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.

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 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (CBS4) – The 125th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo event is largely dedicated to rodeo and country music icon, Chris Ledoux. Ledoux, a longtime resident of Wyoming, will be honored ...

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.

Ned LeDoux was born in 1977, shortly after his father, Chris LeDoux, earned the world championship title in rodeo bareback bronc riding. For several years previous, his father had also chased a ...