Dierks Bentley Paying Whiskey Row Employees Due To COVID-19 Closing

Dierks Bentley To Pay Bar Employees Despite Closing Due To COVID-19

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Dierks Bentley is Nashville's latest country star to close his Nashville Broadway bar, Whiskey Row.

Dierks took to Instagram to say in part, "My heart goes out to all the guys/ girls down on lower Broad. Feels like yesterday that it was me working down there for tips."

He added, "I'm going to immediately give each of our 90 hourly employees $1000 to help in the short run as our community and country try to get a handle on the situation."

Bentley went on to tell other bars owners in Nashville to do the same adding that "lower Broadway is the heartbeat of Nashville."

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