not a country fan, but i do know who Chris Ledoux was....
i spent more years than i care to think about out in cowboy country on the Idaho/Washington border and had some friends who were bullriders (an fricking insane sport - makes surfing big waves look like...well, a day at the beach). they turned me onto him with the song "Hooked On An 8 Second Ride". i understand that, unlike most Nashville wannabes, he was a real working cowboy, bullrider, bronco buster etc, with a ranch and all.
interesting the way he broke into the big time: in the late 1980s Garth Brooks mentioned LeDoux in the song "Much Too Young" with this line :
Quote:
The competition's getting younger
Tougher broncs, you know I can't recall
The worn out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women and bad booze
Seem to be the only friends I've left at all
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that was all it took....the Garth fans discovered LeDoux and the rest is history.
RIP Chris