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    But the night he received his Double Platinum award - at a glitzy ceremony for the most air-played country song of the year for "Stronger" - was one of the most depressing of his life, Swint said to the Tyler Morning Telegraph in June. "I just knew I didn't belong in that tinsel world with these songwriting legends (Vince Gill, Shania Twain and Kris Kristofferson) around me ... My songs went gold, but my heart was black. That night, I couldn't wait to get to the nearest bar and get drunk, and that's exactly what I did." Encounters with drugs and alcohol crossed the line with the law and he ended up in jail. Full Article at Tyler Morning Telegraph
    I just knew I didn't belong in that tinsel world with these songwriting legends (Vince Gill, Shania Twain and Kris Kristofferson) around me ... My songs went gold, but my heart was black. That night, I couldn't wait to get to the nearest bar and get drunk, and that's exactly what I did.
    SOURCE: Tyler Morning Telegraph 1 month ago