we saw him right after his surgery at frontier days he's around quite a bit in wyoming. There is only 2high schools there east and central he went to central and about 6 years ago we saw his bus at walmart but he didn't get off and shop. I asked the fiddle player if he was on there and he said yeah. We didn't wanna seem like freaks trying to get his autograph or a picture or anything like that. He's a legend
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I too saw him at Billy Bob's. It's a shame after all he went through. 
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Never got to meet him but know his impact was strong on my family. Bro-in-law knew him well and Rodeo's a bit with his boy, Beau. I remembering hearing Ledoux's music with a buddy on a drive up to hunt the high country. He said, you can't be in Wyoming and not know this stuff.
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Saturday was proclaimed "Chris Ledoux Day" at Cheyenne Frontier Days this year. Toby Keith was in town and after his regular show, he sang Chris Ledoux songs with Chris' band backing him up. Anyway, you might enjoy this article in today's paper:
CHEYENNE - July 30 was proclaimed Chris LeDoux Day by Gov. Dave Freudenthal on March 14, five days after LeDoux's death, and the Cheyenne and rodeo communities marked the occasion in a variety of ways Saturday.
LeDoux died March 9 from complications from cancer of the bile duct.
He not only was an internationally known musician who had a treasure-trove of albums to his name, he also was a bareback rider and rodeo champion.
LeDoux usually performed at Cheyenne Frontier Days every other year. This would have been his year to perform.
At Cheyenne Frontier Days on Saturday, some of the people who were closest to LeDoux came together to remember the best times they had with him.
Western Underground, LeDoux's band, is carrying the torch, but band members said they needed closure.
"The fans also needed closure, and we want to see how this will evolve," said Lyle Evans, bass guitar player.
An interview backstage at the CFD Contract Acts Building came to a halt when someone backstage turned on a small television set. Band members Evans, Mark Sissel and Bobby Jensen folded their arms in remembrance as Bill Brewster read a cowboy poetry tribute to LeDoux over the loudspeakers of the rodeo that also could be seen on the TV everyone was watching.
A pre-recorded video tribute with Freudenthal speaking came on the TV next.
"Chris LeDoux was beloved in Wyoming and loved by millions of Americans, because he was the real thing," the governor said. "Not a dime-store cowboy, but a real cowboy and part of the Wyoming mosaic and part of our range.
"Chris LeDoux was beloved in Cheyenne, beloved in Wyoming, particularly at Cheyenne Frontier Days. It's appropriate that we take a moment to honor his memory and to recognize what he did for us. We remember him not only because of his music, but because of the kind of man he was and the statement he made, both in his life and in his music. We appreciate this opportunity to be with his family. We appreciate what he has done for the West, Wyoming and particularly Frontier Days. God bless his memory. God bless his family, and may the grace of God enfold them and give them peace. "
Next, footage of Chris and his band playing "This Cowboy's Hat" came up on the TV as rodeo fans watched it on the big screen outside. The band in the Contract Acts Building pointed themselves out when they were on the footage and recalled old memories.
Also on stage at the rodeo were Peggy LeDoux, Chris' widow, and her children, Clay and his wife Kris, Ned, Will and Cindy. Beau, Chris' son, couldn't be with the family because he was doing what Chris would have been doing, riding bareback broncs and winning money.
Troy Ellerman, the commissioner of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, was on the stage with the family, as was Rick Foster, representing the Justin Sports Medicine, who put the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund together. They help support cowboys who are injured.
Ken McCann, the general chairman for CFD this year, said the rain shower earlier in the day might have been Chris' doing, because he had a good sense of humor. He remembered meeting Chris when the performer competed in the rodeo and sold eight-track tapes under the rodeo stands.
"As I recalled, some of those tapes weren't quite ready for polite radio," McCann said.
"When he left the arena for the rodeo stage, he remained the same shy cowboy," McCann said. "If you knew Chris, you knew he loved his family as much as he loved his music. We'd like to think he loved Cheyenne too. It seems fitting under this beautiful Wyoming sky that we pay tribute to the cowboy and his music. "
Kevin Keller and his wife, Linda Keller, presented a check for $10,000 to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, and CFD and the CFD Board of Directors matched that with another $10,000 check.
The Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund was the main charity that proceeds went to after Chris died.
"I have some good memories of Chris," said Jensen, the band's keyboardist. "He was a great guy, he was down to earth, sincere, and he treated everybody with respect. "
Mainly the band remembered Chris' sense of humor.
Evans remembered a time when Chris was in Cheyenne with his band. They went to Wal-Mart in the bus, and Chris bought eight fishing poles and licenses.
"We went to Vedauwoo and caught brook trout and cooked them on the bus," Evans said. "We were laying over in Cheyenne and weren't here for Frontier Days. We just went off-roading in the tour bus. "
Turnbow, the band's drummer, remembered when he joined the band and Chris invited him to his house in Kaycee.
"When I came to his house, I had to jump on his mechanical bull and ride it," Turnbow said.
Evans, who's also known as "Pops," said he had to water ski as Chris tested out his new boat when the water was near freezing on Lake DeSmet.
Both Turnbow and Jensen told the gopher story.
"We were on the Crown Royal Tour with Sawyer Brown, and this was a practical joke of Chris'," Turnbow said.
Chris' trailer behind his bus had run over a gopher. Chris scooped up the fresh road kill, skinned it and fried up all of the meat.
He neatly took the catering lettuce and put the meat on top.
"There was this thigh with a claw," Jensen said. "Chris put it in Sawyer Brown's dressing room. He loved to do funny stuff. "
Ned, Chris' son, who plays drums with Western Underground on the two-headed monster double-drum set, laughed as the band members shared their stories.
Western Underground is continuing to do tribute concerts to Chris. On Oct. 22 they will be in Casper for a new rodeo that was named in Chris' honor.
One of the band members said they might have been performing with Chris at the CFD night show last week.
Instead the band performed with Toby Keith during Saturday's concert. Keith "did 'Copenhagen' together with my dad. With 'Rodeo Moon,' dad gave him the idea for it, and he took it from there. "
"It's hard to be without him, period, no matter where you're at," Ned said.
Online
For updates on Western Underground, go to chrisledoux.com.
CHEYENNE - July 30 was proclaimed Chris LeDoux Day by Gov. Dave Freudenthal on March 14, five days after LeDoux's death, and the Cheyenne and rodeo communities marked the occasion in a variety of ways Saturday.
LeDoux died March 9 from complications from cancer of the bile duct.
He not only was an internationally known musician who had a treasure-trove of albums to his name, he also was a bareback rider and rodeo champion.
LeDoux usually performed at Cheyenne Frontier Days every other year. This would have been his year to perform.
At Cheyenne Frontier Days on Saturday, some of the people who were closest to LeDoux came together to remember the best times they had with him.
Western Underground, LeDoux's band, is carrying the torch, but band members said they needed closure.
"The fans also needed closure, and we want to see how this will evolve," said Lyle Evans, bass guitar player.
An interview backstage at the CFD Contract Acts Building came to a halt when someone backstage turned on a small television set. Band members Evans, Mark Sissel and Bobby Jensen folded their arms in remembrance as Bill Brewster read a cowboy poetry tribute to LeDoux over the loudspeakers of the rodeo that also could be seen on the TV everyone was watching.
A pre-recorded video tribute with Freudenthal speaking came on the TV next.
"Chris LeDoux was beloved in Wyoming and loved by millions of Americans, because he was the real thing," the governor said. "Not a dime-store cowboy, but a real cowboy and part of the Wyoming mosaic and part of our range.
"Chris LeDoux was beloved in Cheyenne, beloved in Wyoming, particularly at Cheyenne Frontier Days. It's appropriate that we take a moment to honor his memory and to recognize what he did for us. We remember him not only because of his music, but because of the kind of man he was and the statement he made, both in his life and in his music. We appreciate this opportunity to be with his family. We appreciate what he has done for the West, Wyoming and particularly Frontier Days. God bless his memory. God bless his family, and may the grace of God enfold them and give them peace. "
Next, footage of Chris and his band playing "This Cowboy's Hat" came up on the TV as rodeo fans watched it on the big screen outside. The band in the Contract Acts Building pointed themselves out when they were on the footage and recalled old memories.
Also on stage at the rodeo were Peggy LeDoux, Chris' widow, and her children, Clay and his wife Kris, Ned, Will and Cindy. Beau, Chris' son, couldn't be with the family because he was doing what Chris would have been doing, riding bareback broncs and winning money.
Troy Ellerman, the commissioner of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, was on the stage with the family, as was Rick Foster, representing the Justin Sports Medicine, who put the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund together. They help support cowboys who are injured.
Ken McCann, the general chairman for CFD this year, said the rain shower earlier in the day might have been Chris' doing, because he had a good sense of humor. He remembered meeting Chris when the performer competed in the rodeo and sold eight-track tapes under the rodeo stands.
"As I recalled, some of those tapes weren't quite ready for polite radio," McCann said.
"When he left the arena for the rodeo stage, he remained the same shy cowboy," McCann said. "If you knew Chris, you knew he loved his family as much as he loved his music. We'd like to think he loved Cheyenne too. It seems fitting under this beautiful Wyoming sky that we pay tribute to the cowboy and his music. "
Kevin Keller and his wife, Linda Keller, presented a check for $10,000 to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, and CFD and the CFD Board of Directors matched that with another $10,000 check.
The Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund was the main charity that proceeds went to after Chris died.
"I have some good memories of Chris," said Jensen, the band's keyboardist. "He was a great guy, he was down to earth, sincere, and he treated everybody with respect. "
Mainly the band remembered Chris' sense of humor.
Evans remembered a time when Chris was in Cheyenne with his band. They went to Wal-Mart in the bus, and Chris bought eight fishing poles and licenses.
"We went to Vedauwoo and caught brook trout and cooked them on the bus," Evans said. "We were laying over in Cheyenne and weren't here for Frontier Days. We just went off-roading in the tour bus. "
Turnbow, the band's drummer, remembered when he joined the band and Chris invited him to his house in Kaycee.
"When I came to his house, I had to jump on his mechanical bull and ride it," Turnbow said.
Evans, who's also known as "Pops," said he had to water ski as Chris tested out his new boat when the water was near freezing on Lake DeSmet.
Both Turnbow and Jensen told the gopher story.
"We were on the Crown Royal Tour with Sawyer Brown, and this was a practical joke of Chris'," Turnbow said.
Chris' trailer behind his bus had run over a gopher. Chris scooped up the fresh road kill, skinned it and fried up all of the meat.
He neatly took the catering lettuce and put the meat on top.
"There was this thigh with a claw," Jensen said. "Chris put it in Sawyer Brown's dressing room. He loved to do funny stuff. "
Ned, Chris' son, who plays drums with Western Underground on the two-headed monster double-drum set, laughed as the band members shared their stories.
Western Underground is continuing to do tribute concerts to Chris. On Oct. 22 they will be in Casper for a new rodeo that was named in Chris' honor.
One of the band members said they might have been performing with Chris at the CFD night show last week.
Instead the band performed with Toby Keith during Saturday's concert. Keith "did 'Copenhagen' together with my dad. With 'Rodeo Moon,' dad gave him the idea for it, and he took it from there. "
"It's hard to be without him, period, no matter where you're at," Ned said.
Online
For updates on Western Underground, go to chrisledoux.com.
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