I-95 Drive Home Featured Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s featured artist co-wrote one of his biggest hits with a man who says many of the lyrics come directly from other songs.  Any guess as to the song or artist??

Here are some of the lines the credited to other songs:

"I got my first real six string" - from Foreigner's "Juke Box Hero" and the line, "I bought a beat up six-string in a second-hand store."
"Standin' on your mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever" - Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" and the line, "The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves. Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays."
"When you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never" - The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand."

Recognize the tune yet?

According to Vallance, ‘Summer of 69’  co-authored with Bryan Adams, those are some of the influences for the song originally called ‘The Best Days of My Life’ .