G. Love & Special Sauce have been touring for nearly 20 years but you probably never heard of them, and that's okay, they aren't mainstream, and probably really don't want to be.

G. Love, aka Garrett Dutton, hails from Philadelphia and oddly enough, cracked off about the same time another great band from Philly started making rounds, The Roots. Now that I think about it,  The Roots played with G. Love & Special Sauce at the Honda Free Ski Tour back in '07.

The band's style is super chill, blending blues and hip hop, R&B, a little folk and a pinch of rock 'n' roll to keep it steady. The band's sound is gritty, organic and the free-style flow is fun. There's not much heavy about this music, which makes it the perfect groove band for those seeking a night out of dance and good vibes. In fact, if you dropped the ball on Valentine's Day, this is your chance to make it up to her, or him. With funky songs like, “Baby's Got Sauce,” women just can't help but think you got sauce too for bringing her to the show, even if she's never heard of G. Love.

If you were in college in the '90s, you probably heard about G. Love & Special Sauce. If you were fortunate enough, you probably even seen a show. But it was really MTV's insertion of their music video, “Cold Beverage” into rotation that put G. Love 7 Special Sauce on the map. The songs light and fun lyrics flew in the face of the craziness that embodied 1994's musical notes which ranged from suicides, deaths to the birth of nu-metal.

Green Day released Dookie, Curt Cobain died from a shotgun suicide, Alice in Chains reach #1, Blink 182 released its first album, Trent Reznor released his second album (NIN), NAS represented the East Coast Hip Hop flavor, Pearl Jam sued Ticketmaster for monopoly, Tupac Shakur went to jail for attacking his director on the set, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released their debut album which went mutli-platinum and for good measure, KORN releases their first album ever. That's all heavy shit with very little room for “feel good” music.

G. Love & Special Sauce are on tour but hoping to release a new album this summer, says G. Love...

“We’re touring as a four piece right now so; Timo Shanko on Upright bass, the Houseman on Drums and Mark Boyce on the Organs. You know we mix it up man, we got a lot of freestylin’, a lot of improvisation and play stuff from all our records: and whatever hot new shit we’re workin’ on right now.” - Stubble (Santa Cruz, CA)

Some of G. Love's close musical allies include: Jack Johnson and Donovan Frankereiter who have worked with him on several projects. Yeah, they all have TWO things in common; laid back jamming and surfing. G. Love & Special Sauce play Harlows tonight (Sactown), then a show at The Fillmore in SF, The Catalyst (Santa Cruz) and up in Petaluma, CA – then that's it. If you want to win FREE TICKETS, you can do so by visiting http://www.sacvibe.com, where instructions on how to enter are posted. Ciao now brown cows.