After taking a little break after a long year of touring, G. Love & Special Sauce will be coming back at you in early 2012! Check out below to see where the boys are coming and stay tuned for more tour announcements! December 28, 2011 @ Belly Up - Aspen, CO Get Tickets | RSVP December 29, 2011 @ Belly Up - Aspen, CO Get Tickets | RSVP December 30, 2011 @ Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO Get Tickets | RSVP December 31, 2011 @ Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO Get Tickets | RSVP January 12, 2012 @ Mr. Small’s - Pittsburgh, PA Get Tickets | RSVP January 13, 2012 @ Ram’s Head Live - Baltimore, MD Get Tickets | RSVP January 14, 2012 @ The NorVa - Norfolk, VA Get Tickets | RSVP January 15, 2012 @ Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC Get Tickets |  RSVP January 18, 2012 @ The Handlebar - Greenville, SC Get Tickets | RSVP January 19, 2012 @ Music Farm - Charleston, SC Get Tickets | RSVP January 20, 2012 @ Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA Get Tickets | RSVP January 21, 2012 @ Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN Get Tickets | RSVP January 23, 2012 @ Varsity Theatre - Baton Rouge, LA Get Tickets | RSVP January 25, 2012 @ Freebird Live - Jacksonville, FL Get Tickets | RSVP January 26, 2012 @ Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL Get Tickets | RSVP January 27, 2012 @ Jannus Landing - St. Petersburg, FL Get Tickets | RSVP January 28, 2012 @ Beacham Theatre - Orlando, FL Get Tickets |  RSVP January 29, 2012 @ Vinyl - Pensacola, FL Get Tickets |  RSVP February 1, 2012 @ House of Blues - New Orleans, LA Get Tickets | RSVP February 1, 2012 @ House of Blues - New Orleans, LA Get Tickets | RSVP February 2, 2012 @ House of Blues - Houston, TX Get Tickets | RSVP February 3, 2012 @ House of Blues - Dallas, TX Get Tickets | RSVP February 4, 2012 @ La Zona Rosa - Austin, TX Get Tickets | RSVP February 16, 2012 @ House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 17, 2012 @ Martini Ranch - Phoenix, AZ Get Tickets | RSVP February 18, 2012 @ House of Blues - Anaheim, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 19, 2012 @ House of Blues - San Diego, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 22, 2012 @ SLO Brew - San Luis Obispo, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 23, 2012 @ Harlow’s - Sacramento, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 24, 2012 @ The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 25, 2012 @ Harrah’s South Shore - Lake Tahoe, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 27, 2012 @ Humboldt Brews - Arcata, CA Get Tickets | RSVP February 29, 2012 @ Domino Room - Bend, OR RSVP March 1, 2012 @ Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC Get Tickets | RSVP March 2, 2012 @ Showbox at the Market - Seattle, WA Get Tickets | RSVP March 3, 2012 @ Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR Get Tickets | RSVP March 6, 2012 @ Emerson Cultural Center - Bozeman, MT Get Tickets | RSVP March 7, 2012 @ Wilma Theatre - Missoula, MT Get Tickets | RSVP March 8, 2012 @ Knitting Factory - Boise, ID Get Tickets | RSVP March 9, 2012 @ The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT Get Tickets | RSVP March 13, 2012 @ The Slowdown - Omaha, NE Get Tickets | RSVP March 14, 2012 @ People’s Court - Des Moines, IA Get Tickets | RSVP March 15, 2012 @ Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, WI Get Tickets | RSVP March 16, 2012 @ First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN Get Tickets | RSVP See you out on the Road!

On November 15th, Brushfire Records will be releasing “This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday, Volume 2”. It includes two new holiday songs from G.Love. There is a preorder up now, and all orders through December 1st will be eligible to win some pretty great prizes including a signed Ukulele from Jack Johnson, an Autographed Microphone from G. Love, a Matt Costa snowboard,and more. They’ll also be unveiling acoustic performance videos for all of the tracks on the album. over the coming months Go check it all out at www.thiswarmdecember.com. 25% of the profits from this album will be donated to charities focused on musical education for kids like Little Kids Rock, and the Silverlake Conservatory.

“Always take the gig. Always take the gig. Breathe in deep, now breathe out all the way and repeat. Doesn’t that feel nice? Always take the gig. It’s a goddamn mantra repeat and repeat again. Ommmmmmmmmm always take the damn gig. After being berated as grown men for over-partying, we were of course absolutely defensive and found many ways/excuses to continue our belligerency. Scott said brilliantly,” I look at it like this, if I stay home I know exactly what’s going to happen, when you go out anything could happen”. Spoken like a true networker and connector I wholeheartedly agreed. When you’re out on the town, out on the gig, anything can happen. You could fall down drunk on your face or you could meet someone with an opportunity that could change your life or career. Of course this is not carte blanche for excessive partying. In fact It’s just the opposite. What I’m saying is this. You will often have a choice, to take time off or to gig, to watch a show or play a show, to go to a party or entertain the party? These choices can and will shape your career as a musician.” Read the rest of G’s blog HERE!

To all friends in and near Philly! G. Love & Special Sauce are coming to kick off Halloween weekend with y’all at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on Oct. 29. We want to hook you up and are giving away some tickets and MEET & GREETS after the show!. We have to honor Halloween weekend and we know that G. Love fans are super creative (and a little crazy). For this reason, to enter to win this prize you must send G. Love your BEST costume that you’ve rocked in years past. Here’s the details: Tweet your picture to @GLove and include: 1) the hashtag #GLovePhillyween 2) something about the show on Oct. 29 at the Electric Factory Submit your pics via Twitter by Oct. 25 at 10am EST to be considered. Winners will be announced Oct. 27th. Winners will receive: - Pair of tickets to the show October 29th show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA - Meet & Greet with G. Love after the show Notes: - Tickets are nontransferable and have no resale value - Winners will be contacted via Twitter Direct Message and will have 24 hours to respond and claim their prize

The good folk at Premier Guitar have put together a sick gallery showing off pedalboards of music’s biggest guitarists and one of them represented is that of your boy G. Love. Check it: Check out the full gallery HERE!

Well every couple of years we get to do something crazy fun. Aight aight well it’s crazy fun every night out here on the road but the Rombello cruise was killer. We were joined by Slightly Stoopid, Michael Franti, Brett Dennen, Citizen Cope, JJ Grey and Mofro, Soja and a whole lot of other dope Bands and DJ’s for a four day cruise from Tampa, FL to Cozumel, Mexico. Slamming! These types of gigs are really amazing. I would have to say that aside from getting to see some of my favorite acts perform, the best parts are what’s happens off the stage. The late night jams and hang sessions we all shared. Jamming on the late night with Cope and Brett Dennen, chilling with the Stoopids and just vibing out all day and night. That really made it for me! There were tons of collaborations. Karl Denson and I sat in with Franti.  Timo and I sat in with SS for Devils Door and an Everything You Need/Mellow Mood mash up.  I sat in with Brett Dennen on harp.  Miles and I jammed Baby I Like It acoustic. The sit in’s were nonstop. The musical community that’s formed and solidified on these types of gigs was just outstanding.  You can’t beat it. As I write this I am now remembering C Money, Cope and I singing a dope ass hook “for the love of money” into my phone at my B Day party. I’m telling you so many jams and collaborations are going to come out of this in the coming year. Just watch! Now I’m back on dry land and I’ve quit smoking. Which is good cause I want to live and bring this music to you till I’m at least 125 years old. Come on now! Tonight I’m in Birmingham and headed north to hometown Philly, NYC, DC and Boston. It’s going to be bangin playing the East Coast stomping grounds. We’ve got a real special show for y’all so get on out to the shows and we will see you soon. Thanks for dropping by.  Your friend, G

“The last two blogs have been dedicated to some of the great slide guitar players past and present who have influenced me over the years. This week I thought it could be helpful to show y’all some of the tunings that these players use. Open tunings present a myriad of possibilities to achieve unique and original sounds. Try the ones in my video, create your own or Google open tunings. There are endless possibilities here. Remember, be original; that’s the key to success as a player and a performer.” Watch G.Love’s Down and Dirty video on open tunings HERE!

“Slide guitar. It’s a thing, man, a real type of thing. When you play that slide, you can really make that guitar talk, you can really make it sing. My favorite slide guitar players are the players who are from and/or play in that Mississippi Delta style. When I first heard the legendary John Hammond perform live, I was absolutely blown away by his slide work. John typically uses an old National resophonic guitar for his slide numbers and man can he play. If you’ve been reading my blogs or have ever seen me perform, you know by now that John Hammond has had major influence on my playing. Through his records I was introduced to a world of blues.” Read the rest of this week’s Guitar World’s Down and Dirty with G. Love HERE

CNN is featuring a really cool interview with G in which he chats about musicians that have influenced him as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. Check it:

“Let’s face it, friends: Being in a band is like being part of a very, very, very dysfunctional family. Like any marriages, businesses or things you love, it takes love, work, vision, direction and effort to keep it going. There are always exceptions to the rule; however, I find that bands work best when they are lead by one. And before you start in on me and my ego, please think back to the time you were in the van with the fellas trying to decide if it was Micky D’s or Burger King en route to the gig in Topeka.” Read the rest of this week’s Guitar World’s Down and Dirty with G. Love HERE