Tuesday night, it was near closing time at Otto’s, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, when someone in the crowd yelled “Shoot the S—.”

Musician Doug Ray, also known as Toothpick, went into a solo version of the song that put him on MTV’s TRL and gave his former group Bad Ronald a charted mainstream hit in 2001. The cut is a lighthearted party anthem about indulging in weed and keg beer.

-“It’s a song I wrote in four minutes. We just got really high in the studio and busted it out,” Toothpick said. “It got us really good parking spots, and we got to hang out with celebrities.”

Toothpick, whose nickname dates back to high school when he was the skinniest guy on the track team, is touring the country as a solo musician. The other members of the now-defunct Bad Ronald have moved on to other projects after their stint on Warner Brothers Records ended.

“There was no bad breakup or anything. We blew up real quick, made a lot of cash and spent it,” Pick said.

After the decision was made to do individual projects, Toothpick spent more than six months traveling and writing music. During this time, he played with a few bands in Los Angeles and fine-tuned his sound. He ended up writing about 100 songs and picked 11 to go on the record. The singer/songwriter/rapper named the album “Drive Easy” and released it in January. Former Bad Ronald member DJ Deetalx contributed on a few tracks. According to Toothpick, the songwriting process and execution on the album wasn’t a struggle at all.

“It’s the kind of album you turn on after your last class going into Spring Break. It’s a great record about life, feelings and how everything’s gonna be OK,” he said.

Musician Michael Tolcher, who currently is touring with the Pat McGee Band, met Toothpick about two years ago in New York.

“I think he’s the master of the freestyle and very artfully blends rhyme and melody,” Tolcher said. “It’s a super listening record. You can just pop it in and bob your head to it.”

Toothpick opened up for O.A.R. earlier this month in DeKalb at the Convocation Center. He also has played shows with Snoop Doggy Dogg, Saliva, Dope, Nickelback and Robert Randolph.