Garth Brooks is headed for Wyoming on Friday night, where he'll play the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. It's the 125th anniversary of the 10-day event, and this year's festivities are dedicated to the late country star and rodeo champ Chris LeDoux.
"1996 we're playing Cheyenne Frontier Days...worried that our youngest daughter, Allie, is going to be born while we're there and I'd have to fly out and miss the show," recounts Garth. "So Chris LeDoux brings him and his band up there just in case. We get the word about 2pm in the afternoon [that] everything's great, so we go ahead and play the show...with Chris LeDoux."
This weekend, Garth will honor Chris by being a part of the official unveiling ceremony of a bronze statue dedicated to the rodeo legend. He's also playing his Friday night show with country singer Ned LeDoux, who's Chris' son.