“Hot Cookin” Live from Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, OK (March 24, 2011)
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“Hot Cookin” Live from Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, OK (March 24, 2011)

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“Milk and Sugar” Live from Freebird in Jacksonville, FL (March 10, 2011)
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“Milk and Sugar” Live from Freebird in Jacksonville, FL (March 10, 2011)

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“Get Goin” Live from Beacham Theatre in Orlando, FL (March 11. 2011)
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“Get Goin” Live from Beacham Theatre in Orlando, FL (March 11. 2011)

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1/12/22 -  Back on the Road
 Jan 12, 2012

Greetings Phamily and Phriends!

Well, 2012 is here and after an uplifting goodbye to 2011 with our Colorado New years tour, we are ready to charge into the new year. After 2 inspired nights at our old haunt, the Fox theater in Boulder, I was on the plane New Year’s day with my fiancée headed to Costa Rica where I played my first show in central America to benefit the public schools of Nosara and Ostinol. Working with our friends Erik and Sarah Antonsen and www.surfingnosara.com were able to raise $4000 and a sold out show to complete bathrooms and a computer lab for 2 schools.  Good work!

Also in Costa Rica I recorded my good musician friend Brendan O’Hara at the house and ended up with an amazing live performance recording of Brendan’s latest material. I think he’s really got a good thing going so if you’re in South FLA or NYC keep an ear out for this rising star.

Now I’m on the plane from Boston to Pittsburgh and I feel like I’m gonna burst from excitement to hit the road again. Pittsburgh represents every time and it’s a blessing to start the tour off with a sold out show at one of my favorite venues, Mr Smalls. Thank you kindly.

We are pleased to have our new friend Kristi Lee (joining us on the tour. Kristi is an amazing soul singer from the dirty south so please come early to see her rootsy, inspired show.

The winter tour sees us returning to our roots as we hit the road as a raw power trio. Timo Shanko (upright bass) and Jeffrey Clemens aka the Houseman @jeffreyclemens will be joining me nightly as we traverse this beautiful land from coast to coast. We will continue to perform many tunes from our latest release Fixin to Die as well as continuing to explore the roots of our music with plenty of delta blues and old school Hip Hop and hits?! Don’t worry you’re gonna get what you want every night!! Please send me any requests for songs to my twitter @glove and we will do our best to make y’all happy. Also make sure you tune into twitter daily for ticket giveaways. 

What are your new years resolutions? Mine are to be the best father I can be and make a hit record that will shake and move you. Fixin to Die has inspired me to continue searching the roots of the Delta Blues and my new record will be heavily doused with new originals inspired by the great bluesmen from Bukka White, Robert Johnson and John Hammond. Can you dig it!?!
Well my ears are starting to pop so I’m gonna wrap this up now.
Thanks for stopping by,
your friend,

G. Love

G. Love on Dylan
 Jan 12, 2012
30 Days of Dylan

As part of American Songwriter’s 30 Days of Dylan, they sat down with your boy G. Love to get his take on the great Bob Dylan.

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“Heaven” Live from House Of Blues in Dallas, TX (March 19, 2011)
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“Heaven” Live from House Of Blues in Dallas, TX (March 19, 2011)

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St. Martin
 Jan 05, 2012

We had the pleasure of meeting a great family from St Martin at a Boston show a couple years back and when they made an offer for me to come down to their hotel in St Martin we warned them that we probably would come.  A few weeks back we did.

Since that night in Boston we have been friends. Marc and Kristin Petrelluzzi run an amazing hotel in Grand Case, which is on the French side of St Martin. The hotel is called L’Esplande and it’s just the perfect spot for a getaway to recharge, relax and inspire. If you are planning a trip down to the Carribbean I highly recommend this charming hotel by the sea. Check it out: 

www.lesplanade.com

This year we had a wonderful oppurtunity to have been offered a gig down in St Martins and guess what? We went. Surfboards and guitar in hand we flew from NYC down to St Martins and got into it. I was doing a benefit show for a local foundation which supports the wild life of St Martins called the Nature Foundation. Check out some of the good work these wonderful people do here:

www.naturefoundationsxm.org

Amazing Food!

I was going to be performing with a band called Orange Grove. OG splits time between St Martins and Holland. St Martins is half Dutch and half French so you find many people, like OG, who spend time in both countries. A Carribbean/ Dutch reggae band? Works for me. After our flight landed and a quick surf with Philly Frank we had some amazing local food at the LoLos down in Grand Case on the French side. These LoLos are basically BBQ joints on the beach. They cook everything from conch, lobster, chicken and ribs on an open grill and serve it with Johnny Cakes and peas and rice, salad and slaw. You will be in heaven.

Sea Urchins!!
The next morning I was up early and went off to meet Orange Grove for a rehearsal. We had decided to get some jams together as an encore after their set and my solo acoustic set. We had a great morning sess jamming on tunes like Jersey, Peace, Love and Happiness, Unified and a couple of covers including Jimmy Cliff’s “Harder They Come” one of my favorites for sure.

The next two days were show days and surf days.  In between surfing and picking sea urchin spines out my toes I was changing strings and practicing up getting ready to bring the blues to the beach.

Jamming!
The shows ended up really coming off we enjoyed some excellent collaborations with OG.  I think it is safe to say a fun time was had by all.


For more info on OG check this out www.ogband.com.


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