Aaron Watson Wrote “July In Cheyenne” For Lane Frost’s Mother Because She Was Upset That The Movie “8 Seconds” Left Out His Faith

Aaron Watson Wrote “July In Cheyenne” For Lane Frost’s Mother Because She Was Upset That The Movie “8 Seconds” Left Out His Faith

A little part of every heart of every rodeo fan died there in the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne. Yesterday marked 36 years since the tragic death of rodeo legend Lane Frost, the 26-year old world champion bull rider who lost his life while competing at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 30, 1989. Frost, whose father Clyde competed on the rodeo circuit as a saddle bronc and bareback rider himself, got his start in the rodeo early in life and w…