Defend The Cringe-Worthy: G Love & Da Special Sauce

Plenty of hate upthread -- c'mon; these guys have plenty of fine tunes.

Electric Mile is a fine album that gets my most replays -- most noted is the variety of styles and the always engaging contributions on the Hammond from John Medeski (and far funkier than Dr. John delivered on Yeah, it's that Easy).

As for the "arrogance" everybody seems to be clamoring about, his genesis is rooted in Hip Hop, and self-aggrandizement is a near prerequisite. BFD.

But i understand he's a polarizing figure; hell, his best bud, Jack Johnson one of the most cringe-worthy musicians i've ever heard.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/G._Love.jpg/800px-G._Love.jpg

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13173763_10154772690942137_7660389115411301112_n.jpg?oh=8d5594ce7f603ebbfe6ea3c4886f3281&oe=57DD3CEC

2015-style...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buzZ-47S7Mg

no one in the uk has ever heard of this band

This is probably not strictly true - I had the misfortune to walk past them playing the main stage at Glastonbury festival one year, somebody must have heard of them.

My first time seeing this thread, tip o' the hat to JJJ for this lol:

Guess where you blow him up.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), August 17th, 2005

At his anatomically correct self-importance nozzle?

― John Justen (johnjusten), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 19:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

He has a signature guitar.

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/airline-59-custom-3p-dlx-g-love-signature-black-and-blue/

Today they are played by people like David Bowie...

I just wanted to mention that the dude from my story waaaaaaaaaaay at the beginning of this thread is currently playing keyboards with Chic