Song · G. Love & Special Sauce
“Blues Music” by G. Love & Special Sauce
From the album G. Love and Special Sauce (1994)
“Blues Music” by G. Love & Special Sauce appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1994. It was first released in 1994 on the album G. Love and Special Sauce. Its best result is #85 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #253 alternative song of 1994.
"Blues Music" comes from G. Love & Special Sauce's self-titled 1994 debut, under a title that could pass for the band's mission statement. G. Love wrote it alone and fronts it on vocals, guitar and harmonica, with Jim Prescott on double bass, Jeffrey Clemens on drums and backing vocals, and Scott Storch on piano. Stiff Johnson recorded, mixed and produced it with the band, and Phil Nicolo and Diane Zaiko added extra mixing.
The album around it split the critics. The Philadelphia Inquirer heard G. Love bending the blues into unexpected colors and hailed his rapping, a style he calls ragmop, as a real refresh of blues phrasing; the Globe and Mail figured it would annoy blues and rap purists alike and called it good dumb fun. It went gold and later made the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 99 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
| 1994 | 85 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 | 100 |
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