Chris LeDoux inducted into Texas Trail of Fame
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 – The late singer and cowboy Chris LeDoux was inducted in to the Texas Trail of Fame on Oct. 27 at the Ft. Worth Stock Yards. Billy Minick from Billy Bob's Texas accepted the induction on behalf of the LeDoux family who had sent a letter to be read expressing their sincere appreciation for this honor.
The Texas Trail of Fame was established in 1997 to honor those have made a significant contribution to the western way of life. Throughout the walkways of the Fort Worth National Historic District, bronze inlaid markers have been placed in honor of their achievements.
LeDoux joins a list of Western icon greats such as Louis L'Amour, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Wyatt Earp, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Tubb, Davy Crockett, Gene Autry, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Bat Masterson, "Tex" Ritter and Bob Wills in the Trail of Fame.
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CD reviews for Chris LeDoux
Chris LeDoux offers something that's hard to find in today's countrymusic scene - authenticity. When he sings about riding bulls and ropingsteers he's not daydreaming, he's singing from experience. Let the drugstorecowboys brag about how tough they are; meanwhile Chris LeDoux is sending his36th album out of the chute. Even a little thing like a recent livertransplant surgery can't slow him down.
The great thing about LeDoux is not just that he's a cowboy but he's acowboy poet. And there's poetry aplenty here. ...
Chris LeDoux's music is filled with the mature sense of self that's missing from the work of fresh-faced Nashville strivers. It's a perspective honed from a life of experience, and left unperturbed by the necessities of modern chart stardom. On this latest, LeDoux's introspective sensibility has been magnified by a health crisis and subsequent successful liver transplant. The resulting mood reflects a deepened sense of contentment with family, friends, work and play.
From the opening Garth Brooks ...
Chris LeDoux's cowboys are the hybrid athletes, warriors and ranch hands who populate modern rodeo, competing for prizes, and accruing injuries, busted marriages and countless miles on the road. It's a world LeDoux knows well, having been crowned World Champion Bareback Rider in the mid-'70's.
Trading his saddle and spurs for a guitar, microphone and pen, LeDoux released over 20 indie albums throughout the '80's and '90's. On his latest, he revisits 11 of his favorite songs of rodeo life, with a ...
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