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Jon Pardi On Dierks Bentley’s Advice: ‘Just Be Kind To People’

Jon Pardi plays Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Festival this weekend in Colorado on Sunday night (9/1). Jon has been touring with Dierks for a while now and he’s taken a…

Jon Pardi Says Dierks Bentley Is 'That Guy'
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Jon Pardi plays Dierks Bentley's Seven Peaks Festival this weekend in Colorado on Sunday night (9/1).

Jon has been touring with Dierks for a while now and he's taken a lot away from the experience. He told us exclusively, "This is my third time with Dierks and I love that man. He showed me that no matter how big you are you can still just be kind to people on the coolest ways."

Even though Bentley sees him daily on the road, he still wanted to know just how much he appreciated Pardi doing his festival. Jon explains, "Like, he wrote me a hand written note saying he was so excited I was gonna go to his festival at Seven Peaks... He's just awesome and I've been on tour with him all year and I still get a note from management like, 'Dierks wrote this for you' and it's little things like that mean so much and he's alway been that guy."

Pardi releases a brand new album Heartache Medication on September 27th.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.