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C

Details Lead Performance: G. Love & Special Sauce

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE Yeah, It's That Easy (Okeh/Epic) As G. Love, guitarist Garrett Dutton has deftly fused the sounds of the Mississippi Delta with an urban hip-hop groove — an infectious amalgam that might best be described as slacker-blues. Easy, unfortunately, lacks his usual keen edge: Songs like ''I-76,'' a goofball paean to his native Philadelphia, sound less like Ray Charles and more like Ray Stevens. C

Originally posted Nov 07, 1997 Published in issue #404 Nov 07, 1997 Order article reprints

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