Chris LeDoux

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风格: #牛仔　#当代乡村　#都市牛仔
地区: 欧美

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现年48岁的Chris Ledoux，在踏入乡村乐坛之前，就有着传奇般的生活经历。

在美国西部牧场长大的Chris Ledoux，从学生时代开始不断参加各种马术比赛，十五年的职业骑手生涯，使他逐渐成为马场上的佼佼者，并终于在1976年夺得了世界冠军。

当人们开始谈论这位赛场上的新星的同时，他们惊讶地发现，Chris Ledoux早在1972年就开始发行自己的乡村歌曲专辑了。

Chris Ledoux并没有沿袭传统的乡村风格，而是开放式地包含了摇滚等其他类型的音乐内容。他的歌曲坚持忠于自己的生活和感受：写美国西部，写自己的骑术生活，决不唱痛哭流泣的情歌。

1989年，乡村巨星Garth Brooks在自己的歌曲Much too young中唱到"孤独的女人和酗酒的恶习，还有Chris Ledoux的听旧的磁带，是我仅有的伴侣"，当每个人都争相询问这个Chris Ledoux是谁的时候，Chris Ledoux和父母在这二十年间已经在自家的车库里制作了22张乡村乐专辑，并且获得了400,000美元的销量。

1999年发行的唱片辑20 Greatest Hits收录了Chris Ledoux个人发行和1991年签约Liberty唱片后发行的专辑中，最为大众和Chris本人喜爱的多首歌曲。在这张唱片中，他仍然坚守着自己的原则，如"Hooked on an 8-Second Ride"和"This Cowboy's Hat"刻画出了他对于骑手生活方式的深切感受。Bon Jovi创作的"Bang a Drum"等又充分表现了Chris Ledoux多样的歌曲演绎方式和他对Rock n'roll的钟爱。而专辑中他和Garth Brooks合作"Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy"以及与Toby Keith 合作的"Copenhagen"更是不能错过的代表作。

Chris Ledoux对于乡村音乐，就象驾御着自己的赛马一样，充满爆发力的同时，又能够收放自如，这就是他成功的关键。

by Steve Huey

Prior to becoming a successful independent country artist, Chris LeDoux was a rodeo champion known for his bareback-riding skill and made his name in music by writing countless songs about the rodeo life. LeDoux was born in Biloxi, MS, in 1948 and moved around often as a child since his father was in the Air Force. He first tried his hand at rodeo riding in Denison, TX, at age 13 and was soon winning junior competitions. His family moved to Cheyenne, WY, while he was in high school, and he continued to ride; after graduating, he won the Wyoming State Rodeo Championship, which earned him a rodeo scholarship to Caspar College. He also studied the sport at Sheridan and Eastern New Mexico and won the Intercollegiate National Bareback Riding Championship. He turned pro in 1970 and eked out a living on the national rodeo circuit, winning just enough prize money to keep himself going. At the same time, LeDoux began writing songs about the rodeo lifestyle, since no other country performer had yet filled the niche (the way trucker songs became a specialized country subgenre). His first composition was Bareback Jack, and he soon recorded an albums worth of songs in a friends basement in 1972. He and his father set up a recording company, American Cowboy Songs, and LeDoux began selling his tapes at rodeo events out of the back of his pickup truck. As this side business became more lucrative, LeDoux started traveling to Nashville for quickie recording sessions rather than relying on local musicians.

LeDouxs hard work on the rodeo circuit paid off when he won the 1976 world bareback riding championship at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City. He remained active until 1980, when small nagging injuries and a desire to be with his family led him to retire. He settled on a ranch in Kaycee, WY, but kept up his songwriting and recording and developed an increasingly large following as well as a reputation for exciting concerts. By 1982, hed sold over 250,000 copies of his self-released albums, of which he completed 22 by the end of the 80s. LeDoux had long refused to sign a record deal, valuing his independence more, but when rising superstar Garth Brooks name-checked him on the 1989 hit Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old), the attention was too much to resist. LeDoux signed with Capitol subsidiary Liberty and released his national debut, Western Underground, in 1991. The 1992 follow-up, Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy, featured a duet with Brooks on the title track. The single became LeDouxs first (and only) Top Ten country hit, and the album also entered the Top Ten and went gold. Though he hasnt had another single that big, LeDoux recorded steadily for Liberty through the 90s, and all of his albums — 1993s Under This Old Hat, 1994s Haywire, 1996s Stampede, 1997s Live, and 1998s One Road Man — made the country Top 40, selling well to LeDouxs extensive fan base. 2000s Cowboy found LeDoux re-recording his earliest compositions, and he subsequently battled a liver illness that threatened his life and required a transplant. He recovered and returned to music with the more personal album After the Storm in 2002. LeDoux released Horsepower in 2004. It would be his last completed album before he died of complications from liver cancer in March of 2005.

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Chris LeDoux 克里斯-勒多克斯

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Chris LeDoux　克里斯-勒多克斯