Ned LeDoux Wins Best Male Vocalist at the
2017 Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards
Honoring the Best in Country Music from Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska
Cowboys & Indians Exclusively Premiered Track “Some People Do”
From His Debut Album Sagebrush In Stores November 3
Ned LeDoux takes home Best Male Vocalist
at the 2017 Rocky Moutain Country Music Awards
NASHVILLE, TN – Oct 24, 2017 – Ned LeDoux took home his first major award when he was named Best Male Vocalist at the 2017 Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards honoring the best in country music from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska. On stage since the late 90s as the drummer in his dad’s band, he put down the sticks two years ago, picked up a guitar and stepped to the front of the stage where he continues to tour heavily all over the US as a solo artist. The heavy touring and energetic shows have paid off earning LeDoux his own fervent and loyal following of fans who are eager for the release of his first full-length debut album Sagebrush releasing November 3.
Sagebrush is now available for pre-order at all digital retailers. Sagebrush carries on the traditions, music and cowboy way of life passed down to him by his Mom and Dad, Peggy and Chris LeDoux
Cowboys & Indians exclusively previewed his song “Some People Do” last week. Click HERE for the exclusive premiere.
To preorder Sagebrush click HERE and get five tracks instantly.
Note: Fans who purchased Forever A Cowboy EP will be able to utilize the “complete your album” at iTunes and other digital retailers to purchase the seven new tracks that complete Sagebrush.
Sagebrush, produced by award-winning Mac McAnally, completes and follows on the heels of his debut EP Forever A Cowboy released last year. Ned wrote or co-wrote eight of the 12 songs included on Sagebrush, and each song leaves no doubt as to what the LeDoux name stands for in country music.
Sagebrush is a labor of love and a year in the making for Ned LeDoux. The Kaycee, Wyoming native wrote his first song with his songwriting and producer mentor Mac McAnally. After that Ned continued to write about his own life experiences, all the while maintaining his western style and staying true to the cowboy way of life he has always known, as in the song “Forever A Cowboy.” Ned continued to write of his time spent on the road reflected in “Brother Highway,” and about one of the most important things in his life in the love song “By My Side,” about his love and devotion for his wife and growing family.
Ned’s mom, Peggy, gave him a bootbox full of what seemed to be song ideas his Dad had written down years ago. Ned prefers to call them his Dad’s “thoughts.” No one will ever know what his dad intended, but Ned took them and, with McAnally, turned them in to a variety of songs including his Dad as a co-writer. Four of those songs appear on Sagebrush including “Never Change,” “Cowboy Life,” “Forever A Cowboy” and “We Ain’t Got It All. ”
The entire collection of songs on Sagebrush mix together well and tell of the LeDoux history and his family values- from cowboys, ranching, the highway and the simplicity of living including the song "Better Part of Living" penned by McAnally and “Another Horse to Ride,” written by Larry Bastian and Vince Pasion, which fits perfectly in the story of Sagebrush.
In addition to his eight original songs, Ned’s passion for continuing and reintroducing his Dad’s music and life to a new generation of fans was helped when LeDoux’s friend and BBR Music Group recording artist Chase Rice called, out of the blue, and asked Ned if he wouldn’t mind if he recorded his Dad’s iconic signature song “This Cowboy’s Hat” for his upcoming album Lambs & Lions to be released on November 17. Ned loved the idea, and after recording it together both agreed to include on each of their upcoming albums.
Click HERE to learn more about Ned LeDoux and his inspiration for Sagebrush and carrying on his Dad’s legacy while at the same time forging his own.
Sagebrush Track Listing:
1) “Never Change” (Ned LeDoux, Chris LeDoux, Mac McAnally)
2) “Cowboy Life” (Ned LeDoux, Chris LeDoux, Mac McAnally)
3) “We Ain’t Got It All” (Ned LeDoux, Chris LeDoux, Mac McAnally)
4) “Some People Do” (Ned LeDoux, Will LeDoux, Mac McAnally)
5) “Brother Highway” (Ned LeDoux, Mark Sissel)
6) “Better Part of Living” (Mac McAnally)
7) “Forever a Cowboy” (Ned LeDoux, Chris LeDoux, Mac McAnally)
8) “By My Side” (Ned LeDoux, Mac McAnally)
9) “Another Horse To Ride” (Larry Bastian and Vince Pasion)
10) “Johnson County War” (Chris LeDoux)
11) “The Hawk” (Ned LeDoux)
12) “This Cowboy’s Hat” (Feat. Chase Rice) (Jake Brooks)
About Ned LeDoux:
It has been over 12 years since Chris LeDoux passed and Ned believes that people want to hear something new. His passion for music began at the age of five when he received his first drum kit. Ned went on to play in a number of different bands in Wyoming before landing a job as the drummer in his Dad Chris’s band Western Underground in 1998. Ned knew from that early age that he had “no plan b” but to play music. “Once I got the taste of the road, and being in front of a crowd and just the sound of it, it was...freedom,” he explained.
When his dad passed away in 2005, Ned continued to tour with his father’s band to keep the musical spirit of Chris LeDoux alive. This drove him to pick up the guitar and try his hand at some of his dad’s songs. It started with “Rodeo Man,” and before long Ned had a whole catalogue of his father’s early hits ready to play. When the other band members heard Ned’s voice, he found himself front and center singing at the shows. Stepping out from behind the drums stirred something inside of Ned that he hadn’t felt before, “It’s a different kind of rush, getting up with a guitar and standing behind a microphone...shoot I’m getting butterflies thinking about it right now.”
Carrying on with his family traditions and cowboy way of life is important to Ned as you can hear in the song “Forever A Cowboy.” Ned puts his own spin on his endless touring with “Brother Highway” about all the time he has spent on the road with various bands since his days in high school before landing full time as the drummer in his Dad’s band Western Underground. Ned says he doesn’t even need a road map anymore–that he and the highway are like brothers. He wants to write songs about what he knows, keep the themes simple and harken back to the sound of good ole country music but with an edge.
Ned has been burning up the highway to bring his new music to his loyal and dedicated fans sharing the stage with artists Toby Keith, Josh Turner, Chris Janson and Randy Houser. On tour, the show is a special blend of Ned’s original songs along with a few of his Dad’s.
To find out more about Ned LeDoux go to: www.NedLedoux.com or follow him on TWITTER, FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM.
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Spanish Fork Welcomes First Walmart Neighborhood Market,
Online Grocery Pickup, Almost 100 Jobs
New store opens near 2550 E. and Hwy 6 at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 25
SPANISH FORK, Utah – October 23, 2017 – Spanish Fork and the surrounding area will welcome its first Walmart Neighborhood Market at 898 S. 2550 E. near 2550 E. and Hwy 6 on Wednesday, Oct. 25. This creates the convenience of a smaller format to compliment the community’s existing Walmart Supercenter. The new store, which will employ about 95 full- or part-time associates, will feature Online Grocery Pickup and one of the only drive-thru pharmacies in Spanish Fork.
The 46,000-square-foot Neighborhood Market offers a wide variety of fresh produce and organic selections; a full-service deli and in-store bakery with fresh breads and more; convenient Grab-and-Go prepared meals; and a full grocery department with favorite name-brand products at the same affordable prices as Walmart’s larger stores. Customers will find a convenient, full-service pharmacy with a drive-thru, health and beauty items, baby and pet supplies, and select household goods.
In addition, this store is a new prototype Neighborhood Market that only exists in a limited number of communities, featuring wider aisles and lower counter tops in the deli and bakery for easy ordering.
“This is a new format for this part of the Salt Lake City metro, one whose smaller footprint focuses on fresh produce and allows customers to get in and out quickly,” said Store Manager Adam Pelley. “Walmart continually invests in new ways to save its customers time and money – and this store is a great example.”
