At the 61st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, DeLaughter was nominated for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his work on the television series United States of Tara.
[1] He formed Tripping Daisy in 1990, which disbanded in 1999 following the death of guitarist Wes Berggren.
Music critic Mike Boehm described DeLaughter's singing style as a "nasally vocal blend of Ozzy Osbourne and Perry Farrell.
[3] The Boston Globe's Joan Anderman described him as "sounding like Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips starring in a stoner production of Godspell".
[2] DeLaughter and his wife, Julie Doyle, met while they were students at Duncanville High School.