Which Chris has done it better?

Take a while to get to know about Chris LeDoux and Chris Rea, the two artists you will be listening to. And, while you remain undecided, still try to pick one artist, if you can.Show more

#ChrisLeDoux

Chris LeDoux was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor, and Hall of Fame rodeo champion. During his career, LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many self-released), which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007. He was awarded two gold and one platinum album certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), was nominated for a Grammy Award, and was honored with the Academy of Country Music Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award.

LeDoux was born in Beaumont, Texas, on October 2, 1948. He grew up in Kaycee, Wyoming, and began riding horses at a young age. In 1970, he became a professional rodeo cowboy on the national circuit. To help pay his expenses while traveling the country, he began composing songs describing his lifestyle. Within two years, he had written enough songs to make up an album, and soon established a recording company, American Cowboy Songs, with his father. After recording his songs in a friend's basement, LeDoux "began selling his tapes at rodeo events out of the back of his pickup truck". In 1976, LeDoux won the world bareback riding championship at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City.

#ChrisRea

Chris Rea is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist from Middlesbrough. Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty-five solo albums, two of which topped the UK Albums Chart. Rea was "a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10" with his single "The Road to Hell (Part 2)" and has also dealt with several waves of illness during his long career which have often informed his songs. The album, The Road to Hell (1989), topped the album chart, as did its successor, Auberge (1991).

Rea was born on 4 March 1951 in Middlesbrough, England. He started playing guitar at the age of 15 and began writing songs in his early 20s. In 1975, he released his debut album, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? which was a commercial failure. Rea continued to release albums throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, but it wasn't until the release of his 1986 album, On the Beach, that he achieved international success. The album's single, "The Road to Hell (Part 1)", became a hit in the UK and Europe, and Rea went on to release a string of successful albums throughout the 1990s.

Rea has also had a successful career as a film composer. He wrote the score for the 1993 film Soft Top Hard Shoulder, and he also contributed music to the films La Passione (1996) and Parting Shots (1999).

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