The "Burning Man" Tour marks the third time that Dierks Bentley has hit the road with Jon Pardi, so to say that Dierks is a fan of Jon is a bit of an understatement.
"The first time I heard Jon I was sitting on my bus, we were playing a show out in California somewhere, kind of a random gig, and I heard this voice and I heard the band," the "Woman, Amen" singer recalls in a statement from his label. "I hear a lot of music over the course of a year on the road, and there's just that one small thing that makes something stand out to you.
"I remember hearing it on my bus, through the walls of my bus, we were pretty far from the stage, and going, 'Okay, there's something really cool going on.' I got off the bus and went down there and watched this guy, and he was brand new. He had a steel guitar player that had a pet squirrel that lived inside his shirt. You can't make this stuff up.
"I mean, it was a rogue band. It was early on, and this guy, he's out there just slaying it, slinging these words out there and playing telecaster. I was like, 'This guy is going to be someone.' I called my booking agent Jay Williams and said, 'This guy's great, man,' and this is probably 10 years ago."
The Burning Man Tour comes to Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario this Thursday, February 14th! Tenille Townes will open.
