TheBernharts.com » g love http://www.thebernharts.com This, that, and the other thing. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:06:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Jimi Jazz was on my flight to NOLA http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/03/jimmy-jazz-was-on-my-flight-to-nola/ http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/03/jimmy-jazz-was-on-my-flight-to-nola/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:57:36 +0000 Neil http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/03/05/jimmy-jazz-was-on-my-flight-to-nola/ Jimmy ‘Jazz’ PrescottI went to New Orleans recently for work, and on my connecting flight from Dallas to New Orleans I recognized someone. I first saw him in the terminal at the gate and thought: “man, that guy looks just like Jimi from G. Love and Special Sauce”. Then, when I was seated, he passed me and sat two rows behind me. I was certain it was him… can’t be too many other guys that look like Jimi with his long, stringy red hair and thick mustache and beard. After we landed and de-planed, I asked him if he was Jimi Jazz… to which he replied “yeah, do I know you?”

He was a real mellow guy and didn’t seem to mind chatting. However, I talked to him for only about 5 minutes, because I didn’t want to be imposing and seem like an ass. I told him that my wife and I are big fans of the band and we had recently saw them play at the Hollywood House Of Blues. They were playing at the HOB in NOLA the following night… although I did not get a chance to go see them play while in town.

Photo courtesy of Jen Langman

]]> http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/03/jimmy-jazz-was-on-my-flight-to-nola/feed/ 0 Jimmy ‘Jazz’ Prescott G. Love & Special Sauce: Feb 16th http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/02/g-love-special-sauce-feb-16th-hob-hollywood/ http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/02/g-love-special-sauce-feb-16th-hob-hollywood/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:53:17 +0000 Neil http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/02/17/g-love-special-sauce-feb-16th-hob-hollywood/ As always, G. Love and crew put on a great show at the House Of Blues in Hollywood. Melanie was a trooper hanging in for the whole show… despite being super tired at 24 weeks pregnant. The baby certainly got a good taste of music!

The opening act was Tristan Prettyman, who shares the track “Beautiful” on the most recent G. Love album. Her set was good, surprisingly entertaining. She had quite a few fans in the crowd also.

Here’s the set list from G. Love as I noted it…

First Set
I-76
Holla
Give It To You
Booty Call / Do It In The Road (Beatles)
Blues Music / Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) / Can I Kick It (A Tribe Called Quest w/guest MC Jabu from Ozomatli)
Garbage Man
Hot Cookin’
Steppin’ Stone (w/guest Brodeeva)
Kick Drum (w/guest Brodeeva)
Milk And Cereal (w/guest Brodeeva)
Cold Beverage / Sanford & Son Theme Song (w/guest Brodeeva)

Second Set
Rainbow
Give Me Some Lovin’
Blackbird (Beatles, w/guest Brodeeva)
Beautiful
Roaches
Rodeo Clowns
Baby’s Got Sauce
Can’t Go Back To Jersey

]]> http://www.thebernharts.com/2008/02/g-love-special-sauce-feb-16th-hob-hollywood/feed/ 1 G. Love at the House Of Blues Hollywood http://www.thebernharts.com/2007/02/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-hollywood/ http://www.thebernharts.com/2007/02/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-hollywood/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:49:37 +0000 Neil http://www.thebernharts.com/2007/02/04/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-hollywood/ Since going to see G. Love & Special Sauce last September for the first time, we could not wait until we could see them again. We didn’t have to wait too long as he came back around to So. Cal. pretty quickly.

It was a fun night that we had with a couple of friends. Mikey is a die hard GLaSS fan like me, and his roommate, Brett, came with us and we all had a blast… despite some rude people we encountered late in the first set. Brett had seen GLaSS back about 10 years ago in Atlanta. He said he’s definitely changed since then, but he’s got the skills for sure.

I don’t remember all of the songs they played this time (last time I pretty much recalled all of them), and when I remembered to go ask for a set list, they were all out.

They opened up with “Hot Cookin’”, which is my favorite track off of their newest album, Lemonade. G looked quite dapper with his black velour suit. But, he kept it loose with the holes in the knees! Other surprises for me, that they didn’t play when we saw them in Anaheim, included… “Kick Drum”, “Gimme Some Lovin’”, “Honor And Harmony”, “Recipe”, and the crowd favorite “My Baby’s Got Sauce”.

Overall, it was a great show. The band was tight as ever and they kept the crowd going for almost 2 hours. In the middle of the first set, some idiots that thought they could just stroll out and just plop right in front of us. The floor was packed already, and these folks seemed like they were maybe just season pass holders for HoB or something… you know, they didn’t fit the bill for G. Love fans. We (forcefully) ushered them out of our way. The encore set had more room for us as people thinned out a bit. G came out with some acoustic numbers and then the band returned for a “Cold Beverage” and “Gin And Juice” medley.

We heard G Love will be recording Last Call with Carson Daily coming up on 2/13… and that Ben Harper is supposed to be playing with them. We’d love to go, but we’re taking some time off later that week for a trip out of town.

Lookin’ forward for their return to So. Cal. We’ll just have to keep our eyes open for gig listings.

]]> http://www.thebernharts.com/2007/02/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-hollywood/feed/ 0 G. Love at the House Of Blues Anaheim http://www.thebernharts.com/2006/09/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-anaheim/ http://www.thebernharts.com/2006/09/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-anaheim/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:30:12 +0000 Neil http://www.thebernharts.com/2006/09/24/g-love-at-the-house-of-blues-anaheim/ G. Love

Finally! The show that Mel and I have been waiting for. G. Love & Special Sauce live! Neither of us have ever seen him and we jumped at the tickets when we saw that he was coming to town. I’ve been a fan for 10+ years, and Mel had no choice but to dig his music since I play it constantly. I really wanted to sneak my Canon point-and-shoot into the show, but it would have been tough. I didn’t bring my phone (w/camera) with me so no camera phone shots either.

Marc Broussard opened up the show. We got there late and only saw the last 3 or 4 songs of his… but, we enjoyed his stuff a lot. We’ve only heard a few of his songs here and there. But, we’ll be checking more of his stuff out for sure. This guy has got soul!

We made our way down to the main floor and waited for the curtains to re-open. He opened with “Can’t Go Back To Jersey” and immediately got the crowd going. I must say that we noticed that the fans farther back with us, and in the back were waaay more into the show than the people up front. The show was full of energy and everyone around us was groovin’.

Here’s a list of songs I remember from the show. I’m sure that I’m missing some, and they aren’t exactly in proper order… so, let’s not call this a set list.

Main set
Can’t Go Back To Jersey
Missing My Baby
Don’t Drop It
Back Of The Bus
Booty Call
This Ain’t Living
Waiting
Dreamin’
Rock And Roll
Let The Music Play

Encore set
Still Hangin’ Around
Rainbow
Beautiful
Blues Music
Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wildside
WAR’s Low Rider (Money Mark joined on keyboards)
Cold Beverage (medley with Snoop Dogg’s Gin And Juice / A Tribe Called Quest’s Can I Kick It)
Astronaut
Instrumental jam with G. Love on harmonica

Highlights of the show for me: The crowd sing-a-long on “Rainbow”… almost made up for Jack Johnson not sitting in. All the covers in the encore set. We both were hoping for Ben Harper to sing on “Let The Music Play”, but only Marc Broussard came out. The song was great live!

After the show, we went back inside to get a t-shirt and a hat. We walked around upstairs a bit and as we passed the bar, Mel said to me “um, don’t you want to go meet him?”. I said “huh, who, what?” and turned around to see Garrett leaning up against the bar… girls hangin all over him. I waited patiently until all the girls finished taking photos with him. He saw that I was hangin out waiting. He was on his way outside but stopped to shake my hand and accept my compliments on the fun show. I thanked him for all of his fun music and the fantastic show. Sure, he’s not going to remember me, but I’ll remember him stopping to say hello.

We left on a high for sure.

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