Born in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 20, 1975, country singer Dierks Bentley
built his musical education by listening to country records. At the age of
nineteen, he moved to the capital of the genre, Nashville, to establish himself
as an artist. He worked for the CNN television network by day and recorded demos
or frequented the city's clubs by night. Noticed by an agent from the Capitol
Nashville label, who offered him an artist's contract, he recorded his first
homonymous album in 2003. It proved a success, going platinum for its sales, as
did the follow-up Modern Day Drifter ...