Eight Gigs: G. Love and Special Sauce
Sun., March 19, 8 p.m., Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, $30-$35
Has there ever been a cooler band name than G. Love and Special Sauce? It’s obvious the genre of a group with a name this cool—hip-hop. That was the thought back in the ’90s when they got heavy rotation on MTV. In retrospect, G. Love and his grooving, laid-back Special Sauce owed a greater debt to blues than rap music. The three-piece locks in on some funky, bluesy licks. Even G. Love’s flow brings to mind the call-and-response of early blues. All right, if you insist on calling them a hip-hop group, that works too. They do it all. 2708 J Street, www.philadelphonic.com.
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