Garrett Dutton (October 3, 1972), better know as G. Love, is the front man for the band, G. Love & Special Sauce.

Dutton, born in Philadelphia, and began playing guitar at age 8. He wrote his first song by the time he was in the 9th grade and began playing harmonica in a wire rack. Dutton credits his influences of the likes of Bob Dylan and John Hammond Jr. , as well as then-contemporary "old school" hip-hop sounds of Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, and Philadelphia's own Schooly D.

Dutton,still in high school, began playing solo on the streets of Philadelphia. After a year of college, he relocated to Boston, playing wherever and whenever he could. One of his few indoor gigs at this time was a Boston bar called The Tam O'Shanter, where he met drummer Jeffrey "The Houseman" Clemens in January 1993. Dutton and Clemens began working as a duo, they were joined a few months later by bassist Jim "Jimi Jazz" Prescott .