Nation singer and rapper Colt Ford, the cowriter of the hit tune Dust Street Anthem, has been hospitalized after struggling a coronary heart assault Thursday in Gilbert, Ariz.
Ford was stricken after a efficiency at at Dierks Bently’s Whiskey Row. He’s in vital situation within the intensive care unit at Banner Desert Medical Middle in Mesa, however is taken into account steady, experiences point out.
Ford is multiplatinum singer-songwriter with a number of No. 1 hits to his identify. Dirt Street Anthem, recorded with Brantley Gilbert, was lined by Jason Aldean for his 2010 album, My Kinda Occasion. It was nominated for a Grammy for Greatest Nation Solo Efficiency.
Ford’s personal albums embody Journey By way of the Nation, Declaration of Independence, and Should Be the Nation.
Ford had prior well being points earlier than, together with eye most cancers and myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune illness.
Ford had tour dates scheduled for the weeks forward, together with a Friday present in Primm, Nev., and a Saturday slot on the Wake the Lake Nation Competition in Lake Havasu Metropolis, Ariz.