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Dierks Bentley- Tickets Distribution (3/23/2010)

University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Start Date:   3/23/2010   All Day End Date:   3/23/2010 -Student tickets for the April 7 Dierks Bentley show are available while supplies last in

Posted on March 19, 2010, 3:58 am

Dierks Bentley- Tickets Distribution (3/25/2010)

University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Start Date:   3/25/2010   All Day End Date:   3/25/2010 -Student tickets for the April 7 Dierks Bentley show are available while supplies last in

Posted on March 19, 2010, 3:58 am

Dierks Bentley- Tickets Distribution (3/24/2010)

University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Start Date:   3/24/2010   All Day End Date:   3/24/2010 -Student tickets for the April 7 Dierks Bentley show are available while supplies last in

Posted on March 19, 2010, 3:58 am

Dierks Bentley- Tickets Distribution (3/22/2010)

University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Start Date:   3/22/2010   All Day End Date:   3/22/2010 -Student tickets for the April 7 Dierks Bentley show are available while supplies last in

Posted on March 19, 2010, 3:58 am

Dierks Bentley explores bluegrass with 'Up On the Ridge' run

LiveDaily - Found Mar. 18, 2010
(LiveDaily.com) Country crooner Dierks Bentley [ tickets ] will introduce his audience to his forthcoming bluegrass and acoustic-roots album with a

Posted on March 18, 2010, 3:53 am

Dierks Bentley Comes To Boulder Theater 3/19

Broadway World - Found Mar. 16, 2010
AEG Live presents DIERKS BENTLEY & THE TRAVELIN' McCOURYS, "UP ON THE RIDGE" TOUR with Hayes Carll.
Dierks Bentley plans Up On the Ridge Tour - Examiner.com
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Posted on March 16, 2010, 3:07 am

Dierks Bentley Takes You ?Up On The Ridge?

POLLSTAR - Found Mar. 15, 2010
D.C., goes on sale March 26 and Nashville goes up April 2. For more information, please click here for the Dierks Bentley Web site.
Dierks Bentley's Upcoming Bluegrass Tour Includes Ryman Auditorium - Country Music Television
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Posted on March 15, 2010, 2:04 am

Dierks Bentley Digs Up His Roots in Bluegrass

Country Music Television - Found Mar. 9, 2010
But he wants to make sure you don't think for one second that this new album is a "Dierks Bentley and friends" or a "Dierks does bluegrass" album.
Planet Bluegrass Complete's 2010 Telluride Bluegrass Roster - Cybergrass
Bordergrass Music Festival 2010 - Cybergrass
Bluegrass Legend Curly Seckler Celebrates 75 Years in Music - Cybergrass
Town Branch Band Returns to Carter Family Fold - Cybergrass
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Posted on March 9, 2010, 4:34 am

Dierks Bentley Expects Summer Release of Bluegrass Album, Up on the ...

Country Music Television - Found Mar. 8, 2010
Dierks Bentley is expected to release a bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, this summer on Capitol Nashville.

Posted on March 8, 2010, 3:46 am

Jessica Harp Reconsiders Career Choice; WSM Enlists New DJs: Dierks ...

The 9513 - Found Mar. 3, 2010
... double album, The Crooked Road (May 25). Radio station 650 AM WSM enlisted the services of Dierks Bentley , Pam Tillis , and Jim Lauderdale...

Posted on March 3, 2010, 10:01 am

Dierks Bentley Biography

Dierks Bentley
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Dierks Bentley

Dierks Bentley performing in Saginaw, Michigan, March 31, 2007
Background information
Born 20 November 1975 (1975-11-20) (age 34)1
Origin Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Genres Country
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 2003-present
Labels Dangling Rope, Capitol Nashville
Associated acts Brett Beavers, Deric Ruttan, The Warren Brothers
Website http://www.dierks.com/

Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified gold. It was followed in mid 2008 by a greatest hits package. His fourth album, Feel That Fire was released in February 2009.

Bentley's studio albums have accounted for thirteen singles on the country singles charts, of which seven have reached No. 1: his debut single "What Was I Thinkin'", as well as "Come a Little Closer", "Settle for a Slowdown", "Every Mile a Memory", "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)", "Feel That Fire" and "Sideways". Four more of his singles have reached Top Five on the country charts as well.

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Early life

Dierks Bentley was born in Phoenix, Arizona on November 20, 1975. "Dierks" was his maternal grandmother's maiden name. In his teenage years, he moved to Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he attended the Lawrenceville School, graduating in 1993. He was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Vanderbilt University.

Personal life

Bentley is married to Cassidy Black. They live in Nashville, Tennessee with their dogs Jake (who has appeared in a few of Dierks' videos) and George.2 The couple welcomed their only child, Evalyn Day Bentley, on October 4, 2008.3

Bentley spent a year at the University of Vermont before transferring to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, failing to graduate. He pledged Sigma Alpha Epsilon while at Vanderbilt.

Music career

Dierks Bentley opening for Brad Paisley 14 Feb 2009 at Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Dierks Bentley

Bentley worked at The Nashville Network (now Spike TV), researching old footage of country performances. In 2003, Capitol Nashville released Bentley's self-titled debut album. The album's first single, "What Was I Thinkin'," reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts later that year. Two other singles from the album were released and charted: "My Last Name" reached No. 17, and "How Am I Doin'" reached No. 4. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Modern Day Drifter

Bentley's second Capitol album, Modern Day Drifter, was released in 2005. It featured two No. 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart, "Settle for a Slowdown" and "Come a Little Closer." A third single, "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", reached No. 3. The album was also certified platinum.

Later in 2005 Bentley won the CMA Award for the Horizon Award (now Best New Artist) and was invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The induction took place on October 1, 2005. Bentley stands as the third youngest member after Carrie Underwood and Josh Turner.

Long Trip Alone

On June 10, 2006, Long Trip Alone was released. The album produced two No. 1 songs, "Every Mile a Memory" in 2006 and "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" in 2007. The title track reached No. 10 on the country charts. A fourth single, "Trying to Stop Your Leaving," hit No. 5.

In 2007, Bentley released a live DVD recorded and filmed in Denver, Colorado entitled Live and Loud at the Fillmore.

Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008

A March 2008 interview, Bentley said he would let his fans be the executive producers to his first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008. The album was released on May 6, 2008.4 An album cut, "Sweet & Wild," reached No. 51 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song features an uncredited duet with fellow country singer Sarah Buxton.

Feel That Fire

A fifth studio album, Feel That Fire,5 was released in February 2009. Its title track, co-written by Brett Beavers and The Warren Brothers, reached Top 40 in October 2008 and became his sixth Number One in February 2009. The second single from the album Feel That Fire is "Sideways", which was released on March 2. The third single from the album Feel That Fire is "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes", which was released on September 13. Bentley's next studio album, "Up on The Ridge" will be released later summer 2010

Tours

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Result
2004 CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year Won
Academy of Country Music Top New Artist Won
2005 Country Music Association Awards Horizon Award Won
2009 CMT Music Awards CMT Performance of the Year — "Country Boy" Won[A]
2010 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Beautiful World" Nominated
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Film and Television

  • Narrated and appeared in The Rise of Kahne (2009), a biography of NASCAR driver, Kasey Kahne. Bentley is featured in the DVD during an event benefiting the Kasey Kahne Foundation.7

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