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Bruce Cockburn has been in the music industry for almost 60 years, over that time he has accumulated a super impressive stat line. He's released more than 30 albums, he's sold millions of albums, he's an Officer of the Order of Canada, he's won 13 Juno awards, he's in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, he is in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and he has earned multiple honorary doctorates. The best part is he's still making music and still performing! He's currently touring the eastern United States from New Hampshire on his way to Key West Florida. Before coming to Florida he was nice enough to come on our show! Bruce and Doc talked about touring, touring with Livingston Taylor, going to Berklee, his first major tour of the US in the early 80's, performing on Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Buffett covering his music, recording his new album "The Blood of Others" and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show, Mike has made the decision that Britney Spears should come on the show. That's right Britney...you have the opportunity to come on our show. If you're interested just make an Instagram story about coming on our show...we'll definitely hear about it. Introduction: 0:00:20 Birthday Suit 1: 12:57 Ripped from the Headlines: 20:10 Shoutouts: 37:20 Bruce Cockburn Interview: 42:40 Mike C Top 3: 1:26:33 Birthday Suit 2: 1:41:06 Birthday Suit 3: 1:45:39

Slomosa started with just 4 guys playing riffs, drinking beers and eating pot brownies. Over the past 10 years they've changed band members and developed into the overlords of Tundra Rock. Slomosa have toured the world and are getting ready to come back to America, and not just America, but Florida. Before their tour Ben Berdous came on the show. Doc and Ben talked about playing in Italy, getting a pasta meal in Italy, going to Australia and getting a "shoey", Chris Pontius being a big fan of Slomosa, starting the band 10 years ago, deciding to release their album during the pandemic, their first major festival response, touring America and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show, Mike is reminded of what a boutonniere is and how you can hide small recording devices in them...very important. Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 10:17 Ripped from the Headlines: 16:01 Shoutouts: 31:21 Ben Berdous Interview: 37:53 Mike C Top 3: 1:26:09 Birthday Suit 2: 1:46:24 Birthday Suit 3: 1:48:01

After Jefferson Airplane disbanded, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick still needed to fill their album requirements for RCA so they assembled a group of musicians to make the albums...somewhere along the way they formed into Jefferson Starship. One of the musicians that Paul called in was his long time buddy David Freiberg. Since 1974 David has been a part of Jefferson Starship. 52 years later, 5 gold and 3 platinum albums later David is still leading them on stage. Before Jefferson Starship comes to Fernandina Beach, David was nice enough to come on the show! Dave and Doc talk about Dave meeting Paul Kantner, staying with David Crosby, going to jail for marijuana, starting Jefferson Starship, leaving Starship, rejoining Jefferson Starship, adding Cathy Richardson, recording new tracks and much much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc mourns a fallen pillar of the Jacksonville community. Introduction: 0:00:20 Birthday Suit 1: 16:03 Ripped from the Headlines: 21:04 Shoutouts: 28:00 David Freiberg Interview: 33:16 Mike C Top 3: 1:21:58 Birthday Suit 2: 1:43:48 Birthday Suit 3: 1:47:14 0 Comments

Jovin Webb started singing as a child, as he grew older he played all over the Gulf coast area playing all the soul and blues venues. In 2020 he got introduced to a national audience thanks to the 18th season of American Idol where he ended up reaching the top 10 finishers. Jovin ultimately used the momentum to propel his career, releasing his debut album in 2024 titled Drifter. Over the last two years he's worked on music, toured around the world and just this past week released his second album Son of a Sinner! For the rest of the year Jovin will be touring the world promoting the album. He's coming to Lakeland Florida on November 14th! Before the show Jovin was nice enough to stop by the show! Jovin and Doc talk about the last time he was on the show, hobbies outside of music, riding bikes with his son, food in Europe, cooking, not getting to perform at a festival in Australia, recording the new album and much much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike learns 7 questions to ask his daughter how her day was, instead of just asking how her day was. Listen now! Introduction: 0:00:25 Birthday Suit 1: 11:52 Ripped From the Headlines: 21:10 Shoutouts: 39:48 Jovin Webb Interview: 48:18 Mike C Top 3: 1:19:52 Birthday Suit 2: 1:42:22 Birthday Suit 3: 1:45:21

Tommy London and Britt Lightning have been living and breathing rock and roll for almost the last two decades. Tommy fronted the Dirty Pearls for over a decade, then released his solo work. Britt started in a band Jaded and then started playing guitar for Vixen in 2017. Tommy has been playing great rock and roll on SiriusXM for the last 7 years. But over the last 2 years they've been working on something new, their new project, their new band, The Jetsetters! The band is all about high-octane rock and roll and they just released a new single Above the Noise and are planning on releasing a full album by next year. Tommy and Britt were nice enough to stop by the show and talk about the new band! Doc, Britt and Tommy talked about when Tommy and Britt first met, Britt getting into guitar when she was young, Britt working with William Shatner, Tommy becoming a frontman, Tommy performing with Lady Gaga, the origin of the Jetsetters, songwriting process, their upcoming show at the Viper Room and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc and Mike celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show! And Mike is befuddled by the nickname The Boss for Bruce Springsteen...make sure to listen! Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 8:55 Ripped from the Headlines: 14:47 Shoutouts: 33:18 Tommy and Britt Interview: 37:13 Mike C Top 3: 1:27:03 Birthday Suit 2: 1:46:14 Birthday Suit 3: 1:48:12

Fritz Michel has had an amazing career in acting. He's been in on stage, in TV's and in movies for the last 3 decades. During the pandemic he turned his focus to a new creative outlet, songwriting. Fritz had been playing music for a long time, but had never tried his hand at writing songs. He wrote a few songs and he was hooked. He started working with Tosh Sheridan to polish and edit these songs and more musicians started to join the fold. Eventually the group of musicians turned into the band Young Allies. They just released their EP Fingers Entwined and Gavin Price and Fritz Michel were nice enough to stop by the show! Fritz, Gavin and Doc talk about starting out in college with different majors, getting into acting, Gavin starting out on trombone, Fritz working back to music, starting work on the EP, Fritz's daughters reaction, and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike and Doc peruse the fine gifts and goods that Spencer's Gifts offers such as fart spray. Introduction: 0:00:25 Birthday Suit 1: 13:46 Ripped from the Headlines: 21:25 Shoutouts: 36:12 Young Allies Interview: 40:29 Birthday Suit 2: 1:45:06 Birthday Suit 3: 1:47:14

Kevin Nealon made his debut on Johnny Carson back in 1984 and ever since then he's been a mainstay in comedy. Two years after getting on Carson, Kevin joined Saturday Night Live and was a major cast member for 9 seasons, he anchored weekend update from 1991 to 1994. He's appeared in over 30 movies like Happy Gilmore, Anger Management, Just Go with It and more. He started in the amazing show Weeds for 8 seasons. And he has his own talk show titled Hiking with Kevin. During all of those accomplishments and jobs he's been doing standup for the last 42 years. But, finally...FINALLY he can add being a guest on the Doc G Show to that list of accomplishments and pieces of work! He's getting ready to do several shows in Florida and he was nice enough to stop by our show! Kevin, Mike and Doc talk about his newest special - Loose in the Crotch, they talk about going on Johnny Carson for the first time, switching gears from stand-up to sketch by going to Saturday Night Live, performing with Michael Jordan, starting to paint and sketch, working with Conan, making Hiking with Kevin and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike and Doc hatch a plan for Mike to take PED's so he doesn't lose to his wife at the Thanksgiving 5k. Listen Now! Introduction: 0:00:23 Birthday Suit 1: 13:32 Ripped from the Headlines: 18:56 Shoutouts: 32:36 Kevin Nealon Interview: 37:01 Mike C Top 3: 1:28:42 Birthday Suit 2: 1:42:36 Birthday Suit 3: 1:47:52

Mark Wilson joined Jet just a year after they formed in 2002 only a year later they were signed to Electra and recording their debut album Get Born in Los Angeles. The album helped them become one of the biggest bands in the world in the early 2000's with songs like "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". The band played and toured the world but sadly the band broke up in 2012. They got back together in 2016 and have been touring ever since. They are getting ready to come through Florida in just a week and a half and before they perform Mark Wilson was nice enough to stop by the show! Doc and Mark talk about what kind of music he listened to growing up, how he got interested in bass, how he joined Jet, what it was like recording Get Born, crazy tour stories, the band breaking up, the band opening for the Rolling Stones, the band opening for Bruce Springsteen, Mark starting the ARC, Jet touring again and so much more. Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike is back! Mike and Doc fortify the studio in case of terminator attacks. Introduction: 0:00:20 Birthday Suit 1: 11:27 Ripped from the Headlines: 17:02 Shoutouts: 27:49 Mark Wilson Interview: 36:18 Mike C Top 3: 1:39:25 Birthday Suit 2: 1:53:05 Birthday Suit 3: 1:56:20

If you haven't heard of Josh Wolf, where have you been?! The guy has been doing comedy for 40 years, he's put out multiple stand up specials with most recent being "The Campfire Special." He has a residency at the Jimmy Kimmel Comedy Club in Las Vegas, and he's touring the world with his son Jacob. Here in a couple of weeks he's coming to Florida! Josh was nice enough to stop by the show and talk with us before he comes here. Josh, Doc and Mike talk about performing with his son, watching his son bomb, watching other comedians bomb, living in Las Vegas, working out, what tunes to listen to while working out, implementing crowd work in specials, implementing music into comedy specials, an Australian who pulled a spider out of his pants, and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Claude and Doc unknowingly dedicated the entire show to Matthew L. Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 11:18 Ripped from the Headlines: 20:09 Shoutouts: 37:33 Josh Wolf Interview: 42:54 Mike C Top 3: 1:43:33 Birthday Suit 2: 2:00:12 Birthday Suit 3: 2:03:20

Chris Kattan spent 8 magical years on Saturday Night Live with unforgettable characters like Suel Forrester, Mango, Mr. Peepers, the Butabi brothers, and so many others. Like so many other SNL cast members he started out performing at The Groundlings with Jennifer Coolidge, Will Ferrell, Lisa Kudrow and so many others. Over the last 14 years Chris has segued into standup and has traveled around the country making people laugh. He's got several shows coming up in Florida over the next couple weeks and he was nice enough to stop by the show! Doc and Chris talk about comic-con, Chris loving U2 concerts, starting out at the groundlings, his legendary skits at SNL, performing stand-up, doing crowd work and interacting with the crowd, his upcoming movies and much much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Claude "Fly till I die" Lathan is back co-hosting and Doc and Claude talk way too much about basketball. Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 19:37 Ripped from the Headlines: 24:19 Shoutouts: 36:43 Chris Kattan Interview: 45:12 Mike C Top 3: 1:38:39 Birthday Suit 2: 1:56:07 Birthday Suit 3: 1:58:38

It's been 14 years since Martin Luther McCoy has released an album but this past month he released "Welcome back Love" . Martin has been making music for the past 40 years. He's toured with The Roots, he's recorded and performed with folks like George Clinton, E-40, Too-short, and so many others. His newest album is reflection of all the experience and talent that he has accumulated over those years. Martin was nice enough to stop by the show and talk with us about his career. Doc and Martin talk about growing up in the Bay area, trying out for Questlove to play with The Roots, going to Morehouse for college, his first time ever hearing Prince, recording the new album and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc invites you to have a 1/3 pound burger...trust us it's bigger than a 1/4 pound burger. Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 12:31 Ripped from the Headlines: 19:57 Shoutouts: 26:07 Martin Luther McCoy Interview: 36:39 Mike C Top 3: 1:52:51 Birthday Suit 2: 2:15:29 Birthday Suit 3: 2:17:25

The Goo Goo Dolls have been making music for 40 years, they skyrocketed to fame when they released Iris as part of the City of Angels soundtrack. The song has gone on to be one of the most popular songs in history. It has been streamed 3.6 billion times on Spotify alone. The Goo Goo Dolls released multiple successful albums over the decades with big hits like Slide, Black Balloon, Broadway, Stay With You, Better Days and Name. Through those 40 years of music Robby Takac and John Rzeznik have been there. They're currently touring the country once again, and will be in Florida on August 24th. Before coming to Florida Robby was nice enough to stop by the show! Robby and Doc talk about getting ready for tour, the continuing popularity of Iris, the popularity that came in the late 90's, making a switch from a predominantly punk hard rock sound to the more acoustic sound, playing with Motorhead, playing with Red Hot Chili Peppers, preparing material for the 20th anniversary of "Let Love In" and so much more! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc let's folks know Moe's is the way to go...no bias...none. Introduction: 0:00:23 Birthday Suit 1: 17:47 Ripped From The Headlines: 21:25 Shoutouts: 35:29 Robby Takac Interview: 44:35 Mike C Top 3: 1:09:54 Birthday Suit 2: 1:28:24 Birthday Suit 3: 1:30:30

Sk8tie was born in raised in Jacksonville Florida, started making music when has still in high school and hasn't look back. He recently released his newest single "Cost Me a Lot" and he was nice enough to stop by the show! Doc and Sk8tie talk about growing up in Jacksonville, the unique attributes of Jacksonville the city, the P&L restaurant in Jacksonville, pigs feet, getting inspired by artists from Atlanta while he was in middle school, fueling his music career as a merchant seaman, recording his newest single and much much more. Meanwhile on the rest of the show Mike invents a new snake, and Doc informs the world that America can't read and doesn't know how to do any math. Make sure to listen! Introduction: 0:00:20 Birthday Suit 1: 12:50 Ripped from the Headlines: 20:56 Shoutouts: 35:57 Sk8tie Interview: 41:32 Mike C Top 3: 1:17:12 Birthday Suit 2: 1:36:05 Birthday Suit 3: 1:38:23

Lance Hoppen joined Orleans in 1972 with his brother Larry before they released their debut album. By 1976 they had two top hits with "Dance with Me" and "Still the One". Since 76 the band has fallen apart, and reformed, fizzled out and sprung back to life more times than is worth counting. But over the last 14 years Lance has been leading the band playing great shows around the country. Orleans is getting ready to play the Florida Theater on Friday July 24th and before they do Lance was nice enough to stop by the show! Lance and Doc talk about growing up playing the clarinet, seeing the Beatles, switching over to the bass, joining Orleans when he was 18, recording "Still the One", touring with Jackson Browne, playing Boston in '77 in front of 150,000 people, playing Woodstock '94 in front of 150,000 people and releasing a new album! Meanwhile on the rest of the show Doc and Mike want to remind you...don't forget your baby in the car. You may be tempted to...don't do it. Introduction: 0:00:21 Birthday Suit 1: 15:06 Ripped from the Headlines: 19:56 Shoutouts: 33:19 Lance Hoppen Interview: 38:45 Mike C Top 3: 1:24:13 Birthday Suit 2: 1:48:34 Birthday Suit 3:

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