Garry Lee and the Showdown

{{Short description|Country band from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Garry Lee and Showdown

| image =

| origin = Canada

| genre = Country, country rock, bluegrass, comedy

| label = Damon Studios, SoundTrek

| current_members = Garry Lee Berthold
Charles Holley
Paul McLellan
Kelly La Rocque
Wolf Rick Patterson

}}

Garry Lee and Showdown{{cite web |title=Gary Lee & Showdown |url=http://www.canadianbands.com/Showdown.html |website=showdown.html |accessdate=13 September 2018}}{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/S/Showdown.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713211907/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/S/Showdown.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=Biography|encyclopedia=Jam! Encyclopedia|date=7 December 2004|accessdate=2010-12-31}}{{cite web |url=http://djallyn.org/archives/7377 |title=The Rodeo Song – Garry Lee and the Showdown — DJ Allyn - the Soundtrack for my Life |accessdate=2010-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121181558/http://djallyn.org/archives/7377 |archivedate=2010-11-21 }} are a country band from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. They are best known for their underground hit song "The Rodeo Song" (written by Gaye Delorme) and featuring prominent use of profanity, from the 1980 album, Welcome to the Rodeo.

In 1993, after extensive airplay by Simon Bates on BBC Radio 1,{{cite journal |title=New entries: singles |journal=Hit Music |date=31 July 1993 |issue=44 |page=9}} the song was issued in the UK, and got to number 43 in the UK singles chart.{{cite web |title=Garry Lee and Showdown |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29117/garry-lee-and-showdown/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=9 February 2025}}

In a 2018 interview,{{cite web |title=Alberta Crude: Four hard-working local musicians reflect on their 40-year-old hit 'The Rodeo Song' | url=https://calgaryherald.com/life/swerve/alberta-crude-four-hard-working-local-musicians-reflect-on-their-40-year-old-hit-the-rodeo-song | website=calgaryherald.com |accessdate=28 February 2019}} the band members stated that they had heard Gaye Delorme play the song at a bar and decided to cover it, though royalties were not discussed.