My buddy who went to that Chris LeDoux show with me thought Garth was the anti-Hank, but I always thought the anti-Hank was Shania Twain. As a rule I don’t blame artists for too much success, even if that success crowds out other talented artists.
But I did get to see LeDoux in concert before his untimely death, and it was everything a country music fan could ask for. It was a symbiotic relationship-Garth helped propel LeDoux’s career past the rodeo circuit. Not many artists could get away with it, but Garth shares an enormous stage presence and magnetism with LeDoux. What a lot of people don’t know is that he crafted his early shows by mimicking Chris LeDoux.
While I was in Texas over Christmas I caught the recording of Garth’s live show in South Bend.
