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Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy

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Chris is a great wesern storyteller. In the song "Call of the wild", I can picture the places that he sings about and see "an eagle as she glides..." In "You just cant see him from the road", reminds me of some of the colorful chacters that I've me while living as a boy out west. Awsome CD that tell's it like it is. Like Garth Brooks said it best in his live version of "Much too young..." "Godbless Chris LeDouix!"

This album was recorded in the early 90's about the time Mr. Ledoux caught on with the "other " country music crowd. His "Cadillc Ranch" may have been the most popular by radio standards and later made into a dance tune...with extended play time. "Little Long Haired Outlaw" and "Hooked on an 8 second ride" are on the rock and roll side ..upbeat. He slows it down with "Look at you girl" and does well for not having the greatest crooner voice.But my favorite on this album, and is worth the price alone is "Cant see him from the road. It's about the American Cowboy and how he's still around. Not on the big screen anymore ..and its not Crokadile Dundee." He's still out there ridin fences..you just can't see him from the road." If you've visited Wyoming or be lucky enought to reside there you know what he means. GREAT SONG!!!! Hits the nail on the head. God Bless the Man

Whatch Gonna Do with a Cowboy, quickly became Chris LeDoux's and the Western Underground's flagship album. It carries such tracks as: Hooked on a 8 second ride, in which Chris sings about how addicting the rodeo lifestyle is. Making ends meet, was not written by Chris, but certainly fit his lifestyle. You just can't see him from the road, depicts the dying western film industry, where cowboys like John Wayne and Alan Ladd were wrangling cattle and maybe saving a damsel in distress. Probably the most popular Chris LeDoux song was Cadillac Ranch, which is about a farming/ranching family, which met with hard times, so they turned barn into a bar, gave all the cattle away, and now all they raise is "cain." Chris LeDoux, may not have had many fans, but the ones he had, and could empathize with his life, were diehards. They share the same passions. Like Garth Brooks, I am a LeDoux fan. I can relate to his lifestyle, his longing for the open prairies and snow capped mountains, even his longing to work cattle or mend fences. Chris was a man that did what was required to sustain his Wyoming ranch. This is what makes Chris' songs so authentic. He sang the songs that reflect his life, the good and the bad aspects of it. This is not a hip-hop or pop album, if you like that kind of music this isn't for you. However, if you can appreciate authentic ranch life and have ever worked cattle in the middle of a snow storm, ever went eight seconds on a crow-hopping bronc, ever tied a calf in under ten seconds then this is you music, or if you haven't, but envy the people that have, well this is your kind of music and I can bet that the volume on your compact disc player will be hitting the max.

This was probably Chris' commercial apex, such as it was; he was coming off his "newfound" popularity (we old-time fans already loved Chris) from Garth Brooks' mention of him and he sings a duet with the notorious Mr. Brooks. Still, it's a fine LeDoux CD.

I have always been a Chris fan but this has to be the best yet. I love the songs that sound like they come from the heart, in this cd they all do and they all have a secret meaning in them wich make them injoyable to listen to.

chris ledoux is like no other country singer he rocks his stage performances rival that of hard rock bands without the blood and guts from people bashing themselves. chris knows how to sing a love song but he knows how to rock n roll too. the song cadalic ranch sounds like a rock song from begning to end. the guitar is cranked up with lots of distortion (for country anyway) and some cool lead solos throught the song. the dance mix to this song is avabile on his album under this old hat and it rocks even more then this one. chris was doing rockin country before there was rockin country. if you have ever heard charlie daniels and know how he rocks the house well chris ledoux is that and even more especcialy on the guitar part. his song on here 8 second ride is a country song talking about riding in the rodeo but its sounds rock n roll all the way with lots of driving guitar and cool licks to boot. the song little long haired outlaw sounds like some mexican song at first but turns into something wild and the guitar becomes the lead and just rocks the house. he has some other great rock n country songs too like on another album his duet with charlie daniels called even cowboys like a little rock n roll. just take a listen if you ahve never liked country before take a listen to the songs i just listed starting with cadilac ranch and then go to 8 sec ride and just see what im talking about. if you do like country give this cd a listen and hear some cool country done with some beat and drive behind it. i never have been one to listen to country but yet i like chris's music some of it anyway.