Dierks Bentley

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Bentley’s musical style is considered to be more traditional than many of his contemporaries and often contains traditional themes of lost of forbidden love, drinking and cheating. “Lot of leavin’ left to do”, one of his biggest singles, is also reminiscent of Waylon Jennings’ style of Outlaw country with Western Swing influences.

Early life
Dierks Bentley was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Then he moved to Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he attended the Lawrenceville School, graduating in 1993.[1]

Personal life
Bentley is married to his childhood sweetheart Cassidy Black. They live in Nashville, TN with their dogs Jake {who has appeared in a few of Dierks' videos} and George. The couple eloped in Mexico.

Music career
Bentley worked at The Nashville Network (TNN, now Spike TV), researching old footage of country performances. In 2003, Capitol Nashville released Bentley’s self-titled debut album, which featured his successful first single, “What Was I Thinkin’?,” which went to number 1 on the country charts. Some of Dierks Bentley’s more recent hits include “Come a Little Closer,” “Settle for a Slowdown,” “Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go),” and “Every Mile a Memory.”

Bentley’s musical style is considered to be more traditional than many of his contemporaries and often contains traditional themes of lost or forbidden love, drinking and cheating. “Lot Of Leavin’ Left To Do”, one of his biggest singles, is also reminiscent of Waylon Jennings’ style of Outlaw country with Western Swing influences.

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8	Every Mile A Memory full track	906
9	Trying To Stop Your Leaving full track	763
10	Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do full track	650
11	I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes full track	461
12	How Am I Doin' full track	405
13	My Last Name full track	380
14	Soon As You Can full track	163
15	Can't Live It Down full track	151

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muzikizme wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Anyone hear Miranda Lambert’s new song White Liar? Just bought the song on itunes and I love it!! Can’t wait to see her on tour with Brad Paisley! Check out her video for White Liar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoR2Oax82kY

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raininonme wrote:
Saturday morning

"She needs to feel that fire, the on that lets her know for sure shes everything i want and more" ...... god i so wanna feel that fire.. anyone? LOL jk

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SimplyLkawaranu wrote:
Thursday morning

Feel that fire and my last name are 2 of the greatest from dierks

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Takara81 wrote:
last month

Beautiful World is a great song, he really deserves a Grammy win for that one!!

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cbaugh75 wrote:
December 2009

I want to "feel that fire"!!!

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LadyPatience wrote:
December 2009

Never got him before, but I'm listening to his latest album at the mo, and really enjoying it. Dammit. I'll probably have to wait till after xmas to buy it.

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mikebelto wrote:
November 2009

Hey Dierks fans! Hopefully you’ve heard of Josh Thompson and my favorite song “Beer on the Table”! If not, it’s time to check him out because he’s a rising star in country music! Check out pics and songs from his newly released EP at his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/joshthompson

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WLDB wrote:
November 2009

One of my favourite modern country performers.

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IceCreamSkies wrote:
November 2009

One of my favorite musicians. Gonna Get There Someday is one of the best songs I've heard in a long, long time.

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mikebelto wrote:
November 2009

Check out one of my new favorite artists, Chris Young and his debut album nowhttp://www.last.fm/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMBNvk

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neurotiko wrote:
October 2009

love his new song

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mikebelto wrote:
September 2009

Hey! Make sure you check out Chris Young and my fav song “Getting You Home”. His album The Man I Want To Be is in stores now!!! Check him out at http://www.myspace.com/chrisyoung

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mikebelto wrote:
August 2009

Holler! Make sure you check out brand new country artist Chris Young! I love “Drinkin’ Me Lonely”! Check out his CD for free at http://www.hearsomethingcountry.com/rca/chrisyoung/maniwanttobe/

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mackypaige wrote:
August 2009

Here's the link to that Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews performance of I'm Alive that the person below me is talking about. It's definitely worth checking out! http://www.hearsomethingcountry.com/bna/kennychesney/imalive/

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mikebelto wrote:
July 2009

Make sure you check out Brad Paisley’s new album “American Saturday Night” in stores NOW!!! http://www.hearsomethingcountry.com/arista/bradpaisley/asn/

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KuKrazy wrote:
June 2009

Dierks is great. Love his songs. shame he doesn't play much guitar when he is singing live

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echo725 wrote:
June 2009

All the potential from the 2nd and 3rd albums has been pissed away. I guess he would rather be a mainstream country pop star than an artist.

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davidn87 wrote:
May 2009

I think his style has certainly moved away from the Traditional flavour of his first few albums. Sad, because we don't need any more carbon copy "pretty boy" clones.

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jevousverrai wrote:
April 2009

I recently got "Feel That Fire" and it was the first of his CDs since "Modern Day Drifter" that I didn't pre-order, and I must say, I'm glad. it's a fantastic CD, just as MDD, but they've got a different feel than the rest, and just not as my style as I like

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ard0r wrote:
April 2009

wow, country that I actually kinda like? :o

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