He was best known for the 1970s hits “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” and as the first popular Mexican American country artist.

Gretchen Wilson performs at the 50th GRAMMY Celebration Concert Tour presented by T-MOBILE SIDEKICK with Kid Rock and Gretchen Wilson at Granada Theater in Dallas on April 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Polk) ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wilson said she didn’t share her health woes on social media. “It’s just not my personality,” she said. “So I just stayed away, figured it out. Like I said, it took a long time, but I finally got myself into a place where I was like, ‘Okay, I feel like I’m back.”