James Barker Band & Dierks Bentley Team Up On New Single – New Old Trucks
Once upon a time, on Queen Street East in Toronto, James Barker Band was on stage at the Boots & Bourbon Saloon when they were joined by a very special guest – Dierks Bentley.
That was five years ago, on the eve of the 2016 Boots & Hearts Music Festival. Fast forward to 2021 and the gang is back together again for James Barker Band’s new single, New Old Trucks, featuring Dierks Bentley.
In the five years since that night in Toronto, James Barker Band has won a Juno, three CCMA Awards, and picked up three #1 singles (Chills, Keep It Simple, Over All Over Again) and have become one of the marquee acts in Canadian country music. In that same time, Dierks Bentley has five #1 singles in Canada and continues to be one of the brightest stars in the genre.
If you haven’t heard the song yet, we invite you to hit play on New Old Trucks now – and then scroll down for more.
James Barker Band ft. Dierks Bentley – New Old Trucks
New Old Trucks is, first and foremost, an ode to old trucks that keep on rolling when everything else changes or breaks or moves on. It’s romantic and nostalgic and we get it. And yes, it’s a country song about a truck – so be it. What’s also in there is young love and the passing of something from father to son and growing up. It’s all there.
The addition of Dierks Bentley in the feature spot is a great fit – not just because of that one night in 2016 that early James Barker Band fans remember, but because it immediately takes us back to Bentley’s 2013 hit, I Hold On. That song starts with these lyrics…
It’s just an old beat up truck
Some say that I should trade up
Now that I got some jangle in my pocket
But what they don’t understand
Is it’s the miles that make a man
I wouldn’t trade that thing in for a rocket
What they don’t know is my dad and me
We drove her out to Tennessee
She’s still here, and now he’s gone
So I hold on
Maybe I’m just basic (very likely) but the truck trope still works for me when it’s used like this. This isn’t a tailgate party song (those have their place too). This is a song that paints a picture and takes me back and reminds me of my dad and my step-dad and my grandpas and the old farm trucks and F-150s I’ve had the honour of cruising in or learning to drive in.
Let’s wrap it all up with some photos of Dierks Bentley and James Barker Band from the last few years – and the streams of the song in case you want to listen to it again.
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James Barker Band & Dierks Bentley Team Up On New Single – New Old Trucks
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Once upon a time, on Queen Street East in Toronto, James Barker Band was on stage at the Boots & Bourbon Saloon when they were joined by a very special guest – Dierks Bentley.
That was five years ago, on the eve of the 2016 Boots & Hearts Music Festival. Fast forward to 2021 and the gang is back together again for James Barker Band’s new single, New Old Trucks, featuring Dierks Bentley.
In the five years since that night in Toronto, James Barker Band has won a Juno, three CCMA Awards, and picked up three #1 singles (Chills, Keep It Simple, Over All Over Again) and have become one of the marquee acts in Canadian country music. In that same time, Dierks Bentley has five #1 singles in Canada and continues to be one of the brightest stars in the genre.
If you haven’t heard the song yet, we invite you to hit play on New Old Trucks now – and then scroll down for more.
James Barker Band ft. Dierks Bentley – New Old Trucks
New Old Trucks is, first and foremost, an ode to old trucks that keep on rolling when everything else changes or breaks or moves on. It’s romantic and nostalgic and we get it. And yes, it’s a country song about a truck – so be it. What’s also in there is young love and the passing of something from father to son and growing up. It’s all there.
The addition of Dierks Bentley in the feature spot is a great fit – not just because of that one night in 2016 that early James Barker Band fans remember, but because it immediately takes us back to Bentley’s 2013 hit, I Hold On. That song starts with these lyrics…
It’s just an old beat up truck
Some say that I should trade up
Now that I got some jangle in my pocket
But what they don’t understand
Is it’s the miles that make a man
I wouldn’t trade that thing in for a rocket
What they don’t know is my dad and me
We drove her out to Tennessee
She’s still here, and now he’s gone
So I hold on
Maybe I’m just basic (very likely) but the truck trope still works for me when it’s used like this. This isn’t a tailgate party song (those have their place too). This is a song that paints a picture and takes me back and reminds me of my dad and my step-dad and my grandpas and the old farm trucks and F-150s I’ve had the honour of cruising in or learning to drive in.
Let’s wrap it all up with some photos of Dierks Bentley and James Barker Band from the last few years – and the streams of the song in case you want to listen to it again.
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