Doug Stone

At 68 years old, Doug Stone has this physical status:

Doug Stone (born Douglas Jackson Brooks on June 19, 1956) is an American country music performer.

He debuted on 1990 with the single "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box), the first release from Epic Records' 1990 self-titled debut album.

Both this album and its successor, 1991's I Thought It Was You, have been given a Platinum Award from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Two more Epic albums, 1992's From the Heart and 1994's More Love, have both been certified gold.

Stone went to Columbia Records to record Faith in Me, Faith in You, which did not have a top ten singles among its three singles.

He left the label and did not release another album until Make Up in Love, 1999 on Atlantic Records, after suffering with a heart attack and stroke in the late 1990s.

The Long Way appeared on the Audium label (now part of E1 Music), followed by two albums on independent Lofton Creek Records. Stone has charted twenty-six singles on Hot Country Songs, with his biggest chart success coming from 1990 to 1995.

In this period, he had eight No. 8s. "In a Different Light," "A Jukebox with a Country Song," "Too Busy Being in Love," and "Why Didn't I Think of That" are all among the Hot Country Songs singles on the Hot Country Songs charts.

He is known for his neotraditionalist country sounds and his regular recording of ballads.

Early life

Douglas Jackson Brooks was born in Marietta, Georgia, on June 19, 1956. When he was 5, his mother, who was also a country music performer, taught him how to play guitar. Loretta Lynn's mother brought him onstage to open for him when he was 7 years old. His mother and father divorced later, and he moved to live with his father. He found additional work as a child, first at local skating rinks and later in local bars, and then as one of a short-lived trio; in addition, he and his father served as mechanics to make ends meet. When playing in local clubs, he also built a recording studio in his house. Stone was depressed by his musical career when a friend introduced him to Carie Cohen, who would later become his second wife. He appeared at several local venues and was discovered by a record label manager while performing at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Demos were requested by the manager, who then sent Epic Records to him. Doug Stone chose Doug Stone to avoid confusion with Garth Brooks. Doug Johnson, a recording artist, performed three songs for Epic Records producer Bob Montgomery, who wished the first two songs he heard but loved the third one. Stone signed with Epic in 1989, becoming Montgomery's first artist to perform live.

Personal life

In 1982, Stone married Carie Cohen, his second wife. Cohen filed for divorce two months later, accusing Stone of overindulence and infidelity. After being engaged to her for a year, he married Beth Snyder in December 1996. Baili, he and four children from his previous marriages, child from his first marriage, son Chanse and daughter Kala from Snyder's marriage to Cohen, and returned to his Georgia home in 2005.

Jade Jack, a stone fiddler from Greenville, Texas, died on March 29, 2015. Bristol Gail Brooks, Doug and Jade's daughter, was born on April 14, 2016.

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Musical career

Stone's self-titled debut album was released in 1990 with Johnson as producer. The session was hosted by Mac McAnally, Mark O'Connor, Paul Franklin, Brent Rowan, and Willie Week. David Lee Murphy, Larry Boone, Randy Boudreaux, A.L., were among the contributing writers. Owens, Johnny MacRae, and Keith Palmer, who would later chart two singles for Epic in 1991, became known as "Doodle" Owens, Johnny MacRae. "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box), its first single, spent twenty-five weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and reached No. 118. 4. In addition, the single had been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song, and the Recording Industry Association of America awarded platinum status for US shipments of one million copies. Both the album's top ten singles were also on the charts: "Four Minutes Old" at No. 10 was also a Top ten hit. At No. 6, "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye." 5. "In a Different Light" was written by Dickey Lee, and it became Stone's first number one on Billboard, which was followed by these songs. Stone received three music awards in 1991: the Horizon Award (now New Artist Award) from the Country Music Association, Star of Tomorrow from Music City News, and Top New Male Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music.

In his Allmusic review, Brian Mansfield gave Doug Stone a four-and-a-half star rating out of five. In particular, his analysis praised "I'd Be Better Off," a "tortureous expression of self-pity" that most singers could spend a lifetime trying to reach, while still saying that Stone "came close" to matching that song's quality in the album's ballads.

I thought It Was You, his second album, was released in August 1991. It was also rated platinum, and there were three more chart singles released: the No. 66. At No. 4 there are four title tracks, followed by the number one "A Jukebox with a Country Song" and "Come In Out of the Pain" at No. 1. 3. "A Jukebox with a Country Song" debuted at number one for two weeks, his first multi-week single. Stone co-wrote "The Feeling Never Goes Away" with Kim Williams and Phyllis Bennett, and then-labelmate Joe Diffie co-wrote "Burning Down the Town." The album's Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly awarded it the "A" grade, meaning it contained "sex-and-smolder ballads" similar to Conway Twitty. Stone's "seems to wallow in sadness," Mansfield said.

Stone started experiencing dizziness and pain in one of his arms in early 1992. He began having chest pains that he had no idea were heartburn. He cancelled an appearance at the Academy of Country Music telecast after being disoriented at a concert in Oregon. He then underwent quadruple bypass surgery at Centennial Medical Center to relieve four serious arterial blockages near his heart, which had not previously been reported by doctors. Stone changed his diet and started exercising after the surgery, in addition to touring in favor of his third album, From the Heart, which was announced in August. Many music journalists, including Irwin Stambler and Grelun Landon of Country Music: The Encyclopedia, found the album's title ironic in the aftermath of Stone's heart surgery.

From the Heart launched two more top-one singles in "Too Busy Being in Love" and "Why Didn't I Think About That," with a gold award for shipments of 500,000 copies. At No. 1, the other two singles were "Warning Labels" and "Made for Lovin' You." No. 4 and No. 6 respectively. Both Dan Seals and Clinton Gregory had previously recorded the latter. Mansfield said that From the Heart was more consistent than Stone's previous two albums, and that "the words spoke at a different level" after the open-heart surgery that preceded this album. "Sappy, lightweight stories of infatuation and starry-eyed courtship," Nash sluggishly described the album. One month after From the Heart Stones, Stone released The First Christmas, a Christmas album. Despite the fact that this album had no singles, "Sailing Home for Christmas" was turned into a music video. Stone was nominated by Music City News in 1992 and 1993 for Both Star of Tomorrow and Top Male Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music, winning the former award in 1993. Patty Loveless, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Hank Williams, Jr. appeared on tour in 1992.

More Love, his fourth album, was released in November 1993. Stone co-produced with James Stroud on his previous albums, except on the track "Dream High," which Stroud co-produced with Tom Bahler and Bruce Swedien. Other session musicians were also on display than his previous albums, including guitarist Dann Huff and backing vocalist Curtis Wright. "I Never Knew Love," its lead-off single, lasted two weeks at No. 1. He appeared on the country singles charts, and accounted for his only appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached No. 1 in the country singles rankings. 80 years old. The album's next two singles were ranked No. 1. "Addicted to a Dollar" and the championship track, which Stone coauthored with Gary Burr, are No. 1 and 2. 6. Tom Roland of New Country magazine sluggishly chastised the album for "continu[ing] to mine the drippy side of Stone" through "manipulative" ballads, but Stone's "Addicted to a Dollar" and "Love, You Surprise Me by Surprise" were criticized as "tougher" than Stone's earlier works.

Stone discovered in June 1994 that he was experiencing breathing difficulties that were affecting his singing. He consulted throat doctors at Vanderbilt University's medical center, who did not have any problems in his throat, while a second consultation revealed a lump in his left nostril. Stone was worried that it would be cancerous and that it would put an end to his career. As a result, Stone quit smoking, but the lump was later discovered not to be cancerous and was safely removed. While Stone was recovering, he had his Most Hits, Vol. In late 1994, a one-compilation compilation was released. The album, which gained gold status, featured nine of his previous hits as well as the new song "Little Houses," which debuted on the charts in October 1994 and peaked at No. 10. In early 1995, there were 7 children in the country. Stone made his acting debut in the 1995 film Gordy, in which he appeared as Luke McAllister, a struggling musician. "More Love," "That's a Lie," "Wishbone," and "Dream High" were among the film's soundtrack's favorite songs, as well as two other Stone songs, "The Heart I Broke" and "I Could Always Count on You."

Sony Music Entertainment, a parent company of Epic Records, wanted to move Stone from Epic Records' Nashville division to Columbia Records' Columbia Records. Stone had a new marketing team when it was decided. Faith in Me, Faith in You, his only Columbia album, was released in March of this year, with Stroud returning as co-producer. The album's three singles were marginally less lucrative than his previous albums, with none of them making it to the top ten: the title track peaked at No. 10. At No. 13, the 13th edition of "Sometimes I Forget" is followed by "Sometimes I Forget" at No. 2. 41 (his first single to finish at No. 40) and "Born in the Dark" at No. 1. 12. Stone suffered from a near-fatal heart attack in December 1995 and a mild stroke in 1996, limiting his ability to perform and tour. Stone would later say he was "luck" to have escaped his health problems during this period. In mid-1996, one of his few appearances in this decade was at a show in Dollywood, a Dolly Parton-owned theme park. "Gone Out of My Mind," Columbia's last charting single, was released in 1998 on the multi-artist compilation album A Tribute to Tradition.

Stone joined Atlantic Records in 1999 and launched Make Up in Love, the work of Wally Wilson. The album was a more pop-oriented collection than his previous ones, with a minor Top 20 hit in its title track. R.B.'s next singles were a cover. Greaves's 1969 single "Take a Letter Maria," which Stone climbed to number 45, and "Surprise," which remained at number 64 on the country charts, ranked at number 64. A duet with Leslie Satcher titled "The Heart Holds On" and the Bobby Braddock-penned "The Difference Between a Woman and a Man," which was later recorded by Josh Turner on his debut album Long Black Train in 2003. Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a mixed review, saying that "Since Stone's voice is pleasant, the music is often enjoyable, but it is hardly memorable." Andy Turner of Country Standard Time was more optimistic, saying that it "does not come off as a "too country for the country" yet is still playing heavily due to Stone's words, as well as built-in teardrops." Stone and Skip Ewing co-wrote "In the Name of Love" on the only album released by female country duo Redmon & Vale in 1999.

Stone was aboard an airplane that skidded off a slew of snow at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in December 1999; there were no injuries; In 1999 and 2000, Stone began flying ultra-light airplanes as a hobby. He suffered a fractured left ankle, cracked rib, concussion, and bruised kidney after crashing his plane in Robertson County, Tennessee, and was briefly hospitalized before returning to touring. Stone later said that the crash prompted him to stop flying planes. Stone had been on one of the hijacked planes on September 11, 2001; a spokeswoman for the singer confirmed that he and his family were at home that day.

In 2002, Stone joined Audium Entertainment and released The Long Way. "More Love," "Born in the Dark," and "I'd Be Better Off" were among the seven new songs and acoustic re-recordings on "More Love," "Born in the Dark," and "I'd Be Better Off." "POW 369," which was later recorded by Darryl Worley, was one of the original songs on it. Stewart Mason said that it was "not nearly as slick" as Stone's previous albums, but that it was not as lucrative as Stone's previous albums, but that it was doubted in terms of commercial success. His new album did not appear in the market until 2005, when he signed to the independent label Lofton Creek Records, and the album In a Different Light was released. "Georgia on My Mind," the first single, as well as re-recordings of "In a Different Light" and "Why Didn't I Think of That," were included on the album. Lofton Creek, My Turn, was my second album, followed in 2007. The single "Nice Problem" led to the debriefing of the proceedings. "Stone sings with as much passion and sincerity as ever," William Ruhlmann said on this album. "He looks as good as ever, and his music is still relevant," Billboard's Ken Tucker said.

Stone toured with Bryan White and Shenandoah as part of the "Reliving the 90s Tour" in 2013. He has also returned to acting, with roles in the films When the Storm God Rides and The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.

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