[1] In the 1980s before Doubting Thomas, Stewart performed with Fetchin Bones,[2] and she played bass with The Blind Dates along with Deanna Lynn CampbelL guitar and Penny Craver drums.
The style of The Blind Dates included 60s girl pop and alternative rock compared to Throwing Muses, and was described as "the opposite of angst" years later.
[2][4] A 1990 Fayetteville Observer article said Stewart would write all the songs and sing, and that the band "will combine elements of music and theater.
Showcase selection committee chairman and music critic Jim Desmond compared the band to 10,000 Maniacs and Fleetwood Mac and called Doubting Thomas "the highlight of the festival".
[5] The band's fifth album Who Died and Made You King?, also produced by Keane,[7][8] had a style described by Yon Lambert of The State of Columbia, South Carolina as "Indigo Girls-styled sweetness through electrocharged rural blues.
Tonya Jameson of The Charlotte Observer said the band "consistently delivered well-crafted pop-rock tunes that have earned it a faithful following.
"[2] After a year and a half of not acting, in January 1994, Stewart was appearing in Charlotte in the one-woman show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
[5] As solo artist, Bill Carroll scored a Rate-A-Record appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand program on April 2, 1988.
Their first album Traveling Light in May 2006 included contributions from Carlene Carter, Kathy Mattea's drummer Jim Brock, and Don Dixon,[14] who produced the album and said "Volatile Baby sounds like The Carter Family and The Roches decided to team up and record a bunch of newly discovered Graham Parsons songs.
[16][17] Stewart, using the name Gina Jones, formed the duo Jonesalee with Gambill on fiddle to honor Mother Maybelle Carter.