By: Cody Bowman

CHRIS LEDOUX

Born October 2, 1948Biloxi, Missouri

THE BEGINNING OF CHRIS LEDOUX

Finished High School in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Casper College in WyomingBecame a professional bull

rider in Sheridan and Eastern New Mexico.

Began rodeo career

Rodeo Scholarship

Became a professional rodeo rider

SCHOOLING

Western Underground albumBest of Chris Ledoux

Whatcha Gonna Do With A CowboyOne Road Man

And Many more..,.

CHRIS LEDOUX ALBUMS

Sang with Garth Brooks making Chris Ledoux’s first and only top ten song “ Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy”

Chris enjoyed the musical country talent of Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Charlie Daniels. (Fantastic

Artists!)

Chris Ledoux died of a rare liver cancer taking his life in 2005.

A monument was made in his honor

DEATH

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Ledoux’s life was greatly respected with a monument that was placed in his hometown of Kaycee, Wyoming.

“GOOD RIDE COWBOY”.

• Introduction 0:00-0:09: Introduction incluing two strong fiddle notes followed by a riff of a fiddle.

• First Verse 0:09-0:24: Chris LeDoux begins singing the first half of the first verse.

• First Verse 0:24-0:39: Garth Brooks enters singing the second half of the first verse. Guitar riffs in the background

• Chorus 0:39-1:09: The chorus composing of Chris and Garth Brooks doing a duet singing together with a fast paced drum in the background with occasional fiddle riffs.

• Fiddle Solo 1:09-1:17: Solo fiddle• Second Verse 1:17-1:32: Chris LeDoux Singing first half of the second verse• Second Verse 1:32-1:47: Garth Brooks singing the second half of the second

verse with Chris LeDoux coming in with him• Chorus/ Ending of song 1:47-2:34(End): Chorus with Chris and Garth

including the fiddle riffs ending slowly to the end of the song. Ending with the two fiddle notes and ending with the fiddle and piano.

1. WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A COWBOY 2:34

• Introduction 0:00-0:06: Guitar solo begins with plucking a chord• First Verse 0:06-0:37: Chris Begins singing and telling the story of him and his

brother going to the county fair• Second Verse 0:37-1:05: Chris describes the grounds on which he walks and

what the people look like. Tells of his first time getting put on a pony• Chorus 1:05-1:28: The chorus consist of Chris telling what an old man told him

and how to ride a pony, and to enjoy the ride. • Solo 1:28-1:35: A little high guitar plucking solo, almost a riff• Third Verse 1:35-2:02: Continuing the story telling how he still remembers

what the man told him how to ride, and still does it. • Chorus 2:02-2:31: “Enjoy the ride”• Bridge( Fourth Verse) 2:31-3:00: The guitar and background music slow, only

with a guitar and Chris singing/talking the fourth and final verse• Chorus 3:00-3:30: Last chorus• Ending 3:30-3:48(End): Ending with an instrumental high guitar, normal guitar

and a reverberating electric guitar. End.

2. THE RIDE (3:48)

• Pre- Intro 0:00-0:12: Begins with the sound of wind blowing by, coming in quiet with Chris’s voice coming in saying a few words

• Introduction 0:12-0:24: The guitar comes in a picks a soft but yet strong melody, setting the mood with some faint wind in the background

• First Verse 0:24-0:44: Chris begins to set the mood by beginning the story and setting the scene for the listeners to vision him sitting down drinking coffee with a friend

• Second Verse 0:44-1:06: Chris tell of some motorcycle riders coming in making fun of his friend. That’s when his friend turned to him and said:

• Chorus 1:06-1:30: Chris sings the part of what he tells the bikers of what they need to do before they touch the cowboy hat

• Third Verse 1:30-2:12: The parts of the hat are described in detail about the history, hat band, eagle feather and the special pin. All having some special meaning.

• Chorus 2:12-2:35• Fourth Verse 2:35-3:19: Begins to compare his hat to the bikers leather jacket but then

realizes his friend was showing a big grin turning around knowing that the bikers understand the importance of the hat and how they will never mess with the cowboy again!

• Chorus 3:19-3:40• Outro 3:40-4:14 Ending the song with a guitar solo, fading away into the wind sound heard

earlier in the introduction.

3. THIS COWBOY’S HAT (4:14)

Huey, Steve. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-ledoux-mn0000107466/biography. n.d. 10 October 2013.

LeDoux, Will and Rob Fair. http://www.chrisledoux.com/. n.d. 10 October 2013.

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