Patcast by Pat Monahan

This week--it's an honor to bring you one of the greatest singers of all time and one of the greatest guitar players of all time. And we are just talking about one guy! It's Country Music Hall-of-Famer and 20-time Grammy winner Vince Gill. This guy's got one hell of a resume, and he's got loads of stories. He shares some of those with us, and plays live on the Patcast.

More on Vince Gill:

http://www.vincegill.com/wired/

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Hawaiian ukulele sensation Aidan James! At just 12 years old, he is one of the most talented kids I know, and we are so excited to introduce you to him here on the Patcast. I first saw him covering "Hey Soul Sister" on Youtube a couple years ago. Now he sits down for a conversation about how he got started as a musician at such a young age, and how he's already racked up 20 million youtube views! And he plays a few songs for us!

More on Aidan James:

http://www.aidanjamesmusic808.com/

This week, the best harmonica player on the planet stops by for a chat and performance. It’s John Popper of Blues Traveler, and he tells us all about his 2 plus decades of touring, his crazy days of partying and his journey back to being healthy. Also he explains how he once locked Bill Murray in the trunk of his car. It's all on this week's Patcast. They also sing "You Don't Have To Love Me."

More on Blues Traveler:

www.bluestraveler.com

Phil Solem—one half of the band The Rembrandts—is this week’s Patcast. You might remember the Rembrandts from the Friends theme song, I’ll Be There for You, but after you hear this interview, you’ll never be able to forget Phil Solem. It’s live music, bad jokes, and the story of what it’s like to write the biggest theme song in the history of television, on this week’s Patcast.

More on The Rembrandts:

http://www.therembrandts.net/

On this week’s Patcast, Vicci Martinez of The Voice comes home to the Seattle area to sit down and talk with us at my home studio. She tells us all about what she’s been up to since her stellar performance on The Voice, and about her close relationship with her family, how they became completely estranged from her, and how they found each other again.

Espen Lind and Amund Bjorklund are Espionage, and they are my guests on this week’s Patcast! These brilliant co-writers and producers helped write and record some of your favorite songs, including sone of my band Train's bigger songs. Hear all about how they do it (hint: lots of coffee). Bonus: we try and figure out what Pergo does.

On the last Patcast of the year, we sit down with country legend Martina McBride and her husband, sound engineer and studio guru John McBride for a conversation and some live music. Also, Jimmy Stafford from my band Train joins us on the Patcast for the first time ever to help us play "Marry Me". It's all live from Blackbird Studios in Nashville!

More on Martina McBride:

http://martinamcbride.com/

This week Theresa Caputo—The Long Island Medium—and her husband Larry Caputo join us for a conversation and some music on this Patcast. We recorded this one in Palm Springs, but there’s nobody more New York than Larry and Theresa, and you can hear it in this interview. Theresa tells us all about how she discovered her very unusual gift, and Larry tells us all about how he discovered Theresa.

More on the Theresa:

http://www.theresacaputo.com/

On a cold and rainy night in Aspen, we sat down with John Oates of Hall and Oates to find out what it's like to be a part of the biggest pop duo ever, and he was happy to oblige us with stories. This week's Patcast is lesson in rock and roll history, as John Oates takes us through a monumental career in songwriting, performing, and getting into trouble in his H&O days and beyond. Plus, we do some live songs and we find out the story behind one of the most famous mustaches ever!

More on John Oates:

http://johnoates.com/

Danish alt-rock trio New Politics joins me in this week's Patcast. They tell the pretty crazy story of how they came from being just 2 guys in a studio in Copenhagen to a band living in Brooklyn going on big tours all over the world. They also sing their hit "Harlem"

More on New Politics:

http://newpoliticsrock.com