Presale Tickets Today for the Dierks Hosted ACM Honors event

Dierks is set to host the 7th Annual ACM Honors event, which will take place on Tuesday, September 10th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, for a second consecutive year. Those being honored and scheduled to appear include Special Award recipients Jason Aldean, Guy Clark, Lady Antebellum, Lorrie Morgan & Jesse Keith Whitley (on behalf of the late Keith Whitley), Blake Shelton and Tommy Wiggins.

DB Congress members have first access to presale tickets!  A special DB Congress presale will be held starting Wednesday, July 31st at 10am CT for two days only. Congress Members, login to Dierks.com then click HERE for your presale code and information on this presale that is exclusive to you!  

Presale tickets are priced at $40 and will go on sale Wednesday, July 31st at 10 am CT at Ticketmaster.com HERE.

Join the Congress for this exclusive presage ticketing event, future m&g opportunities with Dierks, exclusive content, and more! JOIN NOW!
  

DB Congress Reps Can Win FREE Tickets To See Dierks in NYC August 1!

Dierks will be performing THIS Thursday, August 1 in New York City at the Irving Plaza for Bud Light Music's "50/50/1" Concert Event…and DB Congress members have the opportunity to get FREE tickets!

Tickets cannot be purchased for this, but a select number of Congress members will have access to the exclusive show! The only way to attend is to win via Bud Light, or to enter below.
You MUST be a DB Congress member to enter. If you're not a member, JOIN NOW by purchasing a fan club membership, for this exclusive opportunity to see Dierks!

Winners will be notified on Wednesday, July 31.

*Must be 21+ to enter, hotel accommodations and transportation NOT included.

DB CONGRESS MEMBERS ENTER HERE! (Be sure to log in to Dierks.com as a paid fan club member before attempting to access this link)

Dierks Bentley Calls Blair Garner On America's Morning Show!

Blair Garner has always been a huge Dierks Bentley supporter.  He would frequently have Dierks on his "After MidNite" radio show, but after 20 years, Blair is leaving After MidNite and moving to mornings in New York City.

I still listen often to Blair and Dierks' interview from May 6, 2008, right after he released his greatest hits CD - "Every Mile A Memory 2003-2008." What a great conversation!  They talked about everything -- allergies, Tour Bus gas prices ($6,000 a day!), Big White, Wife-Cassidy's Prius, playing Lollapalooza, and Will Ferrel movies ( I was the first person to bring Dierks the "Blades of Glory" DVD the following week). Here's an excerpt from that 2008 interview:

Blair:  "I love speaking with you.  You're such a fun interview because it's basically like just talking to an old friend.  Are you surprised when you say something off the cuff and it comes back to you many interviews later?" 

Dierks: "Yeah it gets twisted sometimes.  A, I talk to fast and B, I talk about anything. It's always wide-open."

As America's Morning Show personality on New York City's first country music radio station in 17 years - NASH FM 94.7, Blair (with crew - Chuck Wicks, Terri Clark, Sunny Sweeney, and Lee Ann Womak), says this is a dream come true.  Launching just five weeks ago on June 20, @AmericasMorningShow on Twitter has nearly 14,000 followers and more than double that on their Facebook page!

The best part is, they talked to Dierks this morning about his new album's personal sound and lyrics (Riser), his dog Jake's appearance on The View and life on tour this summer! Check out the audio HERE!

~Ronna
DB Congress Chair (FL)

Dierks Bentley Single Review: "I Hold On"

We've been telling you about Dierks Bentley's new single, "I Hold On," since his first live performance of the song on the Locked and Reloaded Tour in January. We told you how much meaning it holds for our president and for us! And you may have seen him debut it on The View last week.

But we weren't fast enough in asking one of our very own DB Congress reps, Tara Toro, to write a review for us.  Got Country Online got to her first!  Here is the New Yorker's perspective, posted today on GotCountryOnline.com.  


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Do you want to know who Dierks Bentley is? Then look, and listen, no further than his new single “I Hold On.” Even though he has been playing the song at his live shows since January, Dierks officially debuted “I Hold On” this past Friday on “The View.” The song, which will be on his upcoming fall release, ‘Riser,’ was written by Dierks and Brett James.

Dierks has said this is probably the most personal song he has written, yet the song’s theme makes it universally relatable. “I Hold On” is both poignant and exuberant. We not only learn the things in his life that make him who he is, he also tells us “I can’t change who I am….right or wrong”. The things that make him who he is (and those that make us who we are) are unchangeable like the “stripes on the flag, like a boy to his Dad.” It’s a mid-tempo anthem to celebrate not only who we are, but remember and honor the things that make us that way. You can just hear an amphitheatre full of people singing “I Hold On” with him at the 3:25 mark, knowing at that moment every single person is thinking of something/someone that they hold onto.

As he sings in his unmistakable gravely voice, the song’s three verses open the curtain on who he is. The first verse refers to his truck, Big White (currently with about 200,000 miles). She brought Dierks to Tennessee with his father from Arizona back when he was 19 years old. The meaning of Big White and that trip impacts on a whole different level when you hear “she’s still here now he’s gone.” (Dierks lost his father last June)

As most know, the “beat up box” with “dents and scratches that makes it sound real good” is of course his guitar. Dierks has said he has been offered many a new guitar but prefers this one: the one that holds many memories from when he started out to this day (and has George Jones, George Strait and others’ signatures on it).

The third and final verse is something we all want to hear from our significant other: “there ain’t never been no doubt….Without you I’d be nothing….So if you ever worry about…..me walkin’ out….let me tell you something.”

The truck may be beat up, the guitar may have a hole, and his boots may need duct tape, but he is one guy who knows what is important in life: his faith, the love of his family and his country.  These are the things he can “count on to keep me going strong.” These are the things we all can count on. People, things, experiences all make our memories: whether it is a guitar, a car, a mother…this song will make you remember and think about what is at the heart of you as a person. It’s an anthem to keep those things that matter close, cherish memories and be yourself.

Look for the single to be available soon. 

[Just announced today: The song will go for radio adds on August 12!]