G. Love and Special Sauce Concert Review
Philadelphia, PA — G. Love, on tour with Jason Mraz, played to his hometown crowd at Penn’s Landing’s Festival Pier. A severe thunderstorm delayed the start of his show but clear skies soon gave way to a beautiful evening.
During the storm, the crowd was advised to go into the enclosed area for their own safety. All of a sudden, Bushwalla got up on a chair and started playing. Bushwalla is a good friend of Jason Mraz. For quite some time, they were roommates. Besides MC’ing the show, Bushwalla is an accomplished singer and songwriter. It was nice to see his enthusiasm and spunk up-close and in-your-face. By the end of his impromptu set, the whole crowd was singing along to “Ghetto Blaster”.
After the storm passed, the crowd went back outside. It was not long before G. Love to the stage. G. Love (Garrett Dutton III) has a contemporary Bob Dylan sort-of presence on stage wearing a harmonica on a wire rack and playing the guitar while he sings. Originally from Society Hill in Philly, the local crowd sang along knowing every word to every song. Not only were they great songs to sing to, but the audience couldn’t help but to dance and move about.
The jam-packed jam set included: “Can’t Go Back To Jersey”, “Crumble”, “Peace, Love and Happiness”, “Hot Cookin’”, “Booty Call”, “Baby’s Got Sauce”, “Cold Beverage” and “I-76″.
“I-76″ was a real crowd pleaser and featured Katman on vocals.
But if you gotta get down real quick
The only way to go is I-76Unless of course you wanna take the scenic view
Then East or West River Drive is right for you
But if you ain’t got time to lose
Put the pedal to the metal for the that voyage cruise
So get on down to I-76
Because in 1996 there ain’t no
Tricks in the mixGet along 76ers
Charles Barkley dissed Larry Bird
Get along 76ers
Dr. J! Moses Malone
Get along 76ers
Jerry Stackhouse and Iverson
After the show, G. Love held a meet-and-greet for autographs. There I met Katman who indulged me with an autograph. Now a teacher for special needs children, Katman still continues to perform with The Burned Out Allstars. Back in the day, he co-wrote and performed I-76. These days he is pursuing a post-grad degree at Temple.
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