I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight's mystery artist along with being a founding member of one of the most successful bands in rock and roll is also a classically trained musician and has composed for Broadway. Think you know who he might be or the band he helped create?? 

I found these details at a webpage called Forward about  David Bryan a founding member of the band Bon Jovi, who have sold more than 130 million records and played to audiences around the world. The article tells how David is a classically trained pianist who should also be known for a different accomplishment as well: Broadway composer. He wrote the music and co-wrote the lyrics for “Memphis,” the hit play by Joe DiPietro about a Tennessee disc jockey who introduces “race” music to white audiences. Bryan — born David Bryan Rashbaum — spoke to the Forward from California, where Bon Jovi was performing:

Forward: What happened when you first got the script for “Memphis” in 2002?

David Bryan: When I first read the script, I heard everything [in my head]: the music, the lyrics… I went down to my studio, put on the drum machine, sang lead and harmonies. I burned it onto a CD and FedExed it to [DiPietro]. He called me and told me, “You got the gig.”

Forward: When you say you “got it” when you read the script, what do you mean?

David Bryan: The story rang true to me. I’m a white Jewish kid from Edison [N.J.], and I know racism and hatred. When you see that in the show onstage, you see how ugly that looks. Hopefully that will teach you a little bit that that’s not the way people should be treating each other.

Tonight's featured song that wouldn't be the same without David.