Chris Ledoux - After the Storm
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Artist: Chris LedouxEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-04-09
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Some Things Never Change
- Millionaire
- Don't It Make You Want To Dance
- Daily Bread
- I Don't Want To Mention Any Names
- I Would For You
- Cowboy Up
- Scatter The Ashes
- What I'm Up Against
- Simple As Dirt
- Bareback Jack
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Music Review: Life after health crisis brings contentment
Rating: 4 Stars
LeDoux's music is filled with the mature sense of self that's missing from the work of fresh-faced Nashville strivers. It's a perspective honed from a life of experience, and left unperturbed by the necessities of modern chart stardom. On this latest release, LeDoux's introspective sensibility has been magnified by a health crisis and subsequent successful liver transplant. The resulting mood reflects a deepened sense of contentment with family, friends, work and play.From the opening Garth Brooks duet, "Some Things Never Change," to the closing remake of the rodeo-themed "Bareback Jack," LeDoux contemplates the simple things that make up one's life; romance ("Millionaire" "What I'm Up Against"), hard work ("Cowboy Up" "Simple as Dirt"), and music making ("Don't it Make You Want to Dance") provide a few of his daily joys. Even David Lee Murphy's funereal "Scatter the Ashes" finds peace in the final departure from a well-lived life.
LeDoux's happiness and comfort is infectious, enough so to credit the backing singers on one track as "everybody in the studio." His tone may be less rowdy than on earlier albums (though the western swing of "I Don't Want to Mention Any Names" has a sly bounce), but his words are no less powerful. Like a favorite pair of Wrangler's, LeDoux's music gains character each time he rides out of the chute.
Description of After the Storm
On "Some Things Never Change," the opening track of Chris LeDoux's first album since battling back from serious illness and a liver transplant, even his buddy and duet partner Garth Brooks sounds looser and less forced than on any of his own records. Still the rodeo veteran, LeDoux relaxes listeners while retaining all of the power and integrity that's marked his music from the jump (more than 23 years ago!). "Millionaire," a celebration of lasting love, the joyous "Don't It Make You Want to Dance," and the rodeo humor of "Cowboy Up" emphasize straightforwardness over predictability. "Scatter the Ashes" transcends its rodeo theme with a message for any world-weary soul ready to move on. And how many major-label artists today sing of the pure joy of farm life as he does on "Simple as Dirt"? Never once do he or his producers lower themselves to worry about pleasing radio's demographic-obsessed, tin-eared demons. In a perfect world, LeDoux would be one of those who set country's gold standard. --Rich KienzleCountry CDs
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