Musical Influences James Taylor, Jackson Browne, The Beatles

Artist History SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST ROD STONE WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, MO. AND GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE. ALTHOUGH ROD IS AN ACCOMPLISHED CLASSICAL GUITARIST, HE MOVED TO NASHVILLE TO PURSUE HIS SONGWRITING. AS WITH MOST WRITERS, IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE IT, BUT ROD'S DEVOTION TO HIS CRAFT IS DEFINITELY PAYING OFF. IN THE LATE '80'S ROD HAD A COUPLE INDIE CUTS, BUT THE ONE HE IS PROUDEST OF IS "A FARMER'S DREAM PLOWED UNDER" RECORDED BY GEORGE HAMILTON IV. THIS SONG WAS NOT ONLY A SINGLE, BUT WAS PERFORMED LIVE ON THE TELEVISION PORTION OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY. IN '93 ROD'S SONG "MY PEARLS" WAS RECORDED BY TERRI LYNN ON INTERSOUND RECORDS AND JEFF & SHERI EASTER ON BENSON RECORDS. JEFF & SHERI HAVE PERFORMED "MY PEARLS" ON NASHVILLE NOW AND THE LABEL RELEASED IT AS A SINGLE IN THE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MARKET. THE SONG, PUBLISHED BY PAUL OVERSTREET, RECEIVED A RAVE REVIEW FROM MUSIC ROW'S ROBERT K. OERMANN. THROUGH HIS OWN COMPANY, STONE GEMS MUSIC, ROD IS CO-PUBLISHING AND CO-WRITING. "JUST MARRIED" CO-WRITTEN WITH TERRI LYNN IS ALSO ON HER DEBUT ALBUM. SHE WAS NAMED CHRISTIAN COUNTRY FEMALE VOCALIST FOR '93. IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MARKET, ROD'S SONG "EVENING CLOUDS" IS ON "PRECIOUS MOMENTS PRESENTS: LULLABIES FOR LITTLE ONES". ROD IS CURRENTLY WRITING MORE GREAT SONGS. WITH MAJOR LABEL "HOLDS" TO HIS CREDIT, IT'S EVIDENT YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ROD STONE.

Instruments guitar, piano

Location Bellingham, WA - USA

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