27 Dierks Bentley Memories of 2015

Dierks Bentley and his fans have a lot to celebrate looking back on 2015!  We remember 27 (as in '27 days I've been out on the road'... from Heart Of A Lonely Girl, Dierks' "Home" album) special memories and accomplishments throughout the year by Country's Hottest Guy, according to People.  Let us know if we missed any!

1. On Super Bowl Sunday, Bentley’s performance from the official NFL Tailgate was televised as part of NBC’s pre-game show in his home town of Phoenix, AZ.
   
   
2. Bentley Announces 2015 Sounds Of Summer Tour With a Polar Plunge Boot Camp for his tour mates - Kip Moore, Maddie and Tae, and Canaan Smith.
   
   
3. Dierks Bentley Nominated for Lucky 7 Academy of Country Music Awards! Wins Video of the Year for Drunk On A Plane (27 million views on YouTube).  DOAP catapults our prez to a career-high, replacing "What Was I Thinkin'" as the last song in the set list each night.
   
   
   
   
4. ACM Awards Live performance of "Riser."
   
   
   
5. DBCongress.com turns 6! On February 1, 2009, our welcome post proclaimed our mission: to actively campaign to make and keep Dierks Bentley #1! That remains our daily Dierks duty today, now with 802 DBC representatives in all 50 states and 12 countries, 1,288 Facebook Likes and 5,300 Twitter followers!
   
   
6. Dierks launches the sexy ‪#‎SayYouDo‬ music video, featuring all his favorite things--flying, motorcycles, wine and the woods.
     
   
   
   
7. Feb 8: Dierks nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Album ("Riser")! Miranda Lambert takes the win for "Platinum."
   
   
8. Feb 27 - Hot Country Knights debuted - a little side project for Dierks and the guys playing as a 90's country cover band, starring DB's alter ego 'Big Rhythm Doug.'  One song in particular earned recognition from Shania Twain!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. May 4 - Say You Do becomes third consecutive multi-week #1 single (following I Hold On and Drunk On A Plane)--historic in that it is the first single Dierks had ever released that he did not write.  Country Weekly featured ‪#‎SayYouDo‬ as a story behind the song article --writers Shane McAnally, and Old Dominion members Matt Ramsey and Trevor Rosen.
   
   
10. Dierks Bentley Kicks Off "HOT" Sounds Of Summer Tour in Raleigh; DB Congress "Pyro Patrol" Fans The Flames.
     
11. June 29: "Riser"‬ was released as a single and went for radio adds!
    
    
12. Whoa! @DierksBentley is THE cover of People magazine and Country's Hottest Guy‬! Sort of.  He was the cover of a 32-page special country insert in the June 15 issue.
    
    
13. Dierks named a 2015 Nashville Power Player and lands on the cover of Billboard magazine!
    
    
    
    
14. Dierks kicks off Macy's 4th of July Spectacular:  "That flag represents the things that a lot of folks don't have...freedom first and foremost. There are so many folks around the world that see that flag and they just want a little piece, a little taste of that freedom that we have here, so to me it's the greatest country in the world."
    
    
15. Riser music video released in August.  The treatment, directed by Wes Edwards, features a homeless mom and her kids who rise above adversity with they help of Nashville-based, Safe Haven.
    
    
16. We posted exclusive DB Congress Interviews: Behind the Scenes with "The Mom" and "The Daughter" in Dierks Bentley's "Riser" Music Video.
    
    
    
    
    
17. Dierks Bentley Nominated for CMA Male Vocalist of the Year 2015.  Chris Stapleton had a clean sweep, taking Male Vocalist, New Artist and Album of the Year.
    
    
18. Dierks Bentley Celebrated a Decade as a Grand Ole Opry Member.
    
    
    
    
19. Date night for @DierksBentley and wife Cass lands him on stage with Taylor Swift.
    
    
    
    
    
    
20. Dierks Bentley Featured as "the singer" in Charles Kelley's "The Driver."  The song--sang as a trio with Charles, Dierks and Eric Paslay, was nominated for a Grammy--Best Country Duo/Group Performance. 
    
    
    
21. Dierks Bentley's 10th Annual Miles and Music For Kids: A Weekend of Caring Breaks All Records!  Raises $636,479 for Vanderbilt Children's Hospital--double last year's amount!
    
    
22. Last Call Ball 10 - presented with special commemorative "derby" from his congress!
    
    
    
    
23. Dierks was featured as a key note speaker and tells his aviation story at the #NBAA15 National Business Aviation Association Opening General Session https://amp.twimg.com/v/2ccc4254-8efc-4339-9716-1f62bf95ddb3 …"I fly to work and I work to fly."
    
    
24. Thank you @countryweekly for picking @DierksBentley to be the WordSearch! And "Congress" is a word!
    
    
    
    
25. Dierks Bentley and more honor Veterans ‪#‎StarsandStrings‬ benefit show in Chicago.
    
    
    
    
    
26. Celebrates his 40th birthday in "the woods" with Luke Bryan, and gets an "old" gift from his congress.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
27. Dierks announces his first live television hosting gig - The 2016 ACM Awards with Luke Bryan!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Stay tuned for 2015 highlights from fan experiences in an upcoming blog.

Dierks Makes a Cameo Appearance in Lady Antebellum Spoof Video

You might remember how Dierks Bentley and Lady A's Charles Kelley are good friends.  That friendship was tested in the latest Lady Antebellum webisode, where Dierks gets egg on his face! Watch below!

Dierks Feels the Fire

Normally in the winter, most people welcome a fire to help keep them warm. However, when the fire happens under the hood of your classic car, it is definitely not something anybody wants. Dierks recently had an "unwelcome visitor" while he was hanging out in Nashville with good friend Charles Kelley, one of the members of Lady Antebellum. Dierks posted a video on Twitter of him and Charles watching his '67 Camaro get towed away while noting that disaster seems to happen when they get together.

"met my friend charles kelley at a bar. he wanted to see my new '67 camero. we walked back outside. it was on fire. not cool."

In case you haven't seen the video already, check it out HERE!

And listen below as Dierks called into the Tony and Kris show to talk about the fire.



Here's more from a conversation with Dierks and Alison Bonaguro (CMT.com).

MUSICAL FREINDSHIPS HELP NASHVILLE FLOOD VICTIMS

The flood in Nashville two weeks ago was more destructive than anyone outside the area realizes. The national media didn't give it much coverage, but the music city community is banning together to help each other out of a devastating situation.

Dierks Bentley says, "We've all been affected by it. There's devastation all over the city. But to see the Grand Ole Opry affected, that just really hit home for me, even more than having water in my house... At my house, if water touches anything, it's ruined. That wood (at the Opry), hell, maybe it's got enough magic on it that it can survive the worst. I think everything in there is toast (ruined)."

Dierks Bentley says the devastation caused by the historic Nashville floods has brought the entire community closer together.

That point was driven home to the country star when he went to help Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum pump about two feet of water out of his home.

"I went over to his place, and he was talking to his neighbors. He just moved there, and I said, 'That's cool that you know your neighbors pretty well,'" Dierks tells The Boot. "He said, 'I never knew them before today.' Everyone comes out and [bonds] when something like the flood happens. It does have a way of bringing people a lot closer together, for sure."

Although Dierks' home did sustain some water damage, he said it is minor compared with the losses of so many others. He just feels bad that the dangerous traffic conditions brought on by the floods caused him to cancel some shows.

"I hate that for those fans in Knoxville and Charlottesville," says Dierks. "But for me and the crew, there's no way we could have left our houses and families behind. It's even hard leaving once we did, because you feel so connected to your city when something like that happens. You want to be there for the telethons and concerts."

Dierks will join Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Rodney Atkins and other musicians for GAC's 'Music City Keep on Playin' - A Benefit for Flood Relief' telethon on Sunday, May 16 at The Ryman Auditorium.