It wasn’t his time. Last year, Colt Ford suffered a serious heart attack after a sold-out show at the Gilbert, Arizona, location of Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row. The country rapper was rushed to Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona, where he was considered to be in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit. Weeks after the medical emergency, the 54-year-old spoke publicly for the first time on the Big D & Bubba Show, detailing the scary event and revealing that he was declared clinically dead three times before being stabilized: “It’s just been a traumatic, crazy experience, guys. I don’t even remember coming out here to do a show in Phoenix. I died three times. Luckily, my band came out to check on me…they came out to check on me, and then all of a sudden they were like, ‘Oh God,’ and then that is when all hell broke loose.” This Mayo Clinic out here in Phoenix, if it was going to happen, God could not have had me in a better place. The big doc out here said, ‘I wouldn’t give me 1%, but I give you 0.1% that you’d survive.’ They brought me back. They saved my life. The Lord had more for me to do.” Luckily Colt made it through after 20 hours or surgery, and even returned to the road in 2025, just a year after the near-fatal heart attack. But Colt admits that it was strange to get back out there. During an interview on the Try That In A Small Town podcast, the “Dirt Road Anthem” co-writer opened up on what it’s like to be on the road again after a traumatic event like that: “Now I’ve got crazy anxiety and nerves. I’ve never had that before. So it’s been an ongoing process that’s a lot to deal with. The first time I went to get back on the bus I started to step on it and I was like, ‘Wait, oh, last time I was on here y’all carried me off here dead.’ So a lot of things like that you don’t think about until they’re back in the situation. I don’t even sit where I used to sit in my bus anymore because that’s where I was sitting when it happened.” And he also recalled the first time he woke up after clinically dying – and what he saw while he was gone. As it turns out, the last thing Colt saw before he finally woke up was his good friend Toby Keith, stepping out of a bright light with a message for him: “He used to call me Little Dog Daddy. You know, for most people you’d go, ‘I don’t want to be Little Dog.’… But it’s freaking Toby, so you’re like, yeah, he feels like a superhero. And I woke up by, literally, a light bright as it could be, and Toby stepped out and said, ‘They’re not ready for you, Little Dog, you need to go on back down there.'” When Toby Keith tells you they’re not ready for you, you listen. It’s nothing short of a miracle that Colt has been able to make the recovery that he has, and it’s great to see him back out on the road so soon. Though I’m sure there was a part of him that was no doubt happy that he was able to reunite with his old friend, even if was just for a second. The post Colt Ford Says He Saw Toby Keith Right Before Waking Up From A Coma After His Heart Attack: “They’re Not Ready For You” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Since Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in the early 1980s, he became one of the most important Heavy Metal singers of all time. Replacing Paul Di’Anno, he took the band to another level in terms of songwriting and vocal possibilities. Iron Maiden was a direct influence on most of the Heavy Metal bands that emerged in the following decades. As the genre evolved, Bruce Dickinson always paid attention to what was happening and has given his opinion on many newer bands, including System of a Down. What is Bruce Dickinson's opinion on System of a Down Although System of a Down isn’t exactly the kind of music Bruce Dickinson is into, he said that he “kind of liked” the band, especially because it was something different that managed to become mainstream when it normally wouldn’t have. “You'd got like, the extremities. I mean, because Punk didn't really change it that much. Punk just borrowed the aggressive guitar, like Marshall types tones. But now you got some Metal bands, look at the grandaddies of everything, Slayer, and a band like Sepultura: just big, fat slabs of angry ‘Grrrrr!’” "Which your blues rockers just went, ‘Ugh, we hate that! What's that all about?' And it’s like, well, you have to get in the headspace of why they’re writing stuff like that. Because, if they’re young kids, which they were when they were doing it, they’re going, ‘We don’t wanna be like my grandad, who plays really proficient blues guitar. It’s going nowhere, because I can never be as good as him. And, even if I was as good as him, people would say, 'You’re not as good as him.' So I’m gonna do something different.’” "So you've got that palette, that then diversified into Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down. Those kinds of things that started doing really kind of the things that were a little bit more out there. I kind of liked System Of A Down, simply because of the fact that it was that eccentric. I’m not sure where it came from. I mean, if it was like Armenian or weird Anatolian goat music or whatever the hell was his inspiration to it." Bruce Dickinson continued: "I love the fact that it did get mainstream exposure. I think it’s great when stuff like that breaks through. I’m not sure what I could take from it, for my purposes. But, nevertheless, it’s great that it’s out there,” Bruce Dickinson told Loudwire in 2024. The Iron Maiden vocalist mentioned Armenia because all the members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent. Serj Tankian (vocals) and Daron Malakian (guitar) were both born in Los Angeles, California, but their parents were born in Armenia. Drummer John Dolmayan’s parents were Armenian as well, but he was born in Beirut, Lebanon, where they were living at the time, and later moved to California during the Lebanese Civil War. Bassist Shavo Odadjian is the only member who was actually born in Armenia. He was born in Yerevan, when the country was still called the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. He and his parents moved to Los Angeles when he was 5 years old. Serj Tankian said seeing Iron Maiden live was one of the most impactful moments of his life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywaBOMvYLI&list=RDiywaBOMvYLI&start_radio=1&pp=ygUIdG94aWNpdHmgBwE%3D The members of System of a Down are fans of Iron Maiden, especially the band’s vocalist Serj Tankian. The first concert he ever attended was an Iron Maiden show in 1984. Interestingly, he wasn’t even a big rock fan at the time, but his girlfriend was a huge Maiden fan, so he went along with her. He immediately became a fan himself and later said it was one of the most impactful moments of his life. "The first one that I ever saw, my first rock show I ever saw was Iron Maiden in 1984. I'd like to say — 1984, maybe. My girlfriend at the time was a huge Maiden fan. I, at the time, didn't even listen to much Rock music. I hadn't even smoked pot. It was the first time I started smelling pot outside. I was a 4.0 good kid in school. So that was impactful for me because of the timing more than anything. And you'll hear those kind of horses galloping within System's music that's influenced by Maiden as well. Everyone in Rock has been influenced by Maiden," he told Monsters, Madness And Magic in 2024. In the previous decade, he talked about that show in an interview with A.V. Club, saying he first didn't get it and his first impression was that a really loud kind of music. "I thought it was one of the craziest things I'd ever seen. (Laughs) I'm, like, 'This is madness! What is this? Everyone, hide!'" He continued: "At the time, I wasn't actually a metal fan at all. I thought, 'Wow, this is really noisy music, I don't get it.' To be completely honest, I wasn't in love with it. And now I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan, and I know Bruce Dickinson and see the guys on tour and whatnot. But time changes. It's interesting. But at the time, I wasn't a metal or even a rock fan, to be honest." System of a Down was formed in Glendale, California, in 1994, a year after Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden. Their debut album came out in 1998, and since then they have released three more, the most recent being Mezmerize and Hypnotize, both in 2005. The band broke up the following year but reunited in 2010 and has remained active since, although they haven’t released any new albums.The post Bruce Dickinson’s opinion on System of a Down appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

President Donald Trump, embattled by America’s growing affordability problems, has once again floated a unique solution: Sending Americans rebate checks for the tariffs that his administration has collected. “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday. “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.” It’s a bold promise with several significant complications...

President Trump announced on Sunday that most Americans will receive “at least” $2,000 from the tariff revenue collected by the Trump administration. Trump’s statement, made early Sunday on his Truth Social platform, comes after the White House defended his sweeping use of tariffs before the Supreme Court this past week, where the justices appeared skeptical of the president’s broad use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Trump’s public musing about Americans pocketing $2,000 from his tariff revenue also comes after Democrats emerged victorious in races across the country in last week’s elections.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to use tariff revenue to issue $2,000 payments to low- and middle-income Americans, with any remaining funds directed toward paying down the nation’s massive debt. Over the weekend, Trump called those who oppose tariffs "fools" and defended his proposal, saying revenue from the duties would deliver direct payments to Americans. "All money left over from the $2000 payments made to low and middle income USA Citizens, from the massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries, which will be substantial, will be used to SUBSTANTIALLY PAY DOWN NATIONAL DEBT," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post...

When it comes to intergenerational conflict, you tend to have you major nemeses. Gen Zers take aim at Gen Xers, while baby boomers and millennials are notoriously at odds and just can’t get on the same page.Maybe it’s because millennials were raised during the technological revolution and have to help their boomer parents log into Netflix. There’s also a political divide: Millennials are a reliable liberal voting bloc, whereas boomers are the target demographic for Fox News. Both generations also have differing views on parenting, with boomers favoring an authoritative style over the millennials' gentler approach.Why these stories resonate across generationsA Redditor asked Xennials, older millennials, and younger Gen Xers born between 1977 and 1983 to share some quirks of their boomer parents, and they created a fun list of habits that can be both endearing and frustrating. The users shared that millennials are frustrated with their parents' abilities to use technology, but are touched when they send them a greeting card.Of course, it is reductive to reduce generations into a series of stereotypes, whether it’s millennials or baby boomers. But, for many, hearing that they aren’t the only person who gets frustrated with their boomer parents can be pretty cathartic and make them feel less alone.Here are 15 boomer parent quirks that millennials often struggle to understand.1. They save everything An image of stacked boxesPhoto credit: Canva"They save EVERYTHING (containers, jars, boxes, etc.) just in case they might be able to use it for something later. I feel like this habit was handed down from our grandparents' Great Depression upbringing.""Absolutely! Shopping bags, empty yogurt containers, boxes that some product came in…..although I love me a 'good box!' I have all my iPhone boxes for no reason."2. Scary texts Another text from the mom that cried wolf. Photo credit: Canva"Will text something foreboding like 'we need to talk;' then turns out she forgot a recipe.""My dad will text me 'You need to call me right now' when it’s nothing. And not tell me major life events until well after the fact. Like my aunt had a heart attack and I found out a week later from her son. (And my dad did know.)"3. Stranger death toll"My mom is ALWAYS telling me about dead people I’ve never met. I really do not care. I know that sounds awful, but I don’t have it in me to be sad for everyone on the planet when they pass."“You remember my friend Carol? Her aunt had that above-ground swimming pool in her backyard. We swam in it a couple times one summer when you were about 9. Anyway, Carol’s mom just lost her brother-in-law. They were very close. Thought you’d want to know.”4. They don't travel A photo of stacked travel trunksPhoto credit: Canva"They act jealous of us traveling but refuse to go anywhere.""Ooh good one. Mine act jealous of anything we do/buy that they can't solely because they can't get out of their own way and actually make things happen."5. They print everything If it's on paper, I guess you can't lose it. Photo credit: Canva"My Boomer FIL prints out EVERYTHING from his computer. I understand printing out instructions or recipes to help remember but do you really need a file cabinet full of forwarded emails from friends and sale adverts from 5 years ago? Oh well, at least he keeps it organized. Also, both TVs in the house run 24/7 playing reruns of 'CSI: Who Gives a Sh*t Anymore?'""I'm not on Facebook, but my dad is. Last year, he made a celebratory post on my birthday and all his church friends liked and commented on it. He printed up the post and all of the comments, stapled it into a little book, and MAILED me the printed Facebook comments..."6. 'From, dad' texts @kaitlinm222 The text signature has returned. Signed, MY ROGUE #boomers #momhumor #fyp #greenscreen ♬ original sound - Kaitlin | NJ "My dad sends text messages with, 'From, Dad' at the end of them. It cracks me up every time. He also states who he is every time he calls me."7. Irrational fears Fire is a real fear, worrying about financial ruin maybe not so much. Photo credit: Canva"One quirk my dad had was that he was deathly afraid of the house burning down. Not from the standpoint of the danger of fire but when he was growing up, if your house burnt down, you were basically homeless and destitute. My mom is much more level headed about it. She always told my dad, that is why we have homeowners insurance."8. Expired food"My mother-in-law doesn't throw out expired food. She has food in her pantry that is several years past their expiration dates. Same with condiments in her fridge. You just can't trust any of the food she has on hand because more than likely than not it's way expired. When we have brought this up, that she needs to throw some stuff out, she insists it's absolutely fine. It's not. ""My grandmother is the same way. Once, she opened her refrigerator, and there was a jar of pickles with mold floating on the surface of the liquid. I pointed it out, and she said it was still good. She would just scoop the mold out at a later time. She has an incredibly strong stomach and immune system."9. Smartphone addiction It isn't just the teens that get lost in the scroll. Photo credit: Canva"You always hear a kids 'these kids always on their damn phones.' But when it comes to phone addiction, boomers are far worse.""My mom drives five hours to see us, then spends the whole time texting people from her church or looking at Facebook.""I once sat in their living room for over an hour before they decided to put their phones down and speak to me, only to phub me and pick them right back up."10. Rigid gender roles @dirtyhistorian These barriers, however, ignited a growing desire for equality, eventually propelling movements that would transform future generations. ♬ Chopin Nocturne No. 2 Piano Mono - moshimo sound design "My dad still clings to the traditional division of 'men's/women's work.' He'll fix a car, do any outside work, clean out a clogged drain. Cooking? If it's any more complicated than making coffee or calling in a pizza, he can't/won't. I don't think he even grills anymore. Laundry? Hell no. Taking care of small children? He'll play with them but that's it."11. The TV is constantly on The TV is always on. Photo credit: Canva"In-laws leave the TV on for all waking hours. And FIL gets irritated if someone talks over the episode of MASH or Walker, Texas Ranger, that he's already seen 50 times. Like clenching his teeth and stomping the floor.""TV on 24/7. Constantly flipping between some version of Law and Order, HGTV, and Guy Fieri. Asking me 'did you see that commercial where…' No mom. I don’t have cable. I don’t see commercials. All of the time."12. They are always right"My dad...he's has to be right about everything and doesn't know what to do if you beat him to the point on something. He once was giving me a recipe that required cinnamon, cardamon, and clove and told me just to use Pumpkin Pie Spice! It's the greatest thing! 'Dad, I don't need to. I have all those spices on hand (I bake)' But...no! You have to use this. 'No, I don't. I don't need to buy something that I already have" It happens all the time.""My parents are always right and they are not impressed about anything."13. Obsessed with the weather "It's a nice day!"Photo credit: Canva"Yes, my dad should have been a meteorologist. He used to have a weather alert radio that would sound off in the middle of the night and he would watch the weather channel constantly. We all had to quiet down when your local weather forecast on the 8's came on. He gets really excited about severe weather like when we might get thunderstorms or a tornado."14. One more thing"Without fail, every time I'm leaving my mother's house and backing down the driveway, she comes back out of her house and stops me to say something else, even though we'd just spoken."15. Mail stress"My mom has an anxiety attack during the entire journey of a package or piece of mail she dispatched to me. No, she doesn’t know how to track. She will not rest until she knows that a package has arrived or a nominal check has been cashed. She calls when she is thinking about sending something, when she sent it, when it’s en route, and when it’s expected to arrive. God forbid it’s late. And if I don’t issue a prompt thank you, she will guilt me."It's about the intentThese quirks are less about proving who is right and more about how families show care in different ways. We text fast, they send cards. We track packages on our phones, they call to make sure it arrived. If we meet each other with a little patience and a sense of humor, the gap starts to feel smaller.This story originally appeared earlier this year.