Doug Stone's real name is Doug Brooks, he was the first artist ever signed by Epic Records by legendary Epic producer Bob Montgomery that he never saw perform live. That was an amazing accomplishment. Doug's original deal with Epic was in 1989 and there was another artist with the last name Brooks that was doing pretty well at the time, I think you know who that was. In case you don't it was Garth Brooks. Doug wanted to eliminate any confusion between him and Garth so he decided to use the recording name of Doug Stone and the rest as they say, was history. Doug is still on the road today and has many fans and many hits including "In A Different Light", "Why Didn't I Think of That", "I'd be Better off In a Pine Box" and many more. We love Doug Stone music here at Big Country 105.9 and 97.9 and he is definitely one of Country's Biggest Legends!