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​ It’s TRUE! We’ve got Ned LeDoux!

The Mesa County Fair Board is pleased to welcome Ned LeDoux to perform Friday, July 19th at the Mesa County Fair powered by Atlasta Solar!

Ticket Prices Now to July 19th

  • Adult General Admission $21
  • Gold Buckle (seats with backs) $28

Day of July 19th

  • Adult General Admission $26
  • Gold Buckle (seats with backs) $33

Schedule subject to change

Chris LeDoux cast a BIG shadow across these “these western skies” and after his father’s passing in 2005 from cancer, Ned continued to tour with his father’s band Western Underground to keep the musical spirit of Chris LeDoux alive.

According to his website, Ned’s Bio begins at an early age;

In country music, a last name like LeDoux casts a big, storied and bittersweet shadow, but it’s one Ned LeDoux doesn’t mind standing in one bit. Having been a drummer in his dad Chris’ band Western Underground since 1998, Ned knew from an 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.”

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.”

The timing couldn’t be more right for Ned to pick up a guitar and belt out “Western Skies,” it has been over 10 years since Chris LeDoux passed and he believes people want to hear something new. Ned has boxes of song ideas his dad never finished and is digging through those for inspiration.“I will kind of stick with what dad used to do but bring my own stuff to the table.” In July of 2015, Ned traveled to Nashville with some of those unfinished songs and met up with Mac McAnally to put that inspiration to work. Mac produced Chris’ last two studio records and wrote his hit “Horsepower,” so the collaboration with Ned was a natural fit and lead to the first new Chris LeDoux co-write in nearly two decades.

His latest song “Brother Highway” is about all the time he has spent on the road touring with various bands since his days in high school. 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 harkens back to the sound of good ole country music, but with an edge. Eventually, Ned plans to release an album of new material and include a few of his dad’s songs re-recorded in his own style as a tribute.

For the last year, Ned has been steadily touring and opening for acts like Toby Keith, Chris Janson, and Randy Houser. Yet now that he is in front of the mic, Ned has a new goal. “There’s an age group who doesn’t know who Chris LeDoux is and I just want to keep his name out there. I want to reintroduce him to people who’ve maybe heard of him but didn’t know what he did. Just carry on his legacy and carry on his music and at the same time show them what I can do.”

On tour, you’re guaranteed to hear “This Cowboy’s Hat”–the song most requested by his fans and a request Ned is honored to oblige. His personal favorite song to sing, though, is one called “You Can’t Tell Me We Ain’t Got It All.” It’s the first original song Ned co-wrote with his dad and seems to pick up right where Chris left off. And thankfully, there is more to come as there is a new voice to carry on the LeDoux sound.

Make sure you check out his latest album Sagebrush and watch for his 2nd album which Ned says,

is almost done!! I had the great Mac McAnally produce once again. Wouldn’t have it any other way. I wrote 9 of the 12 songs. They all go hand in hand with Sagebrush well.

Venue Information

Mesa County Fairgrounds
2785 US-50
Grand Junction, CO 81503

Organizer Information

Mesa County Fair


2785 US-50
, Grand Junction, CO 81503

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