Need help identifying artist

[richsd]

I really could use some help figuring out a mystery artist I can't remember the name of.  I came across a male artist that I found some songs I liked and can't remember the guy's name.  He is not a top known artist and I had ever heard of before.  There is a track on the album that is a story that he tells about what inspired him to start playing the guitar.  The story goes that he was influenced by his grandfather who was killed in a car crash when he was younger.  Due to a drunk driver, the grandfather was forced to swerve into oncoming traffic and had a head on collision with another car.  The crazy part of the story is that the head on collision was with 2 other relatives.  I think the singer's mom and dad actually.  So a drunk driver forces the grandfather into another lane and then he hits the mom and dad (I think) and all 3 family members die in the same car accident.  A very unique story so I'm hoping if anyone has heard it on the album they can direct me to the artist.

I appreciate the help.  This has been driving me and my daughter crazy.

Thanks much  

[youneverknow]

Hi Rich and welcome to the board.

I'm drawing a complete blank on the song your asking about.   It would be a really sad song.   They always get to me.

[richsd]

Thanks much. Yes hopefully someone will know it. To clarify, it is actually not a song.  Some great songs on the album though. The track is just a spoken story that this guy tells at the end of the album.

[richsd]

I have figured out the answer to my question and thought I would post since it is an interesting story.  Mitch Rossell.  He is the writer of various country songs, a great singer also but more known as a writer.  He is the writer of songs such as Die a Happy Man and Wild Child.  The story he tells on his album is how his grandfather was hit by a drunk driver and swerves, hitting another car which turns out to be a car with his dad and grandmother.  All three relatives were killed in the accident.  Crazy.  Story is the last track on his album I Got Dressed up for This.  Anyway, mystery solved.  He is cool to listen to.  I love listening to song writers singing their own songs.  Check him out.

[youneverknow]

Thanks for the update Rich.   I went to youtube and found this video for Mitch.   As soon as I started watching it I thought, wait, that's my alarm clock on the nightstand.