Bentley Falls for Late Show Letterman

Dierks Bentley performed Fallin' For You from his Up On The Ridge album on David Letterman Tuesday night. Letterman introduced Dierks: "My next guest is a popular singer and songwriter..."

Dierks delivered an especially soulful rendition of what I like to call "I can't staaaa-and" or "I can't taaa-aake this achin' feelin'." The band made their instruments ache with emotion, while Cassady proved a great Chris Stapleton stand in on harmony vocals.

Beautiful, nice job! That's fantastic, Letterman told Dierks afterward as he shook his hand, then asked him, "Did you hear about Willie Nelson?" Dierks replied, "I did!" But Letterman just laughed and said "We gotta go!"

DIERKS TV ALERTS: LETTERMAN & FALLON 7/27-28

CAPITOL/NASHVILLE artist DIERKS BENTLEY will perform his song “Fallin’ For You” from his “Up On The Ridge” album on the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on TUESDAY (7/27), which kicks off at 11:35p (ET/PT) on CBS-TV. He will also perform his song “Draw Me A Map” on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON on WEDNESDAY (7/28), which will air on NBC-TV at 12:35a (ET).

DIERKS said: “A lot of times when you get invited to do these shows, you end up doing the same song over and over...usually whatever your current radio single is at the time. It’s really flattering that folks were listening and asking for deeper album cuts. I love being able to highlight as many of these songs as possible because I think they are all special.”

For a full list of upcoming appearances and tour dates for DIERKS, visit www.dierks.com.