[3] At the 1997 Country Music Association awards show, Heatherly also played lead guitar in Shania Twain's band.
Due to a restructuring of Mercury Nashville's parent company, Swimming in Champagne received minimal promotion;[3] its second and third singles peaked at #46 and at #32 on the chart.
Its lead-off single ("The Last Man Committed") entered the country music chart; although promotional advance copies of the album, Sometimes It's Just Your Time, had been issued, it was ultimately unreleased as well.
[7] After The Lower East Side of Life, Heatherly continued to tour, in addition to manufacturing custom-made guitar straps.
Through the help of songwriter and producer Carson Chamberlain, Heatherly recorded a song called "Unforgettable", which appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy.