55th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards - Arrivals - Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., 10/11/21 - Dierks Bentley. REUTERS/Wade Payne
Dierks Bentley is one of many artists who jumped at the chance to perform a Tom Petty hit for the upcoming tribute album Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty.
Dierks adds a touch of bluegrass to a cover of American Girl for the project and shared in a release his reason for wanting to perform the song. He said, “Petty’s southern roots shined through across his songwriting and storytelling. He might not have ever been considered as country, but you can’t go into a bar in Nashville without hearing this song. It is one of the greatest songs in a life’s work of great American songs.”
The full album will be available on March 31st and along with Dierks Bentley also features George Strait, Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, Wynonna and many others.
Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty Tribute Album Track List
- “I Should Have Known It” – Chris Stapleton
- “Wildflowers” – Thomas Rhett
- “Runnin’ Down a Dream” – Luke Combs
- “Southern Accents” – Dolly Parton
- “Here Comes My Girl” – Justin Moore
- “American Girl” – Dierks Bentley
- “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Lady A
- “I Forgive It All” – Jamey Johnson
- “I Won’t Back Down” – Brothers Osborne
- “Refugee” – Wynonna Judd & Lainey Wilson
- “Angel Dream #2” – Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson
- “Learning to Fly” – Eli Young Band
- “Breakdown” – Ryan Hurd featuring Carly Pearce
- “Yer So Bad” – Steve Earle
- “Ways to Be Wicked” – Margo Price and Mike Campbell
- “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” – Midland
- “Free Fallin’” – The Cadillac Three featuring Breland
- “I Need To Know” – Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
- “Don’t Come Around Here No More” – Rhiannon Giddens featuring Benmont Tench
- “You Wreck Me” – George Strait
Check out Dierks Bentley’s cover of American Girl
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