Chris LeDoux - Anthology Volume 1 *

Artist:

LeDoux, Chris

Description:

Personnel include: Chris LeDoux (vocals).
Unlike so many contemporary country singers, for whom horses, cowboy hats, and the like are mere affectation, Chris LeDoux truly lived the life. He was a professional rodeo rider who had made a staggering 22 albums as an independent artist before disciple Garth Brooks helped him get a deal with Capitol that really jumpstarted his recording career. The posthumous collection ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 reveals that the late singer/songwriter (LeDoux passed away in 2005 from cancer complications) may have fused pop, rock, and hardcore country in a way that proved inspirational to Brooks and others like him, but he was far from the flash and theatrics espoused by such showmen.
Granted, amid the George Strait-influenced, Marlboro Man country tunes there`s plenty of pop/rock flavor. LeDoux gamely covers Bruce Springsteen`s "Tougher Than the Rest" and Tom Cochrane`s hit "Life is a Highway," and "The Fever" was co-written by Aerosmith main men Steve Tyler and Joe Perry. But when it`s all said and done, it was the no-nonsense country feel and the deep, honest twang in his voice that made LeDoux such an affecting artist, and ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 ably captures each side of his musical personality.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Airborne Cowboy
2. He Rides The Wild Horses
3. Life Ia A Highway
4. Sons Of The Pioneers
5. Ride, The
6. Bareback Jack
7. Hippies In Calgary
8. Copenhagen
9. Simple As Dirt
10. Workin` Man`s Dollar
11. Fever, The
12. This Cowboy`s Hat
13. I`ve Got To Be A rodeo Man
14. Hard times
15. Tougher Than The Rest
16. Take Me To The Rodeo
17. Passenger, The
18. Little Long-Haired Outlaw
19. Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming
20. Western Skies

Album Information

Release Date:

08/16/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Contemporary Country

Label:

Capitol/EMI Records

Producer:

Bill Kennedy (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

05885

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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