Last weekend was the 7th Annual Chris LeDoux Days in the legend's hometown of Kaycee, Wyoming. On Saturday night the festival got a little extra western as the night's headliner, Cody Johnson, was joined on stage by Ledoux's son, Ned.
Afterward Johnson admitted, "We played the Opry this year, and I wasn't as excited as I was tonight...
I was still in the Army when Chris LeDoux died. I remember it clearly, as I had just arrived at my new duty station, "The Great Place," Fort Hood, TX. I read of his passing online and thought surely it must be a hoax.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t...
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Chris LeDoux passed away 10 years ago today and Aaron Watson paid tribute to the late singer/songwriter and rodeo champion with a video today on his Facebook page. LeDoux died after a long battle with a rare form of liver cancer on March 9, 2005...