Most country music singers never dare to get on the back of a bucking horse or bull, or throw a loop in an arena or on a ranch. But Chris LeDoux was different. He ...

Twenty-one years ago today, a rodeo star who wrote and sang songs about his life and rose to fame after a Garth Brooks shout out died.

Chris LeDoux, a world champion bareback rider who parlayed songs about cowboys he knew on the rodeo circuit into a successful country music career, died Wednesday from complications of liver cancer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Country music and rodeo have a longstanding partnership based on mutual passion and roots. The themes of country music resonate ...