Kidzapalooza Chicago 2008 Performers

G. Love & Special Sauce
Day/Time: Sunday, 2pm
http://www.myspace.com/glovespecialsauce

Drawing from such seemingly diverse sources as John Lee Hooker, Bob Dylan and De La Soul, singer, songwriter, guitarist and harp-howler G. Love (born Garrett Dutton) helped inject deep roots into the modern rock world with early hits like "Baby's Got Sauce." With its 1994 debut album, G. Love & Special Sauce (Dutton plus standup bassist Jim Prescott and drummer Jeff Clemens) became the first act signed to Epic Records' reactivated Okeh rhythm-and-blues imprint. Since then, the combination of youthful attitude and time-honored roots - exemplified by the trio's scruffily organic interplay and the suave singer's slouchy slacker raps - has won the group an audience that's as diverse as the group's myriad stylistic influences. In 2004, the group hooked up with Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records to release The Hustle, followed by 2006's refreshing Lemonade. Last year's A Year and a Night with G. Love and Special Sauce captured the outfit's one-of-kind "Philadelphonic" sound at its best: dished out in front of a live audience.

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