Former Chattanoogan Mitch Rossell recalls that when he moved to Nashville in 2010 to chase his songwriting dream, he was focused on one goal and posted it on Facebook: “I want to make music that gets back to Garth.”
Scratch that off the bucket list.
Rossell not only became friends with and was mentored by superstar Garth Brooks, he wrote the song that became a No. 1 hit for Garth Brooks in October 2017, “Ask Me How I Know.” It was Brooks’ first No. 1 in 10 years since “More Than a Memory” in 2007.
Rossell has returned home in recent weeks to play for intimate audiences at the Bethel Country Connection and MaryEllen Locher Foundation benefit, but he’s returning Sunday, June 10, for the big show: Riverbend Festival.
He’ll play at 8 p.m. on the Unum Stage.