Happy Easter, DBC Peeps!

Happy Easter to all our DB Congress peeps and their families! Thanks for all your dedication to Dierks! Have a blessed day!

Dierks Bentley 'Tempted' By The David Mayfield Parade

Dierks Bentley may be busy writing and recording songs for his own upcoming album due this fall, but that doesn't stop him from making time to record his veracious vocals for other artist albums as well.

Track 7 of "Good Man Down," the upcoming album by The David Mayfield Parade (due April 1), features Dierks singing the second verse of Marty Stuart's single, "Tempted," from the 1991 album of the same name.  Bentley's vocal doesn't stop there, but goes on to be the lead in the chorus, and intermittent lines throughout the song. Sweet!

Marty Stuart, Dierks Bentley, Opry Induction 10-1-05

It's fitting that Dierks sings this particular song, since Marty Stuart was the one who asked him to "marry" The Grand Ole Opry in 2005.




Growing up in Kent, Ohio, David Mayfield was surrounded by Bluegrass music. At the age of twelve he was playing bass for the family band, traveling from festival to festival, along with his younger sister, noted songstress, Jessica Lea Mayfield, singing and absorbing the stories and lessons taught by road hard veterans, all the while picking up tips on how to play a lick on guitar or mandolin. By the time he was a teenager, Mayfield had won several national awards for his guitar and mandolin playing and his reputation was being forged in the world of Bluegrass as a player to watch out for.

Well no wonder Dierks was tempted to work with him!  We're thinking you had him at 'Bluegrass', David!

Recorded at the legendary, Music Row landmark Historic RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, by engineer Luke Gilfeather, Mayfield says 'Good Man Down' is, "kind of like the last album, where there’s a parade of musicians -- that’s where the title came from -- and the band. There’s people who tour with me live that play on the new record. There’s also Seth Avett from the Avett Brothers on there. Dierks Bentley, a country musician." Doyle Lawson [from Quicksilver], his sister Jessica Lea Mayfield, and Bob Cesare, the drummer from the last record, (Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys) are all featured on the newest Parade album.

"It’s a wide mix. I like doing that in the studio just because there are so many ideas that come with these different musicians. I produce these records myself, and I can only hear things the way I hear them. If I had one band, I think, the same people on every song, it would rely a lot more on my vision, which I don’t always trust, you know? There are better ways to do it than what I come up with, so it’s really cool to bring people that I really respect and trust and see what they come up with." [Source]

Historic RCA Studio B is one of the world's most important and successful recording studios. More than 35,000 songs were brought to life by the Studio B magic, including more than 1,000 American hits (i.e., "I Will Always Love You," by Dolly Parton), 40 million-selling singles, and over 200 Elvis Presley recordings (by far more than any other studio), including "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

Owned by Mike Curb (Curb Records), and leased jointly by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Belmont University for $1 a year, Studio B will be adding the Dierks track (Tempted) to their personally guided tour (departing from the CMHOF daily), so they will play it and talk about Dierks to hundreds of thousands of people! Keith Wright, National Tourism Sales manager for the CMHOF, believes "Dierks will be a great addition to the more modern history of Studio B."

You can listen to the full album stream, including Dierks' track, and Q&A with Mayfield HERE from American Songwriter.

~Ronna Clark
DB Congress Chair (FL)

American Idol Hopeful Hangs On After Singing Dierks Bentley's 'Home'

After being chosen as the first girl to move on to the Top 10 a few weeks ago, Janelle Arthur performed "Home" by Dierks Bentley on American Idol Season 12.  It's difficult for me to hear that song in any voice but Dierks', let alone a female voice, but she did a good job! The important thing is, it brought attention to Dierks!

Janelle Arthur Performs "Home" - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 12  




Janelle is still going strong, surviving last night's elimination to be named in the top three of the remaining 7 contestants.  I predict she will be in the final 3, but Kree Harrison will likely take home the win.

~Ronna
DB Congress Chair (FL)

We Hold On and On and On and On and On

If you've seen Dierks Bentley live in concert lately, you know he's added a new song to the set list. Known for his awe-inspiring, autobiographical songwriting skills, Dierks hits the nail on the head with, "I Hold On."  Not only does it hold true to his character, but it inspires us (DB Congress) as well.

"If I had to play one song for a complete stranger, it would be this one. This is what I'm all about."  ~Dierks Bentley

Last weekend in Estero, Florida, Dierks introduced the self-anthem and we held up signs for the last verse to show how we feel about our favorite artist--just like the song says. Dierks picked up the last sign and held it up to the crowd and said, "thank you!"

See full lyrics below, but here's the last verse:

Yeah baby look at you right now

There ain't ever been no doubt

Without you I'd be nothin'

So if you ever worry 'bout me walkin out

Yeah let me tell you somethin'

I hold on

I hold on

IIIIII Hoooooold On

Let us tell you somethin'...

I Hold On – Dierks Bentley

It's just an old beat up truck

Some say that I should trade up

Now that I got some
jangle in my pocket

But what they don't understand 

Is its the miles that make a man

I wouldn't trade that thing in for a rocket

What they don't know's
my dad and me

We drove her out to Tennessee

And she's still here and now he's gone

So I hold on

Yeah it's just an old beat up box

Six rusty strings across the top

It probably don't look like much to you

But these dents and scratches
in the wood

Yeah that's what makes it
sound so good

To me it's better than brand new

You see this here flat top guitar's

Had my back in a million bars

Singing every country song

So I hold on

To the things I believe in

My faith, Your love, our freedom

To the things I can count on to keep me going strong

Yeah I hold on

I hold on 

I hold on

Like the stripes to the flag

Like a boy to his dad

I can't change who I am right or wrong

So I hold on

Yeah baby lookin' at you right now

There ain't ever been no doubt

Without you I'd be nothin'

So if you ever worry 'bout me walkin out

Yeah let me tell you somethin'

I hold on

I hold on
I hold on...can you hear me baby?

IIIIII Hoooooold On

To the things I believe in

My faith, Your love, our freedom

To the things I can count on to keep me going strong

So I hold on

Yeah I hold on 

I hold on and on and on and on and on

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So if you ever worry about whether or not to include this song on your upcoming album, Dierks, just know that we hold on no matter what. But it sure would keep us going strong if you did.