DIERKS' CLEAN UP SPURS BUD'S 'HAIR'STORY

After Dierks Bentley published his recent teaser of a photo on Facebook/Twitter, MOM-NOS blogger found herself thinking two things: 1. Did Dierks Bentley cut his hair again? and 2.If he did, how is Bud going to react?

Many of you recall that Bud is MOM's 10-year-old autistic son who had some trouble understanding how Dierks could be long haired in one video and short-haired in the next. We also told you about the day that Dierks and Bud finally met here.

Read MOM's most recent blog, explaining the 'hair'story, here.

HAPPY 10TH B-DAY DB CONGRESSMAN BUD!

Many of you have been following MOM-NOS, a blog by a mother of an autistic son. We made Bud and his mom honorary DBC reps because of their love and support for our prez., Dierks Bentley.

Bud turned ten yesterday, September 19, and his classmates decided to do something special to celebrate. Knowing his favorite color is purple, they created a purple book as a gift and the whole day took on a 'purple' theme:

"While Bud was engaged in something else, Kelly showed Ms. Walker a CD she'd brought in and together they snuck to the classroom's CD player to cue up a track. They turned the volume up slowly and watched for Bud's reaction as Dierks Bentley's "Every Mile A Memory" filled the room.

Bud raised his head, smiled, and started singing along:

"Texas stars in a purple night, Not seein' 'em with you, baby, oh they never do look right..."

Bud's classmates from last year smiled in recognition. His new classmates listened to him, then spoke up in appreciation - "Hey! He really can sing!"

Happy Birthday, Bud! DB Congress luvs ya!

Read the rest of the blog here!

BUD SINGS SIDEWAYS TO PEERS

Our friend MOM NOS posted another blog about her autistic son Bud's Glowing Report from his 3rd grade teacher. I think we could use such a great Dierks promoter in the DB Congress! What do you say Mom?

EVERY STYLE A MEMORY

For those of you following Mom and son Bud in the MOM NOS blog, this is really cool! Here's an excerpt:

"We spent the whole afternoon on a long hike in the woods, the sun shining through the branches, the breeze blowing through our hair, and not a bug in sight. And though I wore shorts and Bud wore pants, we were both comfortable and we didn't spend another minute discussing wardrobe. Instead, we hiked and climbed, while Bud listened to Dierks Bentley on his iPod and I listened to Bud sing along. Then we played a game that Bud developed that I like to call "Every Style a Memory," in which Bud names a Dierks Bentley track and I have to guess whether Dierks originally sang it with long hair or short hair - which may sound tedious, but was actually a welcome relief given the conflict of the day before."

I think we oughta play that game at Last Call Ball! What do you think, DB Congress?