Mark Sissel had a front-row seat to Chris LeDoux's rise to national prominence, as the singer-songwriter and rodeo star's tour manager and guitar player for just over a decade and a half. When he draws comparisons between the elder LeDoux and his son, singer and songwriter Ned LeDoux, he's doing so from a wealth of experiences on the road, in the studio and as a friend.
"They're both so similar ... I stood off of Chris' right shoulder for 16 years, and now I do the same for Ned, and just watching those two ...," says Sissel, trailing off. He's an original member of Western Underground, Chris LeDoux's final backing band that used to include Ned LeDoux on drums and now back him just as they did his dad.