Colt Ford Facing A Health Battle

Colt Ford hasn’t felt this good in a long time.  “I've gotten in a lot better shape, and I just feel great,” Ford tells Taste of Country. “My life is in a great place. I'm getting married in October. I found my person. And I'm just as happy and excited as I've ever been about music, which is kind of hard to believe. I feel like I'm not even done making my best music.”

His first full-length studio album in three years, ‘Must Be the Country’ is a 24-track country barnburner that brings the heat Ford has long been known for. Kicking off the album is its title track, which has the Georgia native collaborating with fellow country artist Dillon Carmichael.

But Colt has been dealing with health issues, “Last year I got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Myasthenia Gravis,” admits Ford, who has also battled eye cancer in recent years. “it's been tough. It's a disease and there's no cure for this.”

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