I Drive Your Truck

Actually the song was taken from actual events. Sgt. 1st class Jared C. Monti lost his life in Afghanistan while trying to save one of the men in his combat unit. He went out not once, but 3 times to try and save him under heavy fire, but sadly both lost their lives in combat. Jared's family went to accept the Highest Medal of Honor for Valor in Sept 2009 for Jared. Jared lost his life on June 21, 2006. Jared's father was doing a radio interview speaking about his son, when a song writer from Nashville heard him and pulled over on the side of the road to write down some notes. Her name is Connie Harrington. she and 2 others sat down and wrote the song and finished the song on June 21 2011, which coincidentally was the 5 year anniversary of Jared's death. Connie heard Jared's father say in the interview that he still had Jared's truck and he still drives it to this day. Paul Monti ( Jared's father) had heard the song, but never knew the song was written about him. Connie had a hard time tracking him down ,but finally did and invited him to a party in Nashville for the song making it to the top of the country charts. Look up Jared c. Monti and you will see the type of soldier that drove that truck. His Wikipedia page does make reference to the song being written about him and his father.<br /> Jared's dad is a friend of my father.

There is an article that was written about the history of the song and it was written by Lee Habeeb<br /> It's titled " I Drive your truck" the story of a fallen soldier, a father's grief and a hit song".<br /> You can find and read this article online. It is worth the read..