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Country star Doug Stone made his name as a
baritone balladeer, even though he's also
adept at up-tempo country tunes.
Stone was born and raised in Atlanta, GA,
and learned guitar at the age of five from
his mother, also a country singer. As a teenager,
he performed in skating rinks in his hometown
and later moved on to playing area bars while
working long hours as a mechanic during the
day.
It took Stone several years to be “found”
by his soon-to-be manager who helped him finally
land a record deal with Epic. His self-titled
debut was released in 1990 and broke him in
a big way with the despairing lead single
"I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box),"
which shot into the country Top Five. Stone
landed three more Top Ten hits from the album,
including "Fourteen Minutes Old,"
"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye,"
and his first number one, "In a Different
Light."
He quickly completed a follow-up album, I
Thought It Was You, for release in 1991, which
solidified his persona as country music’s
suave song stylist and became his second straight
million-seller on the strength of three Top
Five hits: the title track, "Come In
Out of the Pain," and a second number
one in "A Jukebox With a Country Song."
Stone’s third album, 1992’s From
the Heart, spun off one hit after another:
"Warning Labels" and "Made
for Lovin' You" went Top Ten, while "Too
Busy Being in Love" and "Why Didn't
I Think of That" topped the charts. Stone
continued his frantic hit-making pace with
1993's More Love, which contained three Top
Ten smashes in "Addicted to a Dollar,"
"I Never Knew Love," and the title
track. Like From the Heart, More Love went
gold, and Stone followed it in 1995 with the
compilation Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, whose newly
recorded "Little Houses" went Top
Ten.
In 2004, Doug Stone started a new chapter
in his career and his life. After a brief
hiatus from recording, a renewed interest
in Doug's music by fans and radio made Doug
one of the highlights at the 2004 Country
Radio Seminar (CRS). The week of CRS, Doug
joined Lofton Creek Records and reunited with
a member of his former management team, Martha
(Taylor) Borchetta who worked with Doug in
the 90s.
Stone’s first album with Lofton Creek
Records, In A Different Light, re-releases
the original title track and “Why Didn’t
I Think of That” from Stone’s library
of hits. The album also contains Stone’s
version of timeless classics as he artfully
blends the traditional spirit of “Only
You,” “Tell It Like It is,”
“Georgia On My Mind” and “Crazy
Love” with that famous Doug Stone style.
The eight original songs on this album will
both tug on heartstrings and invoke smiles—a
task that only Stone can perform with such
style and grace. With this new album, Lofton
Creek Records is honored to place Doug Stone
back in the spotlight.
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