Portrait of Eddie Stone
The Story

A Life in Southern Rock

Eddie Stone is a Macon, Georgia area native, singer, songwriter, Hammond organist, pianist, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist whose career runs deep through Southern rock history. By age 13, he was already playing guitar and singing with his first band, The Nightriders, performing local skating rink gigs in the mid-1960s and getting his first taste of paid live performance.

A Hammond organ player since the late 1960s, Eddie brings a feel and authenticity shaped by decades on stage and in the studio. As a founding member and surviving original member of Doc Holliday, Eddie was part of a band whose Southern rock catalog reached Billboard's Top 30 in the U.S. and earned Top 10 chart success in Europe. Doc Holliday was started by Bruce Brookshire, who served as the band's founder and bandleader, and Eddie has always held deep respect for Bruce, John Samuelson, and the close creative bond they shared as original members.

Career TimelineTap era images to expand.
  1. 1960s

    The Nightriders & the Hammond Begins

    At 13, Eddie was already performing live with The Nightriders. By the late 1960s, he had bought his first Hammond B3, beginning a sound that would follow him for decades.

  2. 1970s

    Roundhouse & the Road

    The future Doc Holliday members first played together as Roundhouse, working clubs, road dates, and the R&B circuit behind artists including Clarence Carter, Solomon Burke, and Candi Staton.

  3. 1980s

    Doc Holliday Takes Off

    By 1980, the band had signed with A&M Records and taken the name Doc Holliday, launching a decade of recording, touring, and bringing their Southern rock sound to audiences across the U.S. and overseas.

  4. 1990s

    Whiskey River & Europe

    Eddie stayed active in the Macon music scene through Whiskey River, songwriting, Stillwater connections, and a late-‘90s return to Doc Holliday recording and European dates.

  5. 2000–2015

    Solo Records, Wet Willie & New Chapters

    Eddie released solo material, joined Wet Willie, continued studio and live work, and in 2013 began carrying the Doc Holliday legacy forward again with a renewed lineup.

  6. 2015–Present

    Legacy in Motion

    Eddie continues with Wet Willie, Stillwater reunions, collaborations, sit-ins, studio work, and live performances, while the later Doc Holliday touring chapter continued through 2019.

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