
The show features rounds of taped auditions and live shows, leading up to the finale in September. (READ MORE: Singer with ties to Chattanooga and Trenton on music reality show) "It's a journey through my childhood with my dad, a painful picture of how I lost him, and the healing I found having my first son," he wrote. On Instagram, Rossell said he was pleased with the song but also terrified because it tells such a personal story. In December he released "Son," about his relationship with his father, who was killed by a drunken driver in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, when Rossell was 10. His latest single is "Can't Wait," which he wrote about ending date nights early so he and his wife could enjoy alone time at home, he said on Instagram. That and his other releases have totaled nearly 21 million streams on Spotify. In 2021, Rossell released "Ran Into You," featuring harmony vocals by Trisha Yearwood. (READ MORE: 2022 was a career-boosting year for these four Chattanooga area country singers, now on the fast track to fame) He has written three other songs for Brooks - "That's What Cowboys Do," "All Day Long" and "Dive Bar" - and opened 13 shows on Brooks' stadium tour in 2022.


He wrote "Ask Me How I Know," a 2017 hit for Garth Brooks, which became the returning superstar's first No. Rossell, who attended Silverdale Baptist Academy and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has no shortage of songs to perform for the judges, including hits for country music royalty. In a Facebook post, the singer/songwriter urged fans to tune in "to see what song I did and see what Simon Cowell Heidi Klum Sofia Vergara and Howie Mandel think of it.

Former Chattanoogan Mitch Rossell will have a national stage for his music Tuesday night, appearing among contestants in the 18th season of "America's Got Talent" on NBC.
