G. Love & Special Sauce
Rothbury Festival
Rothbury, MI
07-03-09

Recorded By: Fallafel Frank (FPWhittle@yahoo.com)
Source: SBD>DAT> SoundForge 7.0> WAV> Flac

01 Let The Music Play
02 Back Of The Bus
03 Fire It Up
04 76ers
05 Baby's Got Sauce
06 Can't Go Back To Jersey
07 Booty Call
08 Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
09 This Ain't Living
10 Look Over Yonders' Wall
11 Peace, Love & Happiness
12 Who's Got The Weed / Legalize It
13 Cold Beverages
14 Thank You and Goodnight



Running straight from Rachel Goodrich, I got my first glimpse of The Odeum (Rothbury's main stage) during G. Love & Special Sauce. I've heard mixed reviews about G. Love's live shows and for me the jury has written in its verdict – and it's a good one. Combining hip-hop with elements of funk and blues, G. Love, born Garrett Dutton III, is possibly the first white guy rapping while playing the guitar I've seen since the Beastie Boys. The Special Sauce's secret ingredient, apparently, was funk, as everything the band touched seemed to be smothered in it. Jeffrey Clemens (drums) laid down a tight, funky groove while G. Love switched off rapping and blowing into his blues harp. "This next one's called 'Booty Call'. You can hear the clean version or the dirty version." Evidently, we got the dirty version. After one of G. Love's loopy harmonica solos we landed in a stellar cover of The Beatles' "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" (KS)