election is sure getting everyone heated up and I think it’s a good thing. It’s a good thing to get everyone thinking about where this country is headed. It’s a good thing to think about where this world is headed. Recently, a couple of my close friends and family who were Democrats and Republicans were debating about the election and the following words were written about the importance of the election. Whether you’re a democrat or a republican I think these words are important (and well written) Check it out: My Republican friend sent this: A Father / Daughter Talk: A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals was very much in favor of higher taxes to Support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.  One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.  Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying. Her father listened and then asked, ‘How is your friend Audrey doing?’ Again caught off guard she replied, ‘Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She’s so popular on campus that college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too hung over. Her wise father asked his daughter, ‘Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.’ The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, ‘That’s crazy, anyway how would that be fair! I’ve worked really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!’ The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, ‘Welcome to the Republican party.’ If anyone has a better explanation of the difference between Republican and Democrat I’m all ears. My Democratic friend replied: “…You know I love you but you are so wrong about this.  This election is about so much more than redistribution of wealth (if you want to call it that).  This is about freedom, civil liberties, this is about rebuilding our world standing, this is about not lying to the American public, this is about taking the direction of this country out of the hands of those with enough money to have their causes overshadow those without.  Frankly all of us are the top 1% in this county, do you really believe that our security, wealth and sense of living is going to be adjusted that greatly?  I am truly serious?  This election is about so much more than our personal wealth.  I am not about to concede the direction of my country to the conservative right wing of our country so they can dictate to me what my values are, all based on the shaky premise that I am afraid of helping out some people who have had less of a chance than me.  This is such misdirection of the greater issues…” G sez: That’s what I’m saying. There’s a lot more at stake right now than money. This election is values based. Follow your heart G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/359/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/359/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:41:01 -0700 Salt Lake City—the wind howled, the rain came. The wind howled the rain left. The rainbow filled the sky as Tristan Prettyman sang her heart out and the show rocked! Beginning to end the vibe was tight.  Big shouts to all the crews in Salt Lake City for the sold out show.  Now, now, now that wind is still howling and it feels like Mr. Fall blowing in saying, “G, you better finish that summer tour cause summer is over!” I’m like, “Damn Mr. Fall! Just give me two more nights of summer and I will be on my way!” Well, I’m on my way to Red Rocks for our last show of this amazing tour. It was 6 weeks long and it’s hard to believe we only have Colorado left.  Crazy! Mountain High. I will wake up today at The Red Rocks. Can you feel it? Oh yeah. It’s on. Peace G   http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/345/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/345/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:17:00 -0700 Wassup yaaaaalllllllll! Well, I just got off stage at the beautiful Britt Pavilion in Jacksonville, Ore. What a crowd, what a night, what a show.  The vibes were nice. I felt stronger than ever. I’m back. After a couple amazing days off in San Fran, We hit Vancouver and despite the terrible border crossing (why is the border always a huge pain in the ass???!!! Aaaaahh), we had a nice show at the Malkin Bowl. BC and the Pacific Northwest is just perfect. What a place to live.  I got to hang with two of my best homies from Philly Towne—Jonny Valentine and Earl.  Great to catch up and hear my two Northwest Philly liberals rail Rep Vice President Nominee Sarah Palin. We bought some Alaskan Salmon and they went off! “Palin Salmon” with the slogan “petroleum coated fish”, “we won’t stop till we catch every last Palin Salmon in the sea!!” Anyways, I’m back in Portland tomorrow and we are basically working our way to the big finale of the tour in Morrison, CO.  The famous Red Rocks! Oh yeah. It’s on!  See you there G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/344/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/344/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:30:00 -0700 Hey y’all. Wassup Fam?!?  Yesterday we played the sunny slopes of Ft Mason Park in beautiful San Francisco. With the Golden Gate Bridge in the background it was a majestic day to get our jam on.  The gig was an afternoon affair and I headed out to the waterfront for a run before the show. The San Francisco bay was perfect and Alcatraz was even looking inviting out on the island. Seeing Alcatraz (the famous “inescapable prison”) reminded me of a good story. On a tour a number of years ago we had the day off in SF and I asked Chad one of the singers from Brodeeva if he and Earl would wanna go to peep out Alcatraz to which he kindly replied, “Yo G, I ain’t going to jail on my day off!” Too funny. Shouts to Brodeeva! SoCal’s finest singers! So, back to the point of this post which is to tell you about this Gibson J-45 guitar that I’ve been toting around for sometime now. Years ago at the X games I had the opportunity to interview and jam a song with Slash from Guns and Roses. I had never asked for too many autographs but I couldn’t pass this opportunity up. So, I asked him to sign it. That was the start of it all and now that guitar is tagged up crazy. Here is a list of the autographs I’ve gotten so far- Bo Diddley, Junior Wells, John Hammond, Family Man, MCA, Mike D, Big Daddy Kane, Jack Johnson, Jackson Browne, DJ Red Alert, Wilt Chamberlin, Slim Kid Tre, Donavon Frankenreiter, Kelly Slater, Jimmy Buffett, Matt Costa, Mason Jennings, Charlie Musselwhite, John Butler, Ben Harper, Slash, Merlo, Ozomatli, Conan O’Brien, Steve Jones, Clyde Stubblefield, Warren Haynes, Grace Potter and last night I was honored to get Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead on there as well. Siiiiick! What can I say, the guitar looks sick and what a blessing to be touched by such amazing artists. I’m a fan yall! Peace, Love and Happiness, G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/343/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/343/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:29:00 -0700 What’s up y’all! Well we are on the up and up out here. After a couple stressful weeks due to my vocal chord injury I seem to be fairly stabilized.  It broke my heart to have to cancel those 2 shows in Myrtle Beach and Carey but the vocal rest paid off and has let me get the upper hand on my bleed. I’ve still been on vocal rest off the stage. It’s been 5 weeks that I really haven’t spoke except for my performance onstage. Hard to imagine…sometimes it weighs me down but I’m staying positive! On a show like last night in Reno it all pays off. We played this beautiful little amphitheater on the outskirts of Reno and it was just a beautiful evening. Starting off acoustic, we let the music come in like a slow rolling wave and end up in a huge crash. It was just one of those great nights and my vocals felt the strongest they’ve felt all tour.    Right now I’m just waking up in my bunk in Ft Mason Park, San Francisco. I can hear music coming through the air. Today we play the Slow Cooking Festival—sounds like my kind of fest. We go on right before the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh. This is a real special day to be playing with one of the greats. I used to go play my harmonica in the parking lot at the Dead Shows back in the day. One time in Albany, I even got a miracle. Oh yeah. I will get my groove on today fo sho. We finally made it to the west coast after one month of touring. We have just under 2 weeks left so I hope to keep taking this thing sky high on the West Side and end up in a Colorado Mountain High to finish at the legendary Red Rocks. I hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend and we want to send a lot of love to the people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We are keeping our fingers crossed and praying for you all! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/342/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/342/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:33:00 -0700 I want to give a big thank you to all of you for the overwhelmingly kind best wishes you sent my way. Thanks for understanding and again I really apologize to the peeps in Carey and Myrtle that didn’t get a show. We will be back! The week of voice rest paid off and the last two shows I’ve definitely gained ground. My voice has gotten stronger and stronger. Atlanta and Pompano were sick shows! What great crowds, great vibes. On another note, I went for a run yesterday down to the beach and was gonna go jump in the water but the sign said “swimming not advisable due to high bacteria count”. Bummer, that’s all I need to get some bacteria up in me right now. No thanks! Then I got a text from my brother-in-law who said the beach in Jersey was closed cause some weird medical waste was washing up. What’s going on with that! Then I texted Tristan and she was all at the Barefoot Beach rescue project so I was all “you go Trissles! Save the beaches baaaaby” anyways, what’s going on with that? We gotta keep these oceans clean… Well, I will keep you all in the loop about this injury but I seem to be on the mend. It sucks not talking all day but as long as I can sing for a couple hours at show time that’s all I care about right now! Thanks again for your positive vibrations! Irie ites! Got to have a good vibe! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/341/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/341/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:14:00 -0700 This week we have lost one of the great musicians of our scene. LeRoi Moore, who played Sax and Clarinet with The Dave Matthews Band, passed away at too young an age. I had the opportunity to meet LeRoi a number of times and while he was a quiet kind of man he was always a gentleman… cool and sincere in his demeanor. He was definitely an amazing soloist. I have been out on the road a number of times with DMB over the years and I got to hear many an inspired and electric, soaring solo from LeRoi. He will be missed. LeRoi, wherever you are, keep on blowing that horn and may your music be sweeter than ever.  We will never forget your sound. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/340/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/340/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:46:00 -0700 Well I’ve had a bit of a rough couple weeks. I didn’t want to say anything public about it but now my mood has changed and I’m gonna spill the beans on myself.  Before my tour launched, I was asked by a friend nicknamed Bluefish who was paralyzed (and luckily recovered) to play a benefit for the Christopher Reeves Foundation. The benefit was at a small room in Avalon, NJ called the Rocking Chair. I was able to raise $13,000.00 for the CR Foundation and had a good time as well. However during the course of that show I hurt one of my vocal chords. It hemorrhaged. The same chord I had hurt earlier this year on my upper-Midwest-freezing-ass-frostbite-your-guitar-fingers tour at a shitty but fun club called the Pickle Barrel in freezing-ass-cold Vermont. Anyways, to make a long story short, the re-injury forced me onto vocal rest for the first 10 days before tour. When I hit tour I remained on vocal rest and I am still on vocal rest except for my time onstage. All told, I have been completely silent while off the stage for almost a complete month. The injury has dogged me because I bled again during the show in Toronto so it was like back to square one. Ahhhhhh so frustrating.  I finally had to unwillingly cancel a couple shows in the Carolinas this past week to give the blood a chance to clear up. The doctors say I will undergo a surgery in the fall after my tour. I refused to cancel the tour right now against their wishes. So, I’m gonna finish this tour up as strong as I can and then lay it all down in November and get fixed up proper before returning to the stage in the new year.  The vocal rest has been an amazing pain in the ass for my family, friends, crew and the musicians around me. Not to mention the poor fans that try to talk with me after the show. My 7 year old son is probably the one person who has handled it better than anyone and acts as my translator. My notes that I write instead of talking have hopefully prepared him better than ever for his reading skills in second grade.  Anyways, I sincerely apologize to all of my fans I had to let down in the Carolinas this week and to anyone who thought I was weird, snobby, mean or otherwise perplexed by my silence off the stage. I’m usually a pretty nice guy (if I do say so myself) and I love to talk.  I feel pretty good on the plane flying to Atlanta. I saw my voice coach today, and while not in the clear, I have cleared up a lot since my setback in Toronto 2 weeks ago. Now that the schedule eases up, I should be getting stronger every night.  The vocal rest has also been such a spiritual journey and very very hard at times. It’s amazing how people react when you can’t speak. I’ve had all ranges of reactions from people thinking I’m deaf and mute and feeling sorry for me, to people thinking I’m a complete snob and an asshole. I’ve had people try to carry on a conversation and some people just stop talking to me as if I’m not even there. I’ve driven my poor girlfriend crazy and people having been driving me crazy as well. Its hard for people to read lips and even harder for people to read minds. I guarantee you, see if you can go a whole day without talking at all, not one word, not even a word to yourself. No whistling or whispering, which can both adversely effect the vocal folds. Then you will see how crazy a trip it is. But once you settle into the zone, some times are very relaxing. Instead of yapping away, I’ve learned to listen more. I’ve listened to more music, to more sounds and my perceptions of the social interactions of people have completely changed. It’s very interesting to say the least. So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy and some taste! I will as well and I can’t wait till I can tell a couple people to fuck off and a couple people that I love them and shout “hello Cleveland”! And most of all I want to thank the fans for their patience. Peace out- G. Love the Superhero Brother. PS I’m like Gloria Gayner- I WILL SURVIVE http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/339/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/339/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:26:00 -0700 Since I first partnered with http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/338/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/338/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:19:00 -0700 Due to illness G love and Special Sauce will not be performing: 8/20 - House of Blues Myrtle Beach (John Butler Trio and Tristan Prettyman will still be performing) 8/21 - Koka Both Amphitheater (completely canceled) Thank you for your support. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/323/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/323/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:36:00 -0700 Check out G. Love’s Paste Magazine Tour Diary from Lollapalooza…. “So, I’m out here on the never ending road, the road that keeps going and going.  As a matter of fact its been going for 15 years.  Damn, that’s a pretty long time. Ahh the places I’ve been…you name it just about every big city and small town in this god-fearing country. I play the hip hop blues. Please don’t say, “I love that kind of music” if you’ve never heard of me before because, not to sound like a jerk, but I’m the only one who plays the hip hop blues.” [Read Article] http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/320/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/320/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:52:00 -0700 I woke up today back in Columbus, Ohio. Last night we had a tight show in Indianapolis, IN. What a great crowd and the vibe was on. The band is on a nice creative flow right now and spirits are high. Our biggest challenge, as always, is trying to fit all the material in the show that we want to play. The new record plays so well live that it’s a pleasure to hit these tracks. The more we play them live the more cool transformations they go through. That’s why I always say, songs are just like children, you give them love and they grow into these amazing people. Or you could also say songs are like plants, you water them and watch them grow. Or songs are just like chicken breasts, you marinate them and they become full of flavor. Of course, that kind of food talk leads to love talk and I’m reminded about how my drummer the Houseman always compares playing a song or a set to making love. “its going, its going, its getting nice, Oh its feeling good, oh yeah, unhunh, ahh ahha ahhhhhh!” Hopefully, everybody comes at the same time or should I say arrives to the same conclusion…well you get the idea. Anyways, I hope our sets are surprizing you all as much as they are us. I certainly can’t say enough praise about JBT and Tristan.  Oh yeah and the midwest rocks, see you tonight. G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/319/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/319/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:04:00 -0700 Greetings y’all…well about 2 years ago I had my first role in a Indy feature film called “Rigged”. The movie has been shown in some festivals and even won some awards. Check it out! At the Action on Film International Film Festival we won BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE!  I believe there were close to 25 or so features in competition, not including those that didn’t make it into the festival. At the Dances with Films Festival we won the GRAND JURY AWARD (best feature film)!!!!  It was amazing!  They only select 11 features into the fest from a countless amount submitted. On September 10th we will be playing at the SoCal Film Festival that takes place in Huntington Beach, CA. And around August 16th we are playing in Montreal as part of the Young Cuts Film Festival (www.youngcuts.com).  We are currently up for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING. Anyway I hope some of you will check the film out. Best, Philly G. Love http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/318/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/318/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:23:00 -0700 On Sunday afternoon we had an hour on the main stage at Lollapalooza. I gotta give mad props to the Chitown audience. We really had each other going, just a great crowd full of beautiful energy. The band was tight as gnat booty and the beats were crack-a-lacking.  After the show, I felt on a natural high for the rest of the night. I got to kick it with CeeLo of Gnarles Barkley and watch their sick show followed by Chicago’s own Kayne West.  Kayne West isn’t the most likeable artiste out there in my mind. He gets a lot of press and seems to always say some real cocky sh!t that just makes him easy to hate on. But I have to say when he hit the stage at Lolla he was electric. I was just really inspired. Sometimes, live hip hop can be a drag, but I’m telling you he nailed it. Every time I watch another act onstage I learn something. Either something not to do, or something I definitely should do. With Kayne I was truly inspired and learned a lot from his performance. Way to hit it Kayne! I was even more honored to have been able to bless the same main stage that he performed on Anyways, our tour is off to a tremendous start and all bands have been putting on some very inspired shows. What an inspiration sweet music is. We can’t wait to see you peeps soon! One- SHB- Garrett! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/317/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/317/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:48:00 -0700 At Brushfire’s Solar Powered Plastic Plant studios in L.A., G. Love filmed a stripped down solo performance of one of the new tunes, and Spinner has the exclusive video. Take a look.   http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/316/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/316/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:40:00 -0700 Well I’m off chilling in the back of the car on the way to the Philadelphia International Airport. The sun is rising and so am I. I’m off to Denver for a day of rehearsals and sound checks then we jump in the bus and hit the road for this Summer Phunk Block Party. I’m throwing it your way, I’m bringing it everyway. I was on a run yesterday and had a chance meeting with John Medeski who was waiting outside of this good breakfast spot…too funny, the musical vibes are running strong.  Well the band is gonna be tight and the vibe will be thick as chunky soup. I’m gonna catch a quick catnap before the airport and I look forward to seeing you all soon.  Make sure you get your tickets and come on down to see G.LA.S.S, John Butler Trio and the lovely Tristan Prettyman! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/315/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/315/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:16:00 -0700 Want to see G. Love & Special Sauce live from Lollapalooza?  Check out their performance on the Lollapalooza webcast at 34:15PM on Sunday, August 3rd.” Watch it Here! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/314/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/314/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:39:00 -0700 Yo yo yo wassup? Well the European tour ended about a week ago and I’ve been kicking it family style at the Jersey shore. I’ve got to say that was one of our best European tours and every town truly represented in glorious fashion. Since I’ve been home I’ve been surfing and fishing just about everyday, enjoying my Mom’s home cooking, strumming on the front porch and chilling in the hammock. Last Saturday night I did a benefit show for my friend Bluefish (aptly named after being bitten on the toe by a bluefish while surfing) and the Christopher Reeves Foundation. I played acoustic solo at the Rockin’ Chair and we raised over $13,000 dollars for the foundation! Nice work everybody!  During the second set I was joined by Katman and Uncle Craig of the All Fellas Band for a slamming jersey jam. It was sick. We kicked all of our old hits like i76, Lay Down the Law, Maxin Relaxin, Hoops remix and ended up with a banging version of Peace, Love and Happiness. Big ups to everyone who came to support a good cause. If you want to find more about the Christopher Reeves foundation and see how you can help go to http://www.Christopherreeve.org SHB—G. Love peace http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/313/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/313/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:48:00 -0700 National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide.  The World Cafe is broadcasting a session with G. Love & Special Sauce on Thursday, July 24th, 2008.   Fans can find their local station by scrolling to the bottom & choosing their state under “Find a Program Broadcast Time” at the link here. …or worldwide you can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by visiting this link. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/310/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/310/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:50:00 -0700 Well you already know I’m Philly born and bred, I’m living in Boston, I’m loving NYC like no other but I’m here in Paris and I think I have to claim Paris as the best city in the world.  This city is just magic. Every block is like a pleasant surprise and whatever you’re looking for, you can find it here. Its show day today and I’m sitting at a cafe on Rue de Rennes and Rue St. Palcide. I’m gonna have a cafe au lait and a crepe avec confiture de fraise. So nice. Even if you can’t speak French—you know that sounds good! Man, people are styling here in Paris and the ladies look lovely. It’s a beautiful summer day. It’s just perfect. I’m about to go do some radio show with fellow BF recording artist Mason Jennings. Later in the day Zach Gill and I will perform on the street by Montparnasse. Emmett Malloy has been shooting a lot of stage performance and behind the scenes footage on this tour. He has gotten some amazing footage and I’m anxious to see what he will make with it. There’s footage of Jack, Jimmy Buffett and me jamming backstage, cool footage of Jack, Mason, Zach and I practicing rainbow and some cool surf footage as well. The record release is going well and I want to thank you all for your support. I can’t wait to get back to the states to tour on Superhero Brother. Remember to get your tix for the GLASS, John Butler Trio, Tristan Prettyman shows soon as they are going fast! And we will see you out there for another hazy summer! One- G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/309/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/309/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:55:00 -0700 We are proud to say with the release of our new record “Superhero Brother”; we have joined forces with One Percent for the Planet. OPFTP has raised over 30 million dollars for environmental projects all over the world.  This is a wonderful grassroots organization that is run by only 6 people. That’s a lot of money raised by such a small and effective front office. I am thoroughly impressed. To find out more about OPFTP go to http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.com/en/  and remember just by buying Superhero Brother you’ve contributed to a great cause. Thanks for your support! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/305/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/305/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:57:00 -0700 Jack and G. Love are very sorry to announce the cancellation of today’s performance at Newquay due to extreme weather conditions. On-site health and safety officers made the decision to cancel the show following sustained periods of high wind. To continue with the concert would have endangered the artists, workers and fans on-site. Please go to point of purchase for refund.’
Ticket Master will auto-refund so their customers will have their money this week without having to take any action. At this time tomorrow’s show will proceed as planned. Please check back for further updates.  http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/303/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/303/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:28:00 -0700 G. Love sits in on the Daily Fix to serenade us with details on his new album, and talk about how Blues music has influenced his style. http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/302/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/302/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:21:00 -0700 G. Love performed 2 songs on Philadelphians 93.3 WMMR for the Preston & Steve Show on 6/16/08 Check it out here! (make sure to scroll down the page to find it) http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/301/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/301/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:10:00 -0700 Oh yeah! Once again, so far, so good. We played Lisbon and Barcelona to some amazing crowds. The first set in Lisbon was tight but last night we really dialed in the show and Barcelona was tight as a gnat’s booty.  Jack and the boys are sounding better than ever as well and he is really mixing up his sets which I appreciate. We’ve been doing some different sitins but I won’t spoil the surprise. The first week of the Superhero Brother record release is winding up and it’s been exciting with lots of travel and big shows. Did you get your copy yet?? Man, its tuff out there! I am bugging out ‘cause I want to know how its gonna do. The anticipation is starting to drive me a little crazy. Ahhhhhhhh just breathe man! I’m lying in my bunk now and writing because there’s not much else to do. We are on a 15 hour drive from Barcelona to Antwerp.  We traveled all the way through France last night. Border to Border. Coast to Coast. Bonjour, Au’ Revoir…There is this little tiny window in my bunk so I can look out and see the European countryside roll by. Sweet home rollin’. Tomorrow night we play in Antwerp, Belgium and then we are off to London for a show in one of my favorite rooms, the classic Electric Ballroom.  The day after that is a legendary bill of Jack, Ben and G in Hyde Park. Gonna be sick! But remember if you weren’t able to get tix for Hyde Park on 7/2 come to the GLsSS solo show at the Electric Ballroom the night before July, 1st and let’s all rock out together. See you there! G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/300/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/300/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:58:00 -0700 Well I just touched down in Lisbon and I’m standing in this slow-ass immigration line waiting to flash my passport. We flew in right over the rising sun and there seemed to be some good waves breaking along the coast. I don’t think I will be able to go search it out though as my tour starts today. The record dropped on Tuesday and it’s cruising up the charts. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that everyone is gonna buy it and love it. We are touring all over Europe with Jack Johnson.  The crowds are going to be massive every night. I’m completely ready to get back to work here. Enough of sitting around, give me my harps, my guitar and a mic and I’m free. I’m glad I finally made it over here. Yesterday, I had a ridiculous flight routing. Boston to Charlotte to Charlotte to Newark to Lisbon. The problem was that the Charlotte to Newark flight was delayed and I missed the flight to Lisbon. Ahhhhhhhhh I was so pissed.  It all worked out though as I got to have a night in NYC that actually did feel like a record release party instead of sitting on the plane.  Now, I’m just praying my bags are here in Portugal because I really want to put a clean t shirt on. That’s it for now, remember the new record “Superhero Brother” is in stores and Itunes now so please check it out. Thanks! G   http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/226/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/226/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:14:00 -0700 Well Ladies and Gentlemen, The long awaited day is here and our 10th record hits Itunes, record stores, garage sales and lemonade stands everywhere. “Superhero Brother” is officially on sale. I put everything I got into this record and I hope you’ll pick it up and enjoy listening to this fine music as much as I enjoyed playing it. All the best,  G. Love THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/173/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/173/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:12:00 -0700 Yo all just a reminder.  GLaSS’s 10th record hits stores today.  Please go pick up a copy of Superhero Brother.  You won’t be disappointed.  You can also grab it on iTunes now.Tracklist:01. Communication 02. City Livin’03. Wiggle Worm04. Peace, Love, and Happiness05. Soft And Sweet06. Wont’cha Come Home07. Crumble08. What We Need09. Grandmother10. Georgia Brown11. Who’s Got The Weed12. Superhero Brother http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/152/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/152/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:08:00 -0700 G. Love performed on NPR’s The Bryant Park Project on June 19, 2008. “G. Love and Special Sauce’s 10th album, Superhero Brother, has a light and breezy sound. Like their other albums, its packed with fun, groovy music that’s easy to dance to, but G. Love says this time, the inspiration came from a darker place…” You can read the interview and watch Peace Love & Happiness performed acoustically here! http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/151/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/151/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:31:00 -0700 What’s up Pham? I’m on the train up to Boston. The Celtics have won the NBA Finals and are the world champs! Go Celts. I have to say Kobe and the new Lakers are a lot more likable than the former champion Lakers. I would have been happy for them as well but I have to say what a great day for Paul Pierce, KG and Ray Allen. Props to Rondo for being the sickest new point guard in the league. I guess the parade was today and finished up 2 blocks from my crib! In less than a week, Superhero Brother drops. Oh shit! Oh yeah!  I’ve been on the radio/press blitz for a week now and I must have played Peace, Love and Happiness 50 times. That’s all good with me. I think I could sing that tune all day and be inspired. It feels good to sing those lyrics I tell you.  I can’t really remember being so fired up about a record release ever. Maybe because it’s our 10th record, maybe because Lemonade did so well I don’t know. I can barely sit still. This is good because they’ve got me working like a dog. Last night I playing the First Act guitar shop in Boston.  The past two weeks I’ve been in Japan, Philly, NYC and now Boston. I got to go on the big stage with Jimmy Buffett in Philly town. What a great crowd. I played the WMMR morning show with my old friends Preston and Steve. That shit was hilarious! I played a bunch of cool radio stations in Philly and New York and I want to say thanks to all those stations for their support. Below is a list of all the stations around the country that are spinning our new single Peace, Love and Happiness. If you know the station please call and request some GLaSS. Thanks so much! Peace- G WAPS – Akron KDBB – Park Hills KPND - Sandpoint , ID KLRR – Bend WTTS – Indianapolis KPTL – Des Moines KFOG – San Fran WNTI – Hacketstown, NJ KZMV – Breckenridge KLRR – Bend Or WCLZ – Portland Maine WXRV – Boston WRNR – Baltimore Annapolis WCOO – Charleston WMMM – Madison, WI KBCO – Denver KTHX – Reno, NV WDST – Woodstock WOCM – Ocean City, MD WTMD – Baltimore WYEP – Pittsburgh WCNR – Charlottesville WNRN- Charlottesville WCBE – Columbus, OH WFPK – Louisville KSUT – Durango, CO KOHO – Washington State radio network. Music Choice WNKU – Cincinnati WHRV – Virginia Beach KPTL – Des Moines WERS – Boston KVSF – Sante Fe KRSH – Santa Rosa Sirius Spectrum XM Café WBJB – Monmouth NJ WEXT – Albany WFUV – NYC WXPN – Philly WUIN – Wilmington, NC WVOD – Outerbanks KTBG – Kansas City KBAC – Sante Fe KTAO – taos KFMU – Steamboat Springs KMTN – Jackson, WY KSPN – Aspen WBSD – Burlington, VT http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/148/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/148/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:24:00 -0700 What’s up Phamily?!?! What’s up Phriends?!?! I’m happy to announce that with the release of Superhero Brother next Tuesday we will also be releasing the new, updated, better than ever, out-of-this-world, phoot stompin, phunky phresh, ham hocking, blues mopping, harmonica shucking and real good looking Philadelphonic.com webpage. We do apologize for the delay but now we’ve got all the pieces together and we hope you love it as much as we do.  Come to http://www.philadelphonic.com to buy concert tickets, music, t shirts and of course- G. Love’s Special HOT Sauce. You can also purchase the new record Superhero Brother as well. Thanks for coming by. G http://www.philadelphonic.com/news/147/ http://www.philadelphonic.com/home/147/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:16:00 -0700 Save on CDs from hot artists on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records label.  Order the latest CDs from the genre-hopping G. Love and Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Mason Jennings. Plus, pick up titles from Matt Costa, Donavon Frankenreiter and Money Mark.  Click to Order (AND GET FREE SHIPPING)