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I've been trying to find that CD everywhere, being a big Western Underground fan, as they were the "Chris LeDoux sound", but I can't seem to find it anywhere around here.
The only thing is, I just don't think it will be the same without Chris, which sort of makes me a bit hesitant to buy it, but I think I will nonetheless.
Speaking of Chris LeDoux, I can't find the CD/DVD set that was released a few months back either, which I really really want to get.
QuoteAnd he had this to say about John Wayne. Billy Idol sounds like a alright guy in my book.
Of his new song “John Wayne,” Idol says, “When I'm singing it, I'm thinking about the characters John Wayne played. They were usually men with a flaw in their character or something dark in their past they're trying to rise above before the end of the movie. So it's not about the kick-in-the-door John Wayne or the barroom fight John Wayne -- it's more the man who overcomes.”
I've got a friend who is a huge Billy Idol fan, and they sent me that song knowing I was a huge Duke fan, and I really like it, I don't like that much of his stuff, but I really like this one.
I'm currently listening to a Chris LeDoux mix CD I have in the stereo, up to Life Is A Highway at the moment.
Ringo,
Best wishes pal. Hope everything goes smoothly for you, as we're all confident it will 
Don't really know what to say, but good luck, and we'll be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers
Take care buddy,
Bek :teeth_smile:
Wow, another milestone!
Congrats Chester & Mrs C on 6500!!
I'm just thankful I'm here on the greatest Duke MB on the net learning from people like you!
I really liked looking at that website, and it also made me think of posting the place where my granfather works here
They do chariot & chuck wagons races as part of show(fair) entertainment, horse drawn carriages for wedding, as well as supplying horses for films all around Australia, in fact the new "Australia" movie has some of his horses in it 
My grandfather is in a few of the pictures aswell If you happen to check the site out, he's in a few of the pictures on the "Weddings" page, aswell as others.
Anyway, here's the page
Don Ross Show Entertainment
I am Afraid I do not care much about Most of what is Called "Country and Western" music as it is done today, done by what are called, Drug-Store-Cowboys or Want-To-Be-Cowboys !
Aww, Chilibill, it's not all bad, just most of it 
Like I've said before, I love the "new traditional" sound, eg Garth Brooks(my favourite, as I've said before), Brooks & Dunn, those sorts of guys, who have it rocked up, but still sound traditional. Not to-the-bone tradtional, but still relatively tradtional sounding. Actually, going on a bit of a personal rant here, but I'm sick of people saying Garth "ruined" country music, and that the new sound was all because of him. Because he didn't start that new sound, the Outlaw movement did, ie Cash, Waylon, Willie, Kris did because they rebelled from the traditional sound at the time, and they're the biggest figures in country music. (Saying that, I do love them to death, and think they're phenomonal). Anyway, I'll hop down off my soap box now ( I tend to get a bit defensive when someone says something bad about Garth, he's my musical equivalent of Duke, ie I'm totally obsessed, and hates to hear any hating or any bad said about him)
Well my examples sound traditional compared to artists such as Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood etc, who I'm constantly sick of hearing, and are winning country award, after country award, for music that is far from country. Actually any new sound, so to speak, after the Garth/Brooks & Dunn/etc era started to sound too much like pop.
I mean, apparently nowadays throwing a steel guitar into your songs means you're country. Or adding one line of twang. Personally I think they just call themselves country, because the market is easier to crack. I mean, they'll probably be gone in a few years anyway. 80 % of the "new" stars, will have no longevity
Wow, Smokey, 2300, CONGRATS!
Also, Congrats to the others I've missed!
That mare is gorgeous Dukesfan!
I had an appy a few years ago, but she turned out having a bit of a mean streak, and I was injured at the time, and wasn't able to ride, so I couldn't work with her, and we had to sell her. Apparently she's going well now, so that's good.
I'll be riding tomorrow, so I'll see if I can get some updated pics of my gelding
8 Seconds for me.
That whole movie just stirs up so many emotions, call this cheesy, but one of my main inspirations for when I rodeo is Lane, not that I've done it for ages, but I probably wouldn't be as passionate about horses & cattle as I am without the influence of Lane Frost.
Unfortunately I wasn't alive when he was, but I've got multiple tapes, and the movie of course.
Anyway enough rambling, apart from that, none really make me as emotional as that, songs, now that's a different story, there's a whole lot of them.
I imagine most folks here (except for Chilibill) are too young to remember the old-time masters of country music such as Hank Williams, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Leroy Van Dyke, George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Horton and their like. They were popular back in the Fifties and early Sixties and turned out some great music. I've downloaded some MP3s from these singers on Amazon's web site (only cost 89 cents per song, which is pretty reasonable).
Too young to remember, well I wasn't even around when most of those guys were aroud.
But definitely not too young to appreciate it. Hank, well he practically invented the genre.
And George Jones, well he's still going! He most recently had a hit with a Garth Brooks duet, Beer Run(B-Double, E-Double, Are You In?) back in 2001/2.Which, I just love that song to bits, two of my favourite artists together, and another recent one, Choices, around 10 years or so ago, which is in my three favourite songs from any genre, coincedently enough, that top 3 are all country.
I agree, the Rednex version of Cotton-Eyed Joe doesn't sound country, and to be hoenst, I'm not even sure why it's considered country.
But then again stranger things have happened.
Country music is evolving, whether we like it or not.
I like the "rocked up honky tonk" sound of Garth Brooks(my favourite, ever), Brooks & Dunn, Chris LeDoux and a few others, who are still relatively traditional, just with a rock flavour.
And I love the real traditional sound aswell, Johnny, Willie, Waylon, Kris, George Jones etc etc and the newer traditionalists like George Strait, Alan Jackson(well most of it, apart from the 2 2006/7 albums, they were just not right), Mark Chestnutt etc
The ones that are considered country but just aren't are what I don't like, eg Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts and the like.
I've heard Cotton Eyed Joe, only the Rednex version, which is very upbeat, almost like a dance mix.
No problem
I'm listening to Mr. Blue by Garth Brooks.
Gt12pak,
That's Shiftwork by Kenny Chesney & George Strait.
Speaking of Strait
I'm listening to Carrying Your Love With Me by George Strait
I'm listening to The River by Garth Brooks.
I didn't have a very good day today, but listening to Garth never fails to cheer me up.
Especially this song.
Well once again you've hit a milestone!
6400 posts!
What else to say to you Chester & Mrs C, but
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Well I was practically born in the saddle, and I thank God everyday that horses are in my life.
To put it simply, I wouldn't be me without having something to do with a horse.
I believe there is no better feeling in the world than being on the back of a galloping horse, whether it be just a pleasure ride, or whether I'm chasing a beast down.
Aswell as being a companion, now, my horses are a tool as well, with me being a ringer nowadays. A job I wouldn't swap for the world.
I love the fact that, even when it feels like there is no one else there for me, I can go for a ride, and it'll cheer me up straight away.
Personally, I'm partial to Quarter Horses, I just love that they're hard workers, and they're bold. Australian Stock Horses come a very close second.
Here's my current steed, Joe. This guy isn't my work horse though, I just use the one's at work for working, he's more like a pet.
16hh 13 year old Thoroughbred Gelding
Coal Miner's Daughter
Based on the early years of Loretta Lynn, from her teenage years, to when she became the "Queen of Country Music", I really enjoyed it. The only thing though, was that I wished it had of gone a bit further on, but then again, I'm not entirely sure when it was made, so it may have gone as far as it could go.
Thank you all!
I'm sure everyone agrees with me here, I'm just glad I'm apart of the best John Wayne community on the 'net!
Watched a film called Frequency last night, starring Dennis Quaid & Jim Caviezel.
Was quite a good film, not spectacular, but good none the same, and the theme song was When You Come Back To Me Again by Garth Brooks, which is one of my favourite songs, so that was an added bonus aswell.
But here's a few older pics I like of my stubborn mule 
