Ronnie Platt has loved music for his entire life, and up until 2014 he was living a double life. He was driving a truck for the first 8 hours of the day and then he was lead singing in a band for the second 8 hours of the day. But then in 2014 something happened that completely changed his life, Steve Walsh retired from Kansas. All of a sudden the legendary band Kansas needed a new lead singer. The band that brought the world Carry On Wayward Son, Dust In the Wind, Point of No Return and so many other hits needed a singer. Ronnie took a chance and decided to Facebook message their guitarist, just a couple weeks later he was leading them out onstage in Oklahoma City. Ronnie has been leading Kansas now for more than a decade all across the country and rocking millions of fans along the way. He's also recorded two studio albums with Kansas since 2014. Kansas is back on the road and they're gonna be in Florida the 8th and 9th of August! Ronnie was nice enough to stop by the show and talk a while. Doc and Ronnie talk about getting out on the road in a bus with Kansas, first playing music, playing the trumpet, switching over to trombone, finding prog rock, loving rock singers like Lou Gramm and Geddy Lee, working as a truck driver, getting hired by Kansas, finding younger fans who love Kansas and much much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc gives the world a PSA, don't go to Singapore and think that you're going to get away with mischief...it's just a bad decision.

Introduction: 0:00:20

Previously on The Doc G Show: 2:04

Birthday Suit 1: 11:27

Ripped from the Headlines: 14:18

Shoutouts: 36:52

Singapore Ripped from the Headlines: 40:37

Ronnie Platt Interview: 48:21

Mike C Top 3: 1:37:21

Birthday Suit 2: 1:57:48

Birthday Suit 3: 2:00:56

Greg has been doing comedy full time for over 2 decades. Over the last couple of years he's become known for how he'll take a topic like peanut butter and make it the center of attention. His specials like The Champ and The Salesman, along with the fact that he's cohosted a national game show (ABC's The Greatest Average American) have made him a household name. He's coming to Tampa and performing at Side Splitters July 16th through 18th. But before he does, great was nice enough to stop by the show! Greg and Doc talk about opening for Nate Bargatze, deciding to do clean comedy, doing a game show, starting The Consumer's podcast, working on new material, and much much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc and Mike decide they are very interested to know what Megan Thee Stallion smells like.

Introduction: 0:00:23

Previously On the Doc G Show: 4:17

Birthday Suit 1: 19:24

Ripped from the Headlines: 23:50

Shoutouts: 39:05

Greg Warren Interview: 43:00

Mike C Top 3: 1:26:24

Birthday suit 2: 1:36:00

Birthday Suit 3: 1:39:50

Noah has been releasing songs for 2 years and in that time he's already got millions of people's attention. At just 21 years old Noah has carved a name for himself in his own genre - grunge folk. His songs Take Me Away and P.O.S. have tallied millions of streams over the last month on streaming services. Ahead of releasing a new EP, Noah was nice enough to stop by the show! Doc and Noah talk about going to Nashville, growing up in Orillia Ontario, Weber's Burgers, learning to play guitar, starting to write songs, touring with Daniel Lanois, future goals and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike hypothesizes quitting stand-up comedy and pursuing a career of lip gloss and lip syncing.

Introduction: 0:00:22

Birthday Suit 1: 18:23

Ripped from the Headlines: 22:23

Shoutouts: 30:45

Does Mike Know His Social Media Influencers: 34:27

Noah Brigden Interview: 51:17

Mike C Top 3: 1:50:07

Birthday Suit 2: 2:06:20

Birthday Suit 3: 2:09:33

Monica Valli has been playing the guitar since she was 8 years old. She put it down for 6 years but then picked it back up around 14 (possibly because of Bon Jovi) and has never put it back down. She's toured around the country as a touring guitarist for years, but just in the last two years she's started to put her own music out into the world. Her most recent single "Turns Out It Wasn't Me" came out just a couple of months ago, and she's planning on releasing new music soon. She was nice enough to come on the show and talk about her career up to this point. Doc and Monica talk about her wedding, starting to play the guitar, playing at Cheers in St. Louis, going to Berklee, moving to Nashville, being a touring musician, moving to Austin, starting to sing, song writing, Lord of the Rings and much much more. Meanwhile on the rest of the show, Doc has decided he's going to move the show to tape. He needs some physical hardcopies to combat AI. Make sure to listen!

Introduction: 0:00:23

Birthday Suit 1: 12:52

Ripped from the Headlines: 19:25

Shoutouts: 38:20

Monica Valli Interview: 42:07

Mike C Top 3: 1:32:17

Birthday Suit 2: 1:50:18

Birthday Suit 3: 1:53:15

He's back! It's been 5 years since EG first came on the show back in 2021. He's had 2 kids and an album since then, and he's go t another one on the way. An album...we don't know about another kid. Kaleidoscope of Dreams just came out and is EG's 4th studio album! EG was nice enough to come on the show and talk with us. Doc and EG talk about Nashville, parenting, parental advisory stickers, 90's influences, recording Kaleidoscope, getting the CD of Kaleidoscope, favorite songs on the album, and so much more. Meanwhile on the rest of the show, Mike wants to let all the filmmakers of the world know he is absolutely okay playing a real life sociopathic billionaire or serial killer in their biopic film. Send your requests our way.

Introduction: 0:00:20

Birthday Suit 1: 12:08

Ripped from the Headlines: 17:43

Shoutouts: 36:33

Does Mike Know His Social Media Influencers?: 41:08

EG Vines Interview: 51:31

Mike C Top 3: 1:42:53

Birthday Suit 2: 2:01:49

Birthday Suit 3: 2:05:04

The Butthole Surfers started way back in 1981 with Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary started a band. They quickly grew a reputation in Texas and throughout the country as one of the most provocative and outlandish bands in the country. They had a massive influence on contemporary artists like Kurt Cobain, White Zombie, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They hit massive success with their album electriclarryland and the single Pepper. After the success of their album they had a follow album After the Astronaut, but because of disputes with their record label and problems with their manager they never were able to release it until now. The band is planning on releasing it June 26th 2026. Before the album is released Paul was nice enough to come on the show! Paul and Doc talk about starting Butthole Surfers, going on Capital records, working with John Paul Jones, Paul getting invited to produce for the Meat Puppets and Sublime, recording with Stone Temple Pilots, touring with Nirvana, recording electriclarryland, recording After the Astronaut and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc and Mike roll through the top 3 classic country songs, and Mike gets a little behind the music.

Introduction: 0:00:22

Birthday Suit 1: 13:02

Ripped from the Headlines: 16:01

Shoutouts: 39:57

Paul Leary Interview: 44:57

Mike C Top 3: 1:39:41

Birthday Suit 2: 1:54:39

Birthday Suit 3: 1:56:57

Les Claypool has a bevy of new music he's parading around the country. He's playing with his Flying Frog Brigade, he's playing with the Claypool Lennon Delirium an playing with Primus. He's just recently released music with all three groups and he's currently touring with all three as part of the Claypool Gold tour. The tour is coming through Florida on June 19th. But before the show he stopped by the Doc G Show! Doc and Les talked about fishing on tour, the omnipresence of Metallica, performing with Ozzy, releasing the new Claypool Lennon Delirium album, playing with Stewart Copeland, being called the best bass player in the world and much much more. Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc is finding out who the real Knick fans are thanks to google reviews in "Why would You Review That?"

Introduction: 0:00:25

Birthday Suit 1: 9:30

Ripped from the Headlines: 15:02

Shoutouts: 41:50

Why Would You Review That?: 44:20

Les Claypool Interview: 55:56

Mike C Top 3: 1:29:01

Birthday Suit 2: 1:40:34

Birthday Suit 3: 1:42:27

Stewart Copeland needs no introduction. But we'll do one just for funsies. He started playing the drums when he was 12 years old joined the band Curved air in 1974 then started the band the Police in 1977 which went on to sell over 75 million albums, win 6 grammy awards be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame and be one of the biggest bands in the world. After the Police he started work as a composer creating film scores for Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone. Then he started scoring video games like Spyro. Over the last two years he's been traveling the world telling stories on a spoken word tour called "Have I said Too Much." We condensed about 50 years of absolutely legendary work into three sentences. There are about 5 million other things that could be listed. But Stewart is coming to Florida and before he does he was nice enough to stop by the show! Doc and Stew talk about how the tour compares to his biography, how he structures his show, what kinds of questions the audience asks, recording synchronicity, Sting's musical ability, working with Francis Ford Coppola, stealing a joint from Paul McCartney, creating Oysterhead with Les Claypool and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc draws a deep line in the sand. If you have more than 2 syllables in your name and refuse to be called a nickname...you. are. wrong. Make sure to listen!

Introduction: 0:00:24

Birthday Suit 1: 0:13:15

Ripped from the Headlines: 18:14

Shoutouts: 40:51

Stewart Copeland Interview: 46:34

Mike C Top 3: 1:21:54

Birthday Suit 2: 1:36:24

Birthday Suit 3: 1:39:18

Shapel Lacey had just started giving comedy a second chance when he ran into Bill Burr while he was working at a Phoenix hotel. Bill gave him an opportunity to open several shows and from there his career has been on an upward trajectory. Last year he released his comedy special "Three Dads, Two Moms" and he's getting ready to come to Florida for some shows. Before the shows Shapel was nice enough to stop by the Doc G Show! Doc and Shapel talk about taking vacations, seeing Oasis, getting into skateboarding, the variety of skateboard personalities, cheerleading, doing stand up for the first time, inspiration of Richard Pryor, Dave Chapelle, and Eddie Murphy, meeting Bill Burr, releasing a special, getting to know Adam Duritz and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike let's us know that he bought an entire car painting kit...and never painted his car. Make sure to listen!

Introduction: 00:23

Birthday Suit 1: 12:21

Ripped from the Headlines: 17:31

Shoutouts: 32:11

Shapel Lacey Interview: 36:36

Mike C Top 3: 1:18:55

Birthday Suit 2: 1:40:21

Birthday Suit 3: 1:43:04

The foundation for Parker Barrow started when Dylan and Megan met in a bar back in 2019. Two weeks after that faithful encounter Dylan asked Megan to go on tour and the two have never looked back. They released their debut album "Jukebox Gypsies" in 2023 and they're getting ready to release their sophomore album "Hold the Mash" in July! Before they get on the road for the next couple of months Megan was nice enough to stop by the show! Megan and Doc talk about growing up in Alabama, learning song writing from her dad, moving to Nashville, meeting Dylan, having some rough times during the pandemic, releasing their first album, performing in Spain, releasing their new album and much much more. Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike is still not impressed by hologram 2pac. He doesn't care that it happened 14 years ago...he's not impressed.

Introduction: 0:00:22

Birthday Suit 1: 13:45

Ripped from the Headlines: 17:53

Shoutouts: 31:30

Megan Kane Interview: 36:34

Mike C Top 3: 1:34:09

Birthday Suit 2: 1:49:04

Birthday Suit 3: 1:51:50