Dierks Bentley

BIOGRAPHY
After more than 20 years on country’s family tree, Dierks Bentley’s branch has grown strong and solid – despite never being perfect. But with his 11th studio album, Broken Branches (MCA), he comes to appreciate the knots and gnarl.

Whittling down his essential sound to its rooted and most resolute, ready to twist with wind or rise toward the shining light of age-old inspiration, it finds a proud broken branch celebrating the outliers of country life – and of country music.

“The country music community has a lot of broken branches in it. That’s why we’re all here,” the perennial hit maker explained. “We want to do something a little bit different, and I think everyone sees themselves like that – certainly in country. This is the people’s music, and it represents that spirit of individuality so well.”

To Bentley’s credit, it has worked so far. The multi-platinum superstar counts eight number one albums, 22 number one songs, and nine and a half billion global streams – plus 15 Grammy nominations and membership in the historic Grand Ole Opry. A global headliner and against-the-grain torch bearer for country’s organic roots, Broken Branches finds him continuing the path, doing things like only he can.

The theme of the record speaks to what Bentley’s shows mean to him and millions of fans, a service he continues to provide on the Broken Branches Tour. Like a hammer-down high-energy eulogy, it shows a broken branch proud of what he’s become – a strong, vital piece of country’s present, tied firmly to its story and soul. A survivor of storms who’s soaked in his share of sun, still growing toward a new dawn.

HIT SONGS
“She Hates Me”
“Gold”
“Beers on Me” (with Breland and Hardy)
“Gone”
“Burning Man”
“Somewhere on a Beach”
“Drunk on a Plane”
“I Hold On”
“Tip It On Back”
“5-1-5-0”
“Home”
“Am I The Only One”
“Sideways”
“Feel That Fire”
“Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
“Every Mile a Memory”
“Settle for a Slowdown”
“Come a Little Closer”
“What Was I Thinkin”