Chris LeDoux's Best Songs and Videos Collected for 'Classic Chris LeDoux'
Chris LeDoux's Best Songs and Videos Collected for 'Classic Chris LeDoux'
CD/DVD & Digital Collection, To Be Released April 29 by Capitol Nashville/EMI; Features 15 Audio Tracks and 15 Videos
'These are the songs that made Chris LeDoux the king of the modern day cowboy singers. It doesn't get more real than this.' - Garth Brooks
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The late American music legend Chris LeDoux was a steadfast westerner who sang firsthand of rodeo glory and pain while living the life of a bona-fide modern-day cowboy. Honoring his authentic and lasting legacy of cowboy songwriting, recording and performing, Capitol Nashville/EMI will release Classic Chris LeDoux, a new CD/DVD and digital collection of his top recordings and videos, on April 29. Among the 15 audio tracks and 15 videos on the new collection are LeDoux's "Bang A Drum" with Jon Bon Jovi, "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy" with Garth Brooks, and the music video for "Ridin' For A Fall," making its commercial release debut.
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A true cowboy, Chris LeDoux wasn't driven by the prospect of fame or money when he began pursuing rodeo professionally, or when he starting writing and recording his own music. In pursuit of the World Championship in Bareback Bronc riding, which he won in 1976, LeDoux spun his stories of life on the circuit into fresh western anthems. Recorded in a true mom-and-pop shop, LeDoux sold his recordings out of his pickup truck at competitions and quickly found a devoted audience and high praise for his bonfire ballads and lyrical candor.
In 1989, one of LeDoux's more famous fans stepped forward with an endorsement that validated the rodeo champ as a true country music artist, bringing widespread and mainstream attention to his music. Garth Brooks, in his early hit "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)," referred to playing "a worn out tape of Chris LeDoux." That same year, LeDoux signed his own recording contract with Capitol Nashville.
With sales of his 36 albums totaling more than six million units in the U.S., one platinum and two gold album certifications from the RIAA, a Grammy nomination and the Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award, LeDoux's career flew high during his life and continues to resonate after his March 2005 death from a rare form of cancer at the age of 56.
Fans of Chris LeDoux's early recordings have found some of his best tracks on the platinum-certified collection, 20 Originals: The Early Years, released in 2004, and the new Classic Chris LeDoux collection follows Capitol Nashville/EMI's release of twelve original Chris LeDoux albums on six CDs in April 2007. These 'twofer' CDs feature LeDoux's most enduring albums recorded between 1974 and 1993, all 24-bit digitally remastered and presented with their original album cover art.
CLASSIC CHRIS LEDOUX (CD/DVD & Digital Album) CD DVD 1. Life Is A Highway 1. Life Is A Highway 2. Horsepower 2. Horsepower 3. Tougher Than The Rest 3. Tougher Than The Rest 4. Cadillac Ranch 4. Cadillac Ranch 5. Five Dollar Fine 5. Five Dollar Fine 6. For Your Love 6. For Your Love 7. Honky Tonk World 7. Honky Tonk World 8. Look At You Girl 8. Look At You Girl 9. Under This Old Hat 9. Under This Old Hat 10. This Cowboy's Hat 10. This Cowboy's Hat 11. He Rides The Wild Horses 11. He Rides The Wild Horses 12. Stampede 12. Stampede 13. Workin' Man's Dollar 13. Workin' Man's Dollar 14. Bang A Drum 14. Bang A Drum BONUS TRACK BONUS VIDEO Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy Ridin' For A Fall(previously unreleased)
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