Garrett “G. Love” Dutton is celebrating his 27th year as a touring and recording artist.

Inspired by folk artist Bob Dylan and blues artist John Hammond Jr., as well as the hip-hop sounds of the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, the Philadelphia native spearheaded a hip-hop-blues fusion of funky, musical storytelling, which inspired such artists as Jack Johnson and Slightly Stooped.

G. Love came through the area with special guest Chuck Treece last fall as one of the few national acts in the country to perform a socially distanced acoustic show for a limited audience.

After a year and a half, Dutton and Treece will return, becoming the first to perform a full-capacity show on LBI in a…