Boy, this one took us back: In 1992, Garrett Dutton was a stony yon teenager, bouncing back and forth between Skidmore and Temple, busking in any subway that’d have him. Dutton was lunching heavy on blooze like Big John Patton and Robert Johnson, all the while cultivating a near-equal love for Kurtis Blow and the then-current Native Tongues Tribe. Studio time at the various colleges was cribbed, tapes were passed out, and ‚Äî voila! ‚Äî G. Love was born:
G. Love: “Mother” [mp3]
Aww, listen to the young chap in the chapeau from Society Hill rock those cute David Silver ebonics! OK, so time has not exactly been kind the G. Love ouvre, but trust us: When this demo tape dropped, G. Love was like Frank Sinatra and Leif Garrett combined in these parts, in addition to being like the first person from anywhere around here to get signed to a major label since, like, Cinderella. You can relive those heady days of when The Low Road ruled the local club roost and South Street still had a shred of edge left, because Oh Yeah, G. Love’s first demo has just been re-released via Love’s label, Philadelphonic, and digital distro The Orchard. (That means you can finally replace that cassette you’ve been running into the ground for 15 years now, and just buy that shit on iTunes.) No word yet on whether Philadelphonic/The Orchard are gonna be diggin’ up those Low Road, Sky Grits and Autumn Carousel tapes, but hey, we can only hope.
Previously: G. Love Coke Commercial Features That Cute Girl You See Everywhere

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at 1:07 pm.