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This story has been updated. <\/em><\/p>

Songwriter JD Graham is a rare specimen to say the least. A songwriter\u2019s songwriter with an incredible catalog of compositions, he\u2019s earned the respect of peers, and the admiration of fans by being the physical embodiment of rehabilitation through music. <\/p>

Originally from Oklahoma where he grew up singing and playing with some of the big names from the Red Dirt scene like the boys in Cross Canadian Ragweed, Graham had just as much talent as his peers, but couldn\u2019t stay on the straight and narrow to see that talent flourish. After being given a prescription for anxiety at age 11, this led to a 25-year battle with drug addiction. <\/p>

It was a catastrophic automobile accident in 2017 that led to JD Graham\u2019s incarceration for five years, and a complete rehabilitation and retooling of his life. While in prison, he founded a music program, raised over $20,000 for behind bars to help fund it, and worked with over 200 inmates to use music and songwriting to help aid their rehabilitation journey. <\/p>

JD Graham recorded his album Razorwire Sunrise<\/em> (2019) while in the Arizona State Prison. His albums Pound of Rust<\/em> (2023) and Sergeant of Sorrow<\/em> (2024) have become admired in songwriting circles. He\u2019s been invited to big country music festivals like Mile 0 Fest. Graham is set to release his latest album Uppers and Downers<\/em> on March 6th. <\/p>

But once again it\u2019s an automobile accident that has changed the life of JD Graham. On February 24th, Graham was involved in a major collision on the Interstate in New Mexico. \u201cHe has a broken back, broken neck, and broken ribs and they are not done with all of the tests,\u201d<\/em> says JD Graham\u2019s daughter. \u201cHe was hit by one semi and then slammed into another. The crash was severe, and first responders had to cut him out of his vehicle. He was taken to a nearby hospital and then life flighted to a trauma center in Texas, where he is currently being treated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Graham is currently in the ICU. To add insult to injury, JD Graham\u2019s wife Amy was recently diagnosed with Cancer, and has been in a recovery of her own. A Go Fund Me has been set up<\/a><\/strong> to help JD Graham and his family with expenses. After being set up on Wednesday morning (2-25), donations immediately started pouring in from the music community, including from JD\u2019s friends in the songwriting and Red Dirt music community. <\/p>

The Birds Nest Listening Room in Dunn, North Carolina is also planning a benefit show<\/a><\/strong> for JD Graham on March 15th. <\/p>

JD Graham\u2019s daughter Destiny tells Saving Country Music, \u201cHe was traveling to Oklahoma where he\u2019s got some shows coming up, and a semi nearly ran him over. He had his dad\u2019s dog with him. It killed the dog. He was taken to the Tucumcari hospital. They weren\u2019t equipped to deal with his level of trauma. So he was lifeflighted to Amarillo. His back is broken, and it\u2019s a unstable fracture, which means if they don\u2019t fix it, he could become paralyzed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Destiny continues, \u201cHe\u2019s going to have a 4-hour surgery, and they\u2019re going to put a steel rod and screws in his back. He\u2019s going to be in the ICU for the next week. But it is a good prognosis, though because of his past, it brings up a lot of trauma for him. He can\u2019t walk now. It\u2019s going to take him a few weeks to get there \u2026 My dad\u2019s not the kind to ask for support. But we had so many asking, I thought it was appropriate to make the Go Fund Me for those who want to donate.\u201d <\/em><\/p>

The accident comes at a time that Graham had a calendar of shows scheduled to help promote his new album Uppers and Downers<\/em> set to be released in less than two weeks. Produced by Jason Weinheimer, it features Tulsa\u2019s version of The Wrecking Crew, with John Fullbright on keys, Jesse Aycock on guitar and pedal\/lap steel, among others. <\/p>

\u201cWhen I was thinking about where I wanted to record this album, I had been listening to the Pony Bradshaw album, \u2018Calico Jim\u2019 and loved it. I decided to figure out where it was recorded, and who produced it. That\u2019s when I found Jason Weinheimer and sent him an email,\u201d<\/em> JD Graham recently told Saving Country Music.\u201cI asked him to listen to my last two albums, and let me know if he would be interested in making an album with me. He got back with me a couple of days later and said that he was in. He sent me the player list and my jaw hit the floor \u2026 I couldn\u2019t believe that I was going to make a record with them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Ahead of the album, he\u2019s released the song \u201cTruth in Tears,\u201d a duet with John Fullbright. <\/p>\n\n\n\n