Drake White Shares His Story In New Documentary ‘Ladder To The Sky: A Hunts The Healing Story’

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Drake White. Photo: Zack Knudsen

Drake White has released a new documentary, Ladder to the Sky: A Hunts the Healing Story, streaming now exclusively on YouTube.

Ladder to the Sky: A Hunts the Healing Story pulls back the curtain on the singer’s journey from the brink of death following a shocking on-stage stroke in 2019. At the time, medical experts feared he might never walk again, and the thought of potentially playing another gig seemed nearly impossible. But two weeks after the incident, the trail camera in the back of White’s house captured the appearance of a 175-inch buck. The rare vision served as a totem of inspiration, and his fight really began in earnest, with hunting ultimately bringing White back to his feet, back to the stage, and back to life.

Through candid new interviews, White tells this story in his own words joined by friends and confidants such as Riley Green, Zac Brown, Kid Rock, Realtree, and more. To celebrate the documentary, White hosted an intimate premiere and party at Green’s The Duck Blind in Nashville early last month for family, friends, and special guests. Ladder to the Sky: A Hunts the Healing Story was directed by Holt Ingalls and produced by White, Ingalls, Zack Knudson, and Rev White Pictures in association with Hatchee Productions.

Later this fall, White is headlining his second “Benefit For The Brain” concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on November 17 featuring White, Green, Jon Pardi, Kassi Ashton, and more special guests.

White recently served up a set of new singles, “Nuthin’ But a Smile” and “Nights on Fire,” and will be taking the new songs on the road on his headlining “Keep It Movin’ Tour” this fall before joining Riley Green’s 2026 “Cowboy As It Gets Tour.”

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