Biography
Stone was born as Douglas Jackson Brooks on June 19, 1956 in Marietta, Georgia. His mother, who was also a country music singer, taught him how to play guitar when he was five. When he was seven years old, his mother placed him onstage to open for Loretta Lynn. His mother and father later divorced, and after the divorce, he moved to live with his father. He found additional work singing as a teenager - first at local skating rinks, and then at local bars, and later as one member of a short-lived trio; in addition, he and his father worked as mechanics to make ends meet. The singer's break came one night in 1987 as his band, Mainstreet, played a regular show at the Newnan VFW Club. Eventually, he also adopted the stage name Doug Stone, to avoid confusion with both Garth Brooks and Kix Brooks (formerly of Brooks & Dunn). Stone signed to Epic Records's Nashville division in 1990.
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