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Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo
P.O. Box 20070
Houston, Texas 77225-0070
832.667.1000
www.rodeohouston.com
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Not only was the award-winning country duo Brooks & Dunn inducted into the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Star Trail of Fame in March, the duo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Aug. 4, in Hollywood, Calif. Their star joins 2,366 other terrazzo and brass markers on the sidewalks along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.
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Brooks & Dunn (1992 – 2008) performed in front of their 1 millionth RodeoHouston fan during their 2007 performance, and were the closing performers of the 2008 Show. |
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Jerry Reed (1969, ’72) gained recognition as a singer, songwriter, ace guitarist and actor. On Monday, Sept. 1, Reed died of complications from emphysema at 71. |
Born in 1937 in Atlanta, Ga., Reed’s mother taught him to play guitar at age 8. The singer dropped out of high school to tour with Ernest Tubb and Faron Young, signed his first Nashville contract at 17, and released 40 albums in his career.
The GRAMMY award winning artist gained notoriety with such songs as the crossover hit “Amos Moses,” “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” and collaborations with Chet Atkins such as “Sneakin’ Around.” Known as “Snowman” in the “Smokey and the Bandit” films, Reed recorded the hit single “East Bound & Down,” which became an anthem for truck drivers across the country. He reemerged in the film industry as the hateful coach in Adam Sandler’s “The Waterboy” in 1998.
Over the years, Reed wrote songs recorded by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and the Oakridge Boys.
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Season Tickets for the 2009 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are available now!
Don’t miss your chance to see every rough ride, winning run and superstar entertainer!
For Season Ticket information, contact the Show’s Ticket Office at 832.667.1080.
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Three cowboys with ties to RodeoHouston will be inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City during Rodeo Weekend Oct. 24-26.
Don Gay competed at RodeoHouston several times, winning the bull riding championship in 1976 (co-champion) and 1986. While still in high school, Gay earned his Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association card, and went on to win seven world titles and setting the record for most PRCA world bull riding titles with his eighth win in 1983. The man from Terrell, Texas, co-founded the Mesquite Championship Rodeo in Mesquite, Texas, and now provides color commentary on rodeo events on several networks. Gay was also inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo. in 1979. |
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Lane Frost has been immortalized on the big screen for his great accomplishments during his short lifetime. Frost, an Oklahoma native, won his first world championship in bull riding in 1987. Frost competed at RodeoHouston in 1986 and 1987. Frost was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1990, one year after he died after completeing a ride at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Chuck Parkison started his rodeo career as a bareback rider, bull rider and occasional chute boss. However, the Northern Hollywood, Calif. native found his calling as a rodeo announcer in the late 1940s. His announcing career began in 1947 at the Los Angeles, California, rodeo when the regular announcer failed to show. Parkison announced the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for 24 years and the National Finals Rodeo six times; 1967, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981. |
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On Aug. 29, the Rice University Owls kicked off the 2008 football season against Southern Methodist University’s Mustangs with a little help from more than 70 World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Committee volunteers.
In true Western fashion, the committee members reached out to the community, honored Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarship recipients who attend Rice University, and promoted the 2009 Show in style. |
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