Backseat driver song country
She wasn't in the mood for music, which she'd been listening to all day, so she tuned into NPR, and caught Monti's interview. Though I don't need the truck to remind me of him, I think about him every hour of every day."Ī songwriter from Nashville, Connie Harrington, was on her way home from work the day of the broadcast. "I just love driving it because it reminds me of him. "Do you still drive Jared's truck?" a Boston radio reporter asked. In 2011, Paul Monti told a reporter with Boston Public Radio about his operation Flags for Vets, his mission to place American flags on the graves of service members on Memorial Day. There was no hill too high, no tree too tall for Jared," Monti told CNN. "Very humble kid, very hard working kid, extremely adventurous kid.
The song is about the absence of Jared, the deep longing for him felt by his father, Paul.
1st Class Jared Monti was killed in Afghanistan while trying to save a fellow soldier. "Thank you so much Jared, for what you did for this country," songwriter Jimmy Yeary said in his CMA acceptance speech.Īrmy Sgt. (CNN) - The Country Music Association Awards' Song of the Year has a simple name – "I Drive Your Truck." But it's the deep emotion, the inconceivable feeling of loss behind the song that helped earn it the honor.