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At some point—a birthday party or bush party, camping or fishing, a rodeo or a rave, in a bar or a back seat—the catchy country tune, with the unforgettably raunchy lyrics, grabbed your attention.Now, all these years later, when someone warbles, “Well, it’s 40 below,” you know you know what comes next, even if you don’t have a heater in your truck.“The Rodeo Song,” with its toe-tapping naughtiness (10 f-bombs and assorted other profanity), with its underground popularity, endures.
Do you know what kind of music this is?
Extremely lucky.”On a cold winter weekend in 1979, Showdown was playing a hotel in Drayton Valley, Alta.
First, though, they got permission from Gaye Delorme, the man who wrote the song they’d heard covered by the musician in Drayton Valley.
(“I try to forget about that one.”) “The Rodeo Song,” on the other hand, had lasting appeal.None of them play “The Rodeo Song” anymore.
It may have been hatched in Brooks. Do you know a YouTube video for this track? At music festivals, they shared billing with Rough Trade and Trooper, with The Nylons and Matt Minglewood, with Long John Baldry.
How he came to write “The Rodeo Song” is another story—or stories.
With room for a 10th track, “The Rodeo Song” was a last-minute addition.Cover art was shot at Dirks Rodeo School near Medicine Hat, Alta. Instead of going week by week, place to place, collecting your paycheque and wandering aimlessly around the business, how do we push our way through the BS? “We talked a lot about how to get through this maze. Then we got lucky.
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Or Okotoks.
But Lee insists they waited until the next evening.
(Lee politely declined to discuss the royalty arrangements.
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“The Rodeo Song” was on its 1980 debut album, Welcome to the Rodeo, which sold more than 200,000 units, earning double-platinum status. Possibly late one wild night.
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In Canada since 1996, purchases of the single are approaching 30,000, including more than 2,100 last year.Showdown ended up earning a 1982 Juno Award nomination for top country group. Or Red Deer. But the lyrics, scribbled quickly, took hold.Before RCA picked up distribution rights, band members were doing a brisk business selling cassettes, 8-tracks and LPs off the stage, for $10 a pop.Not everyone, however, was sold on Showdown’s signature song. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. Western Writers of America have chosen it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time.
Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. To coerce LaRocque and Holley into providing statements about the group’s financial arrangements, he sued them, too. The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority’s efforts to ban it backfired.The country-music community, however, distanced itself from Showdown.Riding a wave, the band headlined at the El Mocambo, a Toronto venue previously played by the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
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Rodeo Song Chords by Spur Of The Moment Band. Hmm, it looks like we don’t know much about this track.
McLellan quit after six months, angry at the lack of communication about money. Do you know any background info about this track?
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Or early one hungover morning. “The Rodeo Song” was on its 1980 debut album, Welcome to the Rodeo, which sold more than 200,000 units, earning double-platinum status.According to SoundScan, sales of “The Rodeo Song” have exceeded 111,000 in the United States since 1991.
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