Harold Shafer and his wife Vicky founded Lofton Creek Records in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999.
In 2003, they also distributed the Big Al label, which was founded by country singer J. Michael Harter.
[4] By 2004, the Borchettas owned a twenty percent stake in Lofton Creek, and the label had just signed Jeffrey Steele.
[5] The label had its first chart entry in 2004 with Keith Bryant's "Ridin' with the Legend", a tribute song to Dale Earnhardt.
[1] Mark Chesnutt signed with Lofton Creek in 2007 and released his album Rollin' with the Flow that year.