When a recent Democratic presidential debate sparked a Twitter meme on the subject of “if we’re going to discuss the ’90s … ,” social-media wits dredged up obscure elements of the grunge decade for comic effect.
Why not talk about G Love and Special Sauce? Theirs was a sound that delved into gritty old funk before that became the go-to stylistic foraging ground for every type of pop star. G Love and Special Sauce were somewhere between the Beastie Boys and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, fusing hip-hop and funk and raw electric blues, or something like a more retro and less overtly testosterone-y iteration of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Like any good funk, G Love and Special Sauce have executed some stops and starts to their careers over the years — taking pauses, working on side and solo projects, etc — but they’re back at it together. G Love and Special Sauce play at the Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den in Uncasville, Saturday, March 19, at 8 p.m. Free. mohegansun.com.
![Dust off your finest hats—it’s Derby day. This year marks the 150th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The horse race has occurred annually on a Saturday in May since it began on May 17, 1875, with the only exceptions being 1945 due to World War II and 2020 because of […]](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/202405040611TMS_____FASTCOMP_19685_ctnfc_media.jpg?w=620 "Dust off your finest hats—it’s Derby day. This year marks the 150th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The horse race has occurred annually on a Saturday in May since it began on May 17, 1875, with the only exceptions being 1945 due to World War II and 2020 because of […]")