Making It as a Musician with G. Love

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Garrett Dutton, aka G. Love of G. Love & Special Sauce, has had an incredibly successful music career but remains humble and grounded. His music uses unexpected combinations from different musical genres like blues, R&B, surf, and jazz in his songs. Aside from being a master at his craft, Garrett’s a passionate ocean lover and a father of two boys. Inspiration for songs often comes while he’s surfing with his kids.

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0:00.0	Getting paid to be a musician is for a lot of people the ultimate dream job.
0:04.8	I'd say interviewing one of your favorite musicians is a pretty close second.
0:08.4	In this episode I got to do just that when I sat down with Garrett Dutton, aka G Love, of G Love and the Special Sauce.
0:16.6	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living. worth living. I'm going back to Boston dropping on 95.
0:35.0	Well, I knew your girl, she ain't no friend of mine.
0:40.0	I've been a big g-love fan since I was in college. I heard his music all the time
0:46.0	growing up and when he played at Emory University where I was going to school in
0:49.8	Atlanta, Georgia, I was over the moon.
0:52.8	At the time, not a lot of kids at my school totally knew who he was, but G-love was always
0:57.6	on the radio in San Diego, especially when he did that song with Jack Johnson,
1:02.0	rodeo-clown. What I love about Garrett Dutton when he did that song with Jack Johnson, Rodeo Clown.
1:03.4	What I love about Garrett Dutton is not only is he such a talented musician
1:07.6	whose mixed from different genres including hip-hop, folk, blues, rock, skate, and surf.
1:13.5	But he's a pro.
1:14.6	He's been making music and touring successfully
1:16.9	for over 20 years.
1:19.2	When I was 22 in 2002, I actually spent a year
1:22.0	traveling on a tour bus as a music journalist.
1:24.4	It was my first job right out of college for the Vans Warped Tour Festival.
1:29.6	So it bought my heart for musicians, especially ones who make songs I really love and
1:34.5	ones who happen to do activities I like like surfing. I always feel a little
1:38.8	nostalgic when I get in a tour bus. So when Garrett came through San Diego on his latest tour and we sat down on
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