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Folks who know Colt Ford’s story know it’s pretty darned miraculous. The guy died — twice — last year when he collapsed with a heart attack following a show. Obviously, he was brought back both times, and he has recovered to the point that he is back out there on the road touring. And this week, while speaking with Taste of Country, he revealed something pretty out of this world about his near-death experience. “There was a bell, it was a bright light and Toby stepped out and said, ‘They’re not ready for you yet Little Dog, go on back down there,’” Ford said. “That’s how I woke up. I literally just opened my eyes. I didn’t know what happened. I didn’t know anything had transpired.” Ford told Taste of Country that he and Keith were “super close” when the singer was alive, and that Keith used to call him “Little Dog Daddy.” You can read more about it here. Ford collapsed following a show in early April of 2024. He revealed some of the details of his medical ordeal later that month when he called in to the Big D and Bubba radio show from his hospital bed. “It’s been a traumatic, crazy experience,” Ford told the hosts. “I didn’t even remember coming out here to do a show in Phoenix.” Ford had just stepped back onto his tour bus after performing at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row bar when he texted his fiancée, ‘Hi baby.‘” “And then I fell over dead,” he said. Ford said that, luckily, his band came out to check on him and found him. And, he said, Gilbert got involved in getting him to the hospital and, eventually, making sure he was switched to another hospital when the one they were at didn’t have the correct equipment to deal with Ford’s heart situation. “He said, ‘I don’t care what you do, get him to the other hospital,‘” Ford said of Gilbert. Ford said he died during transport to the other hospital. “They brought me back,” he said. “They saved my life. The Lord had more for me to do.” He added that one of his doctors told him he would not have given him a 1-percent chance to live. “He said, I would give you a .1 percent chance that you would have survived,‘” Ford said. “I had so much trauma in my body and my heart,” he said. “I had three stints put in (my heart).” Ford, who has worked closely with Keith, Jamey Johnson and Jason Aldean, has had his share of health issues. He also reportedly had eye cancer and had to undergo surgery three years ago to deal with that. Ford, whose real name is Jason Farris Brown, is a former professional golfer. He has released eight studio albums with his first coming in 2008.
