G. Love

Returns to San Juan Capistrano

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE kicked off their “Sauce Up! 23 Tour” in February and will be performing Friday, April 7 at The Coach House. The national tour features special guest and Blues legend Nat Myers.

“I’ve been in the game a long time, but I’ve always considered myself a student,” says G. Love. “Finishing this album with Keb’ Mo’ felt like graduation.” Recorded in Nashville, G. Love’s The Juice album is indeed diploma-worthy. Co-produced and co-written with GRAMMY-winning icon Keb’ Mo’, it’s an electrifying collection, one that tips its cap to more than a century of blues greats, even as it offers its own distinctly modern pop spin on the genre.

Born Garrett Dutton in Philadelphia, G. Love grew up equally enthralled with folk, blues, and rap, devouring everything from Lead Belly and Run D.M.C. to John Hammond and the Beastie Boys. After migrating to Boston, he and his band, Special Sauce, broke out in 1994 with their Gold-selling, self-titled debut, which earned widespread critical acclaim for its bold vision and adventurous production. Over the next twenty-five years, G. Love & Special Sauce would go on to release seven more studio albums.

“I’ve never been the kind of guy who thinks he’s going to change the world with his guitar,” reflects G. Love. “But maybe I can write the kind of songs that give strength and encouragement to the people who are out there doing the work to make this planet a better place.”

Life is good for G. Love these days, and he’s not taking a moment of it for granted. In just the past few years, he’s launched his own beer collaboration with Oregon’s Good Life Brewery (The Juice IPA), started his own festival in Massachusetts (The Cape Cod Roots & Blues Festival), and founded his own record label, Philadelphonic.

“I’m more inspired right now than I’ve ever been before,” G. Love reflects. “I feel more thoughtful, seasoned, marinated, confident. I’m making the records I’ve always wanted to make.”

The Coach House
33157 Camino Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano
949.496.8930
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