G. Love & Special Sauce Reissue Classic 1994 Debut for its 30th Anniversary
Remastered and expanded digital edition due out January 12th
Hard to believe that 30 years have passed since Boston’s G. Love & Special Sauce brought hip-hop and the blues together on their lauded eponymous debut.
And in honor of this big anniversary, Epic Records/Legacy Recordings will be releasing a remastered and freshly expanded edition of the original album. G. Love & Special Sauce (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) will be available on all streaming, download and digital music partners on Friday, January 12th.
Formed by Philadelphia native Garrett “G. Love” Dutton (vocals / guitar / harmonica), Jeffrey “The Houseman” Clemens (drums) and James “Jimi Jazz” Prescott (bass), G. Love & Special Sauce rose right alongside the likes of the Beasties, Soul Coughing, Digable Planets and The Roots in implementing live instrumentation into the hip-hop lexicon during the mid-90s. And their distinctive blend of Delta blues chops and Bronx-born boom bap made them especially appealing to college audiences, who helped the G. Love album earn a Gold record from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and a popular live act to boot.
As a tribute to the trio’s enduring success as a touring band, this newly remastered and expanded edition of their debut boasts 11 live cuts recorded over two sets at the renowned Knitting Factory in New York City in July of 1994. Check out the live version of the album’s signature hit “Cold Beverage” below.
G. Love & Special Sauce will keep the brotherly love going in 2024 with a 41-date tour of North America kicking off in St. Louis, MO, on January 11 and continuing through March 16. (On these dates, longtime collaborator Chuck Treece will be sitting in on drums.)
For more information about dates and G. Love’s Pre-Show Pop-Off – an exclusive solo acoustic performance and merch package before the main show – go here.
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