Dierks Bentley Appears To Take Shots At Country Music On New Song

Is Dierks Bentley taking a swipe at country music?  There's a song on Dierks Bentley's new ‘Gravel & Gold’ album that — on the surface — appears to do so.

"Something Real," the mandolin-fed fourth track from his just-released album.  "I guess that song does talk about some songs that name drop, or the cliche stuff about dirt roads and girls in bars and neon signs," he says. "I’m as guilty of doing that as much as anybody else. This song kind of checks me on that."

He's never won Entertainer of the Year or even Male Vocalist at the CMA or ACM Awards and he thinks being banned from Grand Ole Opry was a blessing in the end because it pushed him in a different direction. Bentley’s ability to serve traditional country music up on a contemporary platter has been on point.  Do you have a favorite song from Bentley?