I met Dierks

And I'm still high from it all.



This could be a long blog folks... take your chances reading this one! lol

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Dierks Bentley has had some hold on me since I saw him in Reno a few days before finding out that my father had passed. It was truley the last care-free and happy time I had. Then after a while I found some sort of release in his music. The lyrics he writes and the voice on that man astound me. Shortly after my fathers death I found the song titled "Gonna Get There Someday". If you find and read the lyrics you will understand why that hit me, well if you know me at all anyway. :)
I have a bunch of little things that connect him and my dad in my head, it may seem really silly to some.. but I'm not worried about that at all. I know how I feel. And I know how Dierks' music makes me feel. I believe it has given something to me that no one can understand - maybe someone, but it's so hard for me to describe that I'm just not sure you could.
I went to his concert last night and amazingly I had won a Meet & Greet pass with him. I met a few of the other fanclub members and Meet & Greet winners as we all stood in front of the center of the stage (I was basically second row, which meant I was right there in front! YAH BABY!). We touched hands, held fingers and had everyone singing just a inches away from us at many points during the concert. I reached out and touched a few members of the Randy Rogers Band, Miranda Lambert and the wonderful Dierks Bentley! We even had the whole Dierks band move onto the center stage right in front of us and sing a song for us. That was incredible, we had to bend our necks backwards to see them!








I (and 15 other of his fan club members) waited after the show to go back and meet him. We all stood in a single file line and about the time we were getting situated in line we realized that he was right there at the front of the line. It was real. He met each one of us, introduced himself (like he needed to) gave us a good hug, signed whatever we had there for him to sign (and then some) and then we all just stood around and talked. Some of us asked him actual questions and made conversations while others were caught up in the novelty of it all and had him talking to people on cell phones and signing more things... It was a wonderful experience.
In the end of it as everyone was walking out and I had already gotten my good-bye hug, I told him I had another question. I started to ask him about a certain song, the "Gonna Get There Someday" song, but words escaped me and I couldn't form the sentence "Where did your inspiration come from for 'Gonna Get There Someday'?". I said something like "dammit now I can't even remember the name of the song" - he replied to that by asking "Gonna Get There Someday?" me-"YES, THAT'S it! How did you know?" him-"A lot of people ask me about that song". We talked for a few minutes and I told him how much his music has helped me to heal, and how much that song meant to me. He looked at me with those gorgeous eyes and said something like "I'm really glad you told me that, that's so nice to hear. I'm so glad you told me and that the music has helped you, I'm so sorry for your loss... it's terrible." This is almost word for word and the thing that struck me hard was his sincerity, he was so genuine. He hugged me over and over as I told him the story and I probably woulnd't have told him so much if he hadn't seemed like he wanted to hear it. I said goodbye and thanked him and told him how much I appreciate him and the time he took for me... I was the last one to leave and we had stood there talking alone for a couple of minutes. I was all find and good until walking out and looking Adrian in the eyes. He knew what it meant for me to get that chance to talk to Dierks. I couldn't help but let a few tears fall. It was just amazing that he was so sincere and so genuine... I really hadn't inteneded to talk about much except getting him the letter that Patty had sent for him and letting him know that his fanclub sucks ass. In the end I didn't even mention the fanclub. Dangit! Oh well- that night was so awesome that I really don't care! :)
I really wish that I had had a few more minutes. There are things that I forgot to mention to Dierks but maybe another time....
For now I'm just happy to have gotten to see the concert, and that I got to meet Dierks, I'm so incredibly gracious for that chance.