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Redirect|G-Love|the robot in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom|SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini BottomInfobox musical artist| name = G. Love| image = G. Love.jpg| caption = G. Love in Pittsburgh, 2007.| birth_name = Garrett Drew Dutton| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1972|10|3| in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States| instrument = Guitar , harmonica , singer|vocals | label = Brushfire Records|Brushfire , Universal Republic | associated_acts = G. Love & Special Sauce , King Kane , Teo Leyasmayer , Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson , The expendables (band) | background = solo_singer Garrett Dutton (born October 3, 1972), better known as G. Love , is the frontman for the band G. Love & Special Sauce .
Biography
Dutton, the son of a banking lawyer, was born in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia , and began playing guitar at age eight. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the ninth grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits Bob Dylan and John Hammond Jr. , as well as the then-contemporary "old school" Hip hop music|hip-hop sounds of Run-DMC , the Beastie Boys , and Philadelphia's own Schoolly D , as influences.
Dutton, who attended high school at the private Germantown Friends School , began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After one year at Skidmore College , also a private school, Dutton dropped out and relocated to Boston , working as a fundraiser for Peace Action and playing wherever and whenever he could. One of his few indoor gigs at this time was a Boston bar called The Tam O'Shanter, where he met drummer Jeffrey "The Houseman" Clemens in January 1993. Dutton and Clemens began working as a duo, they were joined a few months later by bassist Jim "Jimi Jazz" Prescott and became the house band on Mondays at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
The "G" stands for Garrett as said in many radio interviews. He said in an interview that the "Love" was just there because it sounded right.Citation needed|date=August 2010 G. Love featured Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson on his 1999 album Philadelphonic playing an early version of Jack Johnson's "Rodeo Clowns" when Jack was an unknown artist. Jack later featured the song on his 2003 album On and On (Jack Johnson album)|On and On .
Garrett dated Tristan Prettyman and wrote the song "Beautiful" with her while they were dating. http://www.archive.org/details/glove2006-08-22.dsbd.flac16, Track 6
Known nowadays for his live shows, he is often seen touring with Jack Johnson. As a producer, Johnson signed G. Love to his record label Brushfire Records . He has made appearances on the records of artists such as Slightly Stoopid and Donavon Frankenreiter . And also recently went on tour with Dave Matthews.
In 2009, he collaborated with Zap Mama on her album ReCreation , singing alongside her on the single "Drifting."
In 2010, G. Love joined forces with The Avett Brothers who produced and are featured on his newest album "Fixin' to Die". The album was released under the Brushfire label on February 22, 2011. This album showcased G. Love's love of back road blues.
G. Love is also dating model Sarah Rabby Frigo. They became engaged while on vacation in Paris on October 31, 2010.
Discography
Solo Releases
Oh Yeah (Philadelphonic Records - 1998)
The Hustle (album)|The Hustle ( Brushfire Records - 2004)
Lemonade (G. Love album)|Lemonade ( Brushfire Records - 2006)
'' Fixin' To Die (2011)
With Special Sauce
Back in the Day (G. Love & Special Sauce album)|Back in the Day (1993)
G. Love and Special Sauce (album)|G. Love and Special Sauce ( Epic Records|Epic - 1994)
Coast to Coast Motel (Epic - 1995)
Has Gone Country (1998)
'' Yeah, It's That Easy (Epic - 1997)
Philadelphonic (550 Music - 1999)
Front Porch Loungin (2000)
Electric Mile (550 Music - 2001)
Best Of (G. Love & Special Sauce album)|Best Of (Sony - 2002)
Superhero Brother ( Brushfire Records - 2008)
Long Way Down (album)|Long Way Down ( Philadelphonic Records - 2009)
With ''King's Court
''In the King's Court (Fishtown Records - 1998; available online or at live shows)
also "In the King's Court" Chicken Platters Records CP002 copyright 1996
External links
http://www.philadelphonic.com G. Love and Special Sauce Website
http://www.roxwel.com/player/glovehotcookinartistcommentary.html "Hot Cookin'" artist commentary
http://www.myspace.com/glovespecialsauce The band's Myspace page
http://cornellsun.com/node/24509 G. Love interview with the Cornell Daily Sun
http://www.youtube.com/phillyglove G. Love's YouTube Site
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp? tp=albums& pid=36920& aid=1145269#artAlbumMoreContainer Billboard.com Complete Discography of G. Love
Notes
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