Dierks Bentley - Gravel & Gold

Dierks Bentley - Gravel & Gold

There comes a time in any climb up one of Colorado’s famous 14,000 foot peaks
when, after a few hours of striving, you pause on a ledge, turn around, and marvel
at the vista and the ground you’ve covered. That’s where Dierks Bentley finds
himself, 20 years into an exceptional career in 21st century Country music, with
plans to release his 10th studio album GRAVEL & GOLD on Feb. 24. It’s a diverse,
14-track album about perspective and self-awareness at many levels from the
personal to the professional. It's also a testament to the many strains of country
music Bentley has mastered and cultivated in his career, from the arena shaker to
the barroom weeper to the bluegrass fireballer. GRAVEL & GOLD is a story of
renewal, family, persistence and devotion to making the music as authentic and
lasting as it can possibly be.
With a mix of long time collaborators, Bentley finds himself as a producer for the
first time with GRAVEL & GOLD. In its opening track “Same Me,” Bentley
recognizes that midlife demands adjustments and adaptations - as well as nurturing
the inner fire of the 18-year-old country music fanatic who first arrived in Nashville
in the 1990s. “Heartbreak Drinking Tour” calls on country music’s capacity for
telling stories, “Something Real” reasserts the importance of holding on to integrity
and self in a world of pressures, while “Still,” is a spacious and lovely meditation on
staying spiritually grounded, largely through the power and freshness of nature.
“Cowboy Boots” features Ashley McBryde with sharp writing about a timeless but
humble subject, while “Beer At My Funeral” gives the album a jab of Roger Miller
humor at 21st century arena scale. “Gold," the album’s first single hits the core
theme of perspective with a road-trip vibe and wisdom earned only by putting in
the years and the work, and a similar gratitude for connection and life’s gentle gifts
can be found in “Walking Each Other Home.” The final track is an intimate circle
with Music City’s greatest pickers trading licks and laughs on the witty song about
getting high, high Note feat. Billy Strings alongside Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam
Bush on mandolin, Charlie Worsham on guitar and Bryan Sutton on guitar and
banjo.

FOR FANS OF: Jake Owen, Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan

TRACKLISTING
1. “Same Ol’ Me”
2. “Sun Sets in Colorado”
3. “Heartbreak Drinking Tour”
4. “Something Real”
5. “Still”
6. “Beer at My Funeral”
7. “Cowboy Boots” (featuring
Ashley McBryde)
8. “Gold”
9. “Walking Each Other Home”
10. “Roll On”
11. “All the Right Places”
12. “Ain’t All Bad”
13. “Old Pickup”
14. “High Note” (featuring Billy
Strings)

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