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Music career
With his rodeo career at an end, LeDoux and his family settled on a ranch in Kaycee, Wyoming. LeDoux continued to write and record his songs, and began playing concerts.[2] His concerts were very popular, and often featured a mechanical bull (which he rode between songs) and fireworks.[4] By 1982 he had sold more than 250,000 copies of his albums, with little or no marketing. By the end of the decade he had self-released 22 albums.[2]

Despite offers from various record labels, LeDoux refused to sign a recording contract, instead choosing to retain his independence and control over his work while enjoying his regional following. In 1989, however, he shot to national prominence when he was mentioned in Garth Brooks' Top 10 country hit "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)." Capitalizing on the sudden attention, LeDoux signed a contract with Capitol Records subsidiary Liberty Records and released his first national album, Western Underground, in 1991. His follow-up album, Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy, was certified gold and reached the Top 10. The title track, a duet with Brooks, became LeDoux's first and only Top 10 country single, reaching No. 7 in 1992.[2] In concert, he ended the song by saying, "Thanks, Garth!"

For the 35th annual Grammy Awards in 1992, the single track "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy" was nominated for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.[5]

For the next decade, LeDoux continued to record for Liberty. He released six additional records, including One Road Man, which made the country Top 40 in the 1998.[2] Toward the end of his career, LeDoux began recording material written by other artists, which he attributed to the challenge of composing new lyrics.[4] With his 2000 release, Cowboy, he returned to his roots, re-recording many of his earliest songwriting creations.[2]

The RIAA certified two gold and one platinum recordings for LeDoux. In February 22, 1993, the single "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy" went gold. In June 2, 1997, the album The "Best of Chris LeDoux" went gold. And in October 5, 2005, the album "20 Greatest Hits" went platinum. (Wikipedia)

Chris LeDoux - [16] Melodies And Memories (1984)\320
Chris LeDoux - [18] Chris LeDoux And The Saddle Boogie Band (1988)\320
Chris LeDoux - [20] Western Underground (1991)\320
Chris LeDoux - [21] Watcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy (1992)\320
Chris LeDoux - [22] Under This Old Hat (1993)\320
Chris LeDoux - [23] Haywire (1994)\320
Chris LeDoux - [24] Stampede (1995)\320
Chris LeDoux - [25] One Road Man (1998)\320
Chris LeDoux - [27] After The Storm (2002)\320
Chris LeDoux - [28] Horsepower (2003)\320
Chris LeDoux - 20 Greatest Hits (1999)\320
Chris LeDoux - 20 Originals; The Early Years (2004)\320
Chris LeDoux - Best Of Chris LeDoux (1994)\
Chris LeDoux - Icon (2013)\320
Chris LeDoux - Live (1997)\320

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UPCOMING : 2019's New Country, Americana, Alt-Country, Bluegrass and Folk Albums

January
Jan. 4: Balsam Range, Aeonic
Jan. 11: Randy Houser, Magnolia
Jan. 18: Cody Johnson, Ain't Nothin' to It
Jan. 18: Ronnie Milsap, Ronnie Milsap: The Duets
Jan. 18: Greensky Bluegrass, All for Money
Jan. 18: The Steel Woods, Old News
Jan. 25: Pony Bradshaw, Sudden Opera
Jan. 25: Joshua Ray Walker, Wish You Were Here
Jan. 25: Farewell Angelina, Women and Wine EP

February
Feb. 1: Mandolin Orange, Tides of a Teardrop
Feb. 1: Cassadee Pope, Stages
Feb. 14: Trisha Yearwood, Let's Be Frank
Feb. 15: Florida Georgia Line, Can't Say I Ain't Country
Feb. 15: Hayes Carll, What It Is
Feb. 15: Dale Watson, Call Me Lucky
Feb. 15: Ryan Bingham, American Love Song
Feb. 22: Yola, Ride Out in the Country
Feb. 22: Vandoliers, Forever
Feb. 22: Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah, Songs of Our Native Daughters

March
March 1: Ben Morrison, 25 Miles EP
March 1: Mary Bragg, Diamonds as Camouflage
March 1: The Cactus Blossoms, Easy Way
March 29: Son Volt, Union
March 29: Steve Earle & the Dukes, Guy

April
April 19: Jade Bird, Jade Bird
April 26: Dylan Scott, Nothing to Do Town EP

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