Posted on 05/16/2013 12:10:21 PM PDT by BronzePencil
Two years ago on Memorial Day, Nashville songwriter Connie Harrington was driving in her car, listening to a story on the public radio program Here & Now. And she heard a father remembering his son — a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.
"He mentioned that he drove his son's truck," Harrington says. "And he went on to describe the truck."
Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was 30 when he was killed in action in 2006. In the radio broadcast, his father, Paul, said his reasons for driving the truck Jared left behind were simple: "What can I tell you? It's him. It's got his DNA all over it. I love driving it because it reminds me of him, though I don't need the truck to remind me of him. I think about him every hour of every day."
Harrington was moved by what she heard and scribbled down everything she could remember, all while fighting tears. A few days later, Harrington started turning those thoughts into a song, with two co-writers. Singer Lee Brice recorded "I Drive Your Truck," and last month, it vaulted to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
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Dittos indeed.
RIP.
We lose too many good folks.
Song gives me goose bumps and a lump in my throat every time I hear it.
Colonel, USAFR
Me too.
GMC(SW) (Ret).
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