Rest in Piece Chris LeDoux

[T Man]

Rest in piece Chris LeDoux

[OBI WAN]

OK, I guess I'm too old nor dont pay attention to names all that much. WHO is that?

[blazen]

OK, I guess I'm too old nor dont pay attention to names all that much. WHO is that?
cant be the age thing cause i dont know either

[JROD©™®]

LeDoux...that would be this guy (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/11/arts/music/11ledoux.html) gentlemen...never heard of him myself but nonetheless...RIP...

[Mike 92S10]

I had heard about it on the radio or I wouldn't know either.

[T Man]

Chris LeDoux was one of the best country performers to ever hit the stage. He was one of Garth Brooks's mentors. He was a real cowboy, he was the best bullrider in the country for a couple of years running. He died at 58 on wednesday. I can't believe no one has heard of him.

[blazen]

i think its cause me and jedi are from the north thats why we never heard of him.

[Maximus]

He will be missed.He was a better cowboy than he was a singer.

[T Man]

Alright max, you just climbed in my book. Glad someone knows who he is

[DROPPEDGMC]

see what i miss when i leave the states!! that sucks! RIP.... i was lucky to see him 3 times in concert. he put on an awesome concert.

[Maximus]

http://www.sicgmtrucks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=889&stc=1
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 10 (AP) - Chris LeDoux, a former world champion bareback rider who parlayed songs about the rodeo life into a successful country music career, died on Wednesday in Casper, Wyo. He was 56 and lived on a ranch outside Kaycee, Wyo. The cause was complications of liver cancer, said Judy McDonough, spokeswoman for Capitol Nashville, his record company. He had undergone a liver transplant in 2000.

Mr. LeDoux described his music as a combination of "Western soul, sagebrush blues, cowboy folk and rodeo rock 'n' roll."

By 1989 he had released 22 albums. They were mostly cassettes produced by his parents, which he sold at concerts and rodeos, sometimes out of the back of a pickup truck. He had a loyal, if limited, fan base.

But that all changed that year when a rising country star, Garth Brooks, had a hit with "Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)," which included the line: "A worn-out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women and bad booze/seem to be the only friends I've left at all."

The song came at a time when Mr. LeDoux's career was sputtering, with an independent label and no marketing.

"And here he comes along and mentions the worn-out tapes in his song," Mr. LeDoux said of Mr. Brooks in an interview with The Associated Press in 2001. "To me, Garth, he's kind of like my guardian angel. It's like every time I need some help, he's there."

Mr. LeDoux soon became a country star himself, teaming up with Mr. Brooks for a Grammy-nominated Top 10 hit, "Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy," in 1992.

Mr. Brooks has long cited Mr. LeDoux one of his biggest influences.

Mr. LeDoux (pronounced luh-DOO) had been playing guitar and harmonica and writing songs since his teens, and he used his musical skills to help pay his rodeo entry fees in his younger years.

He recorded songs about cowboys, the ups and downs of rodeo life and his adopted home of Wyoming. In 1976 he became the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's world bareback champion.

In 2003 he released his 36th album, "Horsepower," and celebrated career sales of more than five million albums. Among his other songs were "Hooked on an 8-Second Ride," "Copenhagen," "This Cowboy's Hat," "Even Cowboys Like a Little Rock and Roll," "Riding for a Fall" and "Honky Tonk World."

His survivors include his wife, Peggy, and five children.

[mrmidnight]

I know who he was Tommy!!!!



















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