G. Love

It all starts one rainy, night in Boston, when fellow torchbearers of new roots Americana, Seth and Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers invite Garret Dutton aka G. Love onto their tour bus after a gig. This mutual affinity leads to G. Love sharing the stage with The Avett Brothers at a summer music festival and eventually G. Love asks Scott and Sett Avett to not only play on his new record, he asks them to produce it.

The result is Fixin To Die, a collection of traditionals, a classic cover, and a slew of G. Love originals, many simmering for over a decade, all sharing a common goal: to strip away all pretense and capture the original spirit and sound G. Love has cultivated over his entire career but never fully embraced until now.

As G. Love confesses, It was an emotional recording session and I was truly blown away by the level of focus, care and passion Scott & Seth brought to it. It was a tremendously positive and encouraging experience. This is the most inspired I've ever felt making a record. From the ragged jangle of its opener Milk & Sugar and floorboard stomp of Bukka Whites, FixinTo Die, over the loping lilt of Home and longing for Katie Miss, through the greasy fried Goin and moonshine reverb of Heaven, to the hip shake hootenanny in Paul Simons infamous kiss off 100 Ways to Leave Your Lover,
G. Love and The Avetts deliver a life lesson in how to find a songs sweet spot.