County Fair to rock with western music of Ledoux
BROKEN BOW - If you are ready to get out and dance, head out to the concert at the Custer County Fair Wednesday, July 29 when singer-songwriter Ned LeDoux takes the stage.
According to Ledoux’s bio at www.nedledoux. com, he’s well known for high-energy shows. The poster for the Custer County Concert shows him jumping well into the air. “I try to stay in shape so when I do jump, I don’t pull a muscle,” he said. In addition to headlining his own shows, Ledoux has also opened for Toby Keith, Aaron Watson and Garth Brooks.
LeDoux and his band will bring music from his two albums, “Sagebrush” (2017) and “Next in Line” (Nov., 2019).
A recently released single, “Dance with Your Spurs on,” has been released from the second album and is getting airtime. He wrote it with a good friend, Corb Lund from Alberta, Canada. “A friend of mine went into a Runza to get something to eat and he heard it on the radio,” Ledoux said.
Ledoux describes his music as “definitely western.”
“I sing about being a cowboy and rodeo and ranch life,” he said. “I grew up that way. I definitely reach back to those days.”
He was born in Wyoming, grew up on a ranch and now calls Kansas home. His father, Chris Ledoux was a very wellknown western singer-song writer, the elder Ledoux also won the World Bareback Riding Championship in 1976.
Due to COVID-19, many of Ledoux’s concerts were postponed to next year or to this fall. He and his band’s first concert since March 9 was in Forsyth, Mont. last week. At that show, rows were blocked off to allow for spacing.
Ledoux is looking forward to being in Custer County where he feels people can relate to what he sings about. “I sing songs about real folks who live out there, in places like Nebraska and Wyoming,” he said.
Ledoux played at the
Custer County Fair with his father’s band, Western Underground, not long after his father’s death in 2005. “I picked up the reins for a while in tribute,” he said. He spent nearly seven years with his father’s band as a drummer though now he mainly stays on acoustic guitar for his own shows.
“I’m very proud that I got to play with him. The years went by quick,” he said. “It was amazing. Dad is my hero, him and my mom both. If someone says “Hey, that sounds like a song your dad wouldn’t record, that’s the best compliment I could get.”
There will be no “Meet and Greet” before or after the concert. “No shaking of hands. We’re trying to be safe,” Ledoux said.
There also will no merchandise, such as CDs and t-shirts, for sale. Concert-goers can pick up a flyer which will have a code that can garner a 20 percent discount when ordering online later.
With COVID-19 restrictions loosening but many concerns still in place, Ledoux says people can feel free to wear a mask if they want.
“I think it’s great it’s outdoors,” he said. He wants people to have fun but be safe. “I told them in Montana last week feel free to dance, but dance with the one who brought you,” he said. “We will give the best show we possibly can and look out and see smiling faces.”
Next Wednesday evening, head over to the Custer County Fairgrounds to catch Ned Ledoux in concert. Songs from both “Next in Line,” and “Sagebrush” will be part of the show. “And I can guarantee the people will hear some of Dad’s classics,” he added.
LeDoux will take the stage at 9 p.m. Borderline, playing the best mix of Country, Red Dirt and Rock, will start the music at 8 p.m.
General admission tickets are $15; VIP admission is $25; and are available at the Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce, Grocery Kart, Gary’s Super Foods and online at https:www.bigtickets. com\events\custer\nedledoux-concert-at-custercounty-fairgrounds/