The #1 country star who almost disappeared

Clint Black spent a decade grinding through Houston clubs before a five-month sprint landed him a deal with RCA Records. His 1989 debut, Killin' Time, went on to spend 28 weeks atop the country album charts and produced four consecutive number-one singles – a run that helped define the genre's biggest commercial boom alongside Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson. But the story doesn't stop at the peak. A bitter lawsuit against the manager who discovered him. A country radio landscape that reshaped itself around a new generation. A cervical spine injury that put his literal voice at risk. In this episode, we trace the full arc of Clint Black's career – and how his new memoir finally lets him tell it in his own words. Subscribe for more rise-and-fall stories from country music history.