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Nashville Producer Finds Love After Being Left For Dead

CREDIT: MOLLY STEVENS/WEST AND WILD PHOTOGRAPHY September 2015 was a difficult time for Grammy-nominated producer Dave Brainard. He, along with a friend were brutally attacked and then left for dead in Nashville. Dave sustained extreme injuries including a broken jaw, a bunch of shattered teeth, and many face lacerations. Upcoming country music singer Jenny Tolman had a devastating phone call that morning. Both of their lives were suddenly changed forever. "When you hear that sort of news about someone, it solidifies everything you feel for that person. It was a moment of epiphany for me. It was like, 'Oh my God, I am in love with this person, and someone has hurt him, and I need to be with him.' That's when I realized that he wasn't just a good friend. He was my person." Four years later, on October 28th 2020,   Dave decided to spend the rest of his life with Jenny as he got down on one knee while on a hike through Jackson Hole in Wyoming. "We came upon