A few weeks after the 13th annual Chris LeDoux Days, famous rodeo star and country singer Chris LeDoux released a music video for one of his popular songs.
The 13th Annual Chris LeDoux Days happened on June 14th at Harold Jarrard Park in Kaycee, Wyoming. This event celebrated LeDoux’s life as a rodeo star, country singer, and person.
Chris LeDoux was a hall of fame rodeo champion in the bareback riding event. During his rodeo career, he started writing music and created his own recording company, American Cowboy Songs. After winning the bareback world championship at the National Finals Rodeo, he gained more respect for his cowboy songs.
He retired from rodeo in 1980 and became a full-time country music star, thanks to Garth Brooks mentioning him in the song “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old).” Later, Brooks and LeDoux sang a duet, “Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy,” and they were nominated for a Grammy!
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Sadly, LeDoux passed away in March 2005 after fighting cancer. His legacy lives on through a statue in Kaycee, Wyoming, his music, family, friends, and fans.
Ned LeDoux, one of Chris’s sons, followed in his dad’s footsteps.
Ned started his music career by playing drums in his dad’s band. In 2015, he began releasing his own music, with his first EP “Forever a Cowboy” coming out the next year. He also sometimes sings his dad’s songs, like “This Cowboy’s Hat.”
“This Cowboy’s Hat” was released in 1991 on Chris’s album “Western Underground.”
Written by Jake Brooks, the song tells the story of a cowboy who faces people who don’t understand his lifestyle or why he wears a cowboy hat. Chris explains in the song that every part of his hat has a meaning, from the feather to the pin to the rattlesnake hat band, and more.
The official music video for “This Cowboy’s Hat” was filmed on February 1, 1997, at a live performance. 27 years later, his family made an official music video that visually tells the story of the iconic song. Ned appears in the video, which ends with clips of Chris performing live.
Watch it below.
