#534 - Dierks Bentley Discusses Why He and His Wife Sleep in Separate Beds + Addresses the Controversy Around His Last Single + The Bizarre Gift Tim McGraw Gave Him + Why He Believes in Manifestation after Flying Private with Kenny Chesney + The 1 Country Song That Made Him Want to Be an Artist
The Bobby Bones Show
Premiere Networks
4.8 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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On this episode of the BobbyCast, Bobby is joined by his long-time friend and country music legend, Dierks Bentley. Bobby and Dierks dove into the struggles they both have with sleeping at night, which eventually led to Dierks telling Bobby why he and his wife don't sleep in the same bed anymore. Plus, Dierks addresses the controversy around his latest single sounding like an old Puddle of Mudd song and calling the band himself. Dierks also talked about a bizarre gift Tim McGraw gave him one time, how a private flight with Kenny Chesney led him to believe in manifestation and the 1 country song that made him want to be an artist!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:10.8 | Years ago, I decided to separate church and state, and I got rid of our bed and I've got two platform beds and two box springs and two mattresses. |
| 0:19.2 | Like the monsters. |
| 0:20.1 | Because I'm just such a animal. |
| 0:21.7 | It's terrible. |
| 0:24.5 | Welcome to episode 534 with Dirk's Bentley. |
| 0:28.0 | He now has 22 total number one songs. |
| 0:30.6 | He's got a new album called Broken Branches. |
| 0:33.5 | Just wrapped up the Broken Branches tour with Zach Top. |
| 0:37.0 | And I've known Dirk's for a long time. |
| 0:39.1 | He's a massive star and I felt like this was one of the most fun hours I've done in a long time because it felt pretty easy. |
| 0:46.2 | Because I didn't have to like stay completely focused because he would just like push back on things or challenge me on things. |
| 0:53.6 | And so I like that. |
| 0:54.7 | But big dirks guy obviously, fun facts about dirks. He worked at the Nashville network. Now Spike TV. |
| 1:01.3 | Is it even Spike TV anymore? I think that's dead now, too. I think it might have changed. Yeah. |
| 1:04.7 | Yeah. After graduating college, he worked at TNN. He researched country music performances. |
| 1:10.1 | He became the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry at age 29. |
| 1:13.1 | At the time, I think somebody has beaten him since. |
| 1:16.0 | But at the time he was 29, he went in. |
| 1:17.7 | He was the youngest. |
| 1:18.8 | His favorite sport is hockey. |
| 1:20.3 | His kid also plays travel hockey, which we talk about. |
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