On a cool Friday night, Garrett Dutton – better known as G. Love – walked on stage with his band Special Sauce on the “Fixin’ to Die” tour. The crowd at the 9:30 Club was earnestly waiting to hear the classics and musical stylings of what made G. Love unique. The tour was a culmination of older and more familiar tunes from past albums mixed with the new tunes from the most current Fixin’ to Die record.
As G. Love sat down on stage in the beginning of his set, he strummed and effortlessly sang “Shooting Hoops” with his fans singing/rapping along verbatim. From the looks of things, he has one of the most devoted fan bases and there were numerous times throughout the show where G. Love thanked the crowd for their loyalty over the years. That’s over ten years of playing music.
Towards the latter part of his set, G. Love stopped sitting and stood up to jam. He was genuinely enjoying himself and felt at ease with the crowd who were positively responding to his extended versions of songs like “Who’s Got the Weed” and “Get Goin’.”
The final song had a long unrecognizable interlude that smoothly transitioned to his most popular hit. At first, it seemed like he wasn’t going to play “My Baby’s Got Sauce” – which would have been horrible – but the popular vote prevailed. “My Baby’s Got Sauce” was the song that put G. Love on the map. The crowd responded with big smiles and sang along to a great rendition bringing back ’90s nostalgia.
G. Love felt some DC love—and DC got the sauce.
