Stoney LaRue (born Stoney Larue Phillips in 1977) is an American

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/ Red Dirt artist.

Life and career

Born in

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, LaRue was raised in Yanush/Buffalo Valley, Oklahoma where he still visits regularly and began playing country music at a young age. LaRue moved to

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, and began to play in the various bars around the college town, as well as his brother, Bo Phillips. He befriended Jason Boland and

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and the three moved into the infamous "Yellow House" where they would have late night jam sessions and entertain other various musicians around the town, like

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and Brandon Jenkins. LaRue was heavily influenced by Woody Guthrie, Bob Childers, Mike Hosty and the "Red Dirt" music scene. In 2002, LaRue led The Organic Boogie Band and released ''Downtown'', recorded in private sessions at Cain's Ballroom in

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. LaRue's 2005 follow-up, ''The Red Dirt Album'', reached the ''

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'' sales charts in its debut week. The next year, Stoney released his first live record ''Live at Billy Bob's Texas''. LaRue sang backing vocals on

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's 2013 single "

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Legal Issues

On the morning of July 20, 2015, LaRue was arrested and charged with domestic abuse after an altercation involving his then girlfriend Amanda Winsworth. Winsworth claimed in court documents that she was getting ready for work when LaRue began physically assaulting her and ultimately pushed her down a flight of stairs in their home. LaRue was released from jail on $4,000 bond later that day. The next morning, Winsworth rescinded part of her account of the assault on Twitter stating that the incident had been blown out of proportion by the media.

Discography

Albums

Music videos

References

External links

Larue's biography at CMTLarue's biography at Lonestar Music
Living people People from San Patricio County, Texas Singer-songwriters from Oklahoma American country singer-songwriters 1977 births Singer-songwriters from Texas 21st-century American singers Country musicians from Texas Country musicians from Oklahoma {{US-country-musician-stub