Dierks Bentley at Red Rocks

Dierks Bentley
Friday, August 29, 2008 — 7:00PM
doors open at 5:30PM

With Rodney Atkins, Cross Canadian Ragweed
$42.50 RES & GA - Buy Tickets Online - plus applicable service charges.
AEG Live is thrilled to announce 98.5 KYGO’s 2nd Annual Summer Chill Out with DIERKS BENTLEY and special guests RODNEY ATKINS and CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED performing live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre Friday, August 29, 2008.
Dierks Bentley (who was given a family name as a first name) grew up in a nonmusical family in Phoenix AZ. He got his country music education on his own listening to recordings. He moved from listener to player when he picked up an electric guitar at age 13. He moved to Nashville at the age of 19, but he quickly grew discouraged by lack of public and professional interest coming his way. It all changed when he walked into the Station Inn, a bar where the bluegrass faithful hang out. An all-night jam session recharged his batteries and he started pursuing gigs again. He landed a job at the TNN television doing research on classic country music and by night he worked on his demos. Capitol Records heard the artist, signed him, and released his self-titled debut in 2003. Bringing his love of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings to the forefront, “Modern Day Drifter” followed two years later and became a Top Ten hit. In 2006, he returned with Long Trip Alone, with the hit “Every Mile a Memory”.