Stateline Saints is the Southern-born, New Orleans-seasoned project of songwriter and on-air personality Michael “Doc” Studard. Born in New Orleans and raised between Mississippi, Memphis, and West Tennessee, Doc writes the kind of songs that feel like a conversation on a front porch—equal parts truth-telling, scar-showing, and dark humor. Musically, Stateline Saints sits at the crossroads of country, Americana, and Gulf Coast grit: Telecaster twang and steel when it needs to cry, bar-room piano when it needs to swing, and a rhythm section that can push a two-step or a highway groove without losing the story. Doc’s backstory is the fuel. He grew up on church parking-lot potlucks and jukebox bars, took the long way around more than once, and now splits his time between writing, recording, and waking folks up on the radio as “Doc” on Kickin’ Kountry 101. His songs carry the places that made him—New Orleans brass, Memphis soul, Mississippi red clay, and the backroads between. The themes are lived-in: family and faith (and the arguments they start), work and worry, love that hangs on and love that won’t, bad nights and better mornings. When Doc says “these are true stories,” he means the kind you can smell—the diesel, the rain on hot pavement, a kitchen that’s been cooking red beans since noon. Stateline Saints has built a reputation on hook-forward songwriting and no-loose-ends storytelling, pulling in listeners who love Jason Isbell, Turnpike Troubadours, Sturgill Simpson, Blackberry Smoke,andMardi G of NOLA. Early singles landed international community/indie radio support—including Australian spins—and steady growth on streaming (as of Sept 4, 2025: ~3,458 monthly listeners and1 0,000 total, with momentum increasing). Beyond the numbers, Doc’s a connector: he talks to fans the same way he writes songs—direct, a little dangerous, and always with a hand out to pull you into the story. "Can't Go Back To Tupelo" is inspired by none other than Elvis Presley. Elvis was shaped by the town Tupelo & for most of his life, he never went back but a handful of times. The town just represented everything he never wanted to be again; poor & white trash. Click Here for more: https://linktr.ee/statelinesaints