"I Hold On” Earns Gold Certification in the USA and Canada; Dierks Celebrates

Dierks, Headline Country Producer Mary Carlisle, Brett James

Dierks driving “I Hold On” has officially been certified GOLD in the US by the RIAA for digital sales of over 500,000 downloads and simultaneously received GOLD certification by the CRIA in Canada. Released on Capitol Records Nashville, RISER’s lead track set the pace recently topping both radio charts, becoming Bentley’s 11th career No. one single as both a singer and songwriter.

Dierks Bentley and veteran songwriter Brett James celebrated their co-penned number one single "I Hold On" at Pour House in Nashville Tuesday (4/2/14.)

"It was our first time writing together, we weren't trying to hit one over the fence, we were just being honest, talking about our lives, and our things we believe in. I get goose bumps even talking about it right now, because its not supposed to work that way.  Usually its a grind the first time, and this is one of those song that it's just once in a career that you get a song that just happens like that."

Watch the video clip here.

Watch "Headline Country" on GACTV May 8th for more footage from the bash and more of their interview with the pair.

Life Finds A Way For The Grascals & Dierks Bentley

Bluegrass greats, The Grascals, posted on their facebook wall on Wednesday that they were, "tickled to learn that the song "Life Finds A Way" (the title cut from our new CD on Mountain Home) is the #1 song on the Bluegrass Today chart. Thanks to everyone that is playing it!"

Dierks Bentley fans will find the song especially sweet since he helped write it.  Country Standard Time confirms, "the album still finds the band is digging its collective teeth into composing as they co-wrote 5 of the 13 songs including the title cut with help from Dierks Bentley."

Long time friends, Dierks and The Grascals have been featured on each others albums over the last several years, such as Prodigal Son's Prayer on DB's Long Trip Alone Album, and Folsom Prison Blues on The Grascals Cracker Barrell project--The Grascals & Friends – Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin.

Don't miss the CD release party for "Life Finds A Way," airing on GACTV Saturday, 4/21 at 9:30 am central.

Listen here.

DBTV - Episode 49: Dierks' New Year's Day Lake Jump Debacle 2012

Ryan "Flash" Silver (aka Camera Guy) thought he was filming boss Dierks Bentley's annual lake jump on New Year's day but something went terribly wrong.  When he tried to blame it on technology, Dierks wasn't settling for that.  Instead, he held Ryan accountable like any good boss. 

Happy New Year!

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Dierks Bentley's "Home" Video Up For Vote on GACTV and CMT!

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Dierks Bentley: A Day in the Life

This "Day in the Life" video of Dierks Bentley is from 2010, but totally worth watching again! See if you can name two things he pulls out of his truck and where he goes to "get a haircut." Post your answers on dbcongress.com under the blog and you'll be entered to win a prize!

"Take a peak at a typical day in the life of Dierks Bentley, from hosting a radio show, to guest appearing in GAC television station and preparing for a show at Grande Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee."

DB DVR Alert - GACTV's "The Music Inside - Waylon Jennings: Breaking the Myth"

I remember waiting for Dierks Bentley on a cold Thursday night in March 2009 by his bus after he performed at Wild Bill's in Atlanta, Georgia. When he finally appeared, he was gracious as always and signed autographs and took pictures with about 20 fans. What I remembered most is that he told us he had to get on the bus and get back to Nashville because the next day he was going to see Jessi Colter. The excitment in his eyes and voice and smile on his face, was undeniable.

Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings widow, is the woman behind 'The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Vol. 1' which was released February 8, 2011. Volume 2 is scheduled for a June 14 release, the day before what would have been Waylon's 74th birthday. Volume 3 is slated to be unveiled in fall 2011, the day prior to Waylon and Jessi's 42nd wedding anniversary.

While Dierks is not included in Volume 1, he is slated for a slot in an  upcoming Volume in the series.

GACTV is airing a special, "The Music Inside - Waylon Jennings: Breaking the Myth," several times this weekend starting tonight at 9 pm.  The show follows the making of a tribute album to one of the greatest country music icons of our time. Artists as varied as Kris Kristofferson, Alabama, Jamey Johnson, Dierks Bentley, Randy Houser, Pat Green, and Jennings' widow Jessi Colter perform and pay tribute to Waylon's most celebrated songs. Alabama lead singer Randy Owens says "What an opportunity for us to go back in the studio, play and record live like we used to, and pay tribute to a TRUE legend in music...not in country music...in music period."

Set your DVRs now!  Click here to see a sneak video preview.  Get a quick glimpe of Dierks at the 1:49 minute mark.


Air Times:
February 26, 2011 9:00 PM ET
February 27, 2011 1:00 AM ET
February 27, 2011 11:00 AM ET
February 27, 2011 7:00 PM ET
March 19, 2011 9:00 PM ET

DIERKS GACTV ALERT: FROM THE RYMAN

Set your DVR's for Dierks Bentley's GACTV special tonight, June 19 at 10 pm eastern time!

Dierks Bentley Up On The Ridge
Dierks Bentley recently released his brand new bluegrass-inspired album Up On The Ridge on June 8. Prior to the album hitting shelves, Dierks hit the road on a whirlwind schedule to play 24 shows in 30 days as part of his "Up On The Ridge Tour." Dierks was backed by the critically acclaimed Travelin' McCourys (the Del McCoury Band minus Del) featuring Ron McCoury on mandolin, Rob McCoury on banjo, Jason Carter on fiddle and Alan Bartram on bass. The final night of the tour brought Dierks and crew back home to Nashville to play the historic Ryman Auditorium. The show features Dierks and band performing some of his biggest hits while also showcasing songs from his new album, and some surprises along the way! Don't miss this one-of-a-kind concert special on GAC!

DIERKS ON NATIONAL TV TELETHON FOR NASHVILLE FLOOD AID

Dierks will join the star-studded lineup for Music City Keep On Playin' - A Benefit For Flood Relief, which is the first nationally-televised telethon for Nashville flood aid. Other performers include Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Rodney Atkins, Kellie Pickler, CeCe Winans, Jaci Velasquez and Will Hoge.

Music City Keep On Playin' will be broadcast live and commercial-free on GAC this Sunday, May 16 from 8-10pm EST.

Tickets to the live event at the historic Ryman Auditorium are available now! Reserved tickets are $25 and a limited number of gold circle tickets are $150 and include preferred seating and a commemorative Hatch Show event poster. There is a limit of four $25 tickets per person and two $150 tickets per person. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ryman.com and www.opry.com, by phone at 1-800-SEE-OPRY (733-6779) or in person at the Ryman box office.

GAC has partnered with WKRN TV in Nashville to simulcast the live telethon on Comcast channel 245 (over the air delivery at 2.2). They will also run the telethon as an encore presentation on May 16 at 10:30 p.m./Eastern on channel 2 (over the air delivery at 2.1). XM Satellite Radio will also simulcast the live telethon.

The concert will re-air on GAC at 10:00 p.m., 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. and the phone banks will remain open during the re-airs.

All money raised will go to those in need in Middle Tennessee. Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee will be the organization processing and distributing donations. This event is being presented by GAC, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau and Gaylord Entertainment.

Source: Dierks.com

DIERKS TV ALERTS!

First up, Dierks Bentley will perform Up On The Ridge on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Tuesday night, April 27 at 11:30 pm eastern, on NBC. Tweet Jay and ask him to give Dierks some interview time!

In addition, DB's 'Feel That Fire' special from GACTV will re-air May 2, 2010 at 10 pm! So mark your calendars now!

DIERKS ALERT ON GACTV

Set your DVR and calendar for Saturday, March 27 at 3:00 pm eastern time. GACTV's Suzanne Alexander hosts, "The Collection: Dierks Bentley," spending the hour with Dierks Bentley swapping stories and tracing back through his video career, reminiscing about the video shoots and the antics that occurred.

Here are a few of DB's videos to get you warmed up for Saturday!

DIERKS SINGS HOUSE OF GOLD TONIGHT 2/6

Tune in to GACTV tonight to see Dierks Bentley perform on the re-airing of the Opry Concert Special: How Great Thou Art, Saturday, February 6 at 10:00pm ET.

From songs of heartache to songs of hope, country and gospel music have shared a historic kinship on country´s most famous stage, the Grand Ole Opry. That legacy is celebrated in a 90-minute GAC television special "How Great Thou Art," based on a CD of the same title, featuring classic gospel performances by many of country music´s biggest stars. Watch a sneak peak here.

And, get a glimpse of Dierks at 2:05, getting ready to sing Hank Williams, "A House of Gold."



How Great Thou Art is available at itunes by the CD or individual song. This is a must have for all Dierks fans!

WIN A DIERKS BENTLEY AUTOGRAPHED GUITAR FROM GACTV

Vote for Dierks Bentley in the Top Songs of the last 50 years survey and redeem your GAC Superfan points to enter win an acoustic guitar autographed by the man himself!

What Songs are YOUR FAVORITE? This Silver Dollar City Top Songs of the last 50 Years survey highlights some of the great country music songs in the past decades. Your vote will decide what songs are used in the special GAC Show at Echo Hollow in Silver Dollar City in Branson, MS.

Dierks is listed in survey question #7H-Free and Easy, and #9A,E Feel That Fire and Sideways.

Click here to vote now! You'll need to register, but it's free!

GACTV's TOP 50 VIDEOS OF 2009 - STARTS TONIGHT 12/28

GAC's TOP 50 VIDEOS OF 2009!

See if your votes put Dierks Bentley into the prestigious Top 50! Martina McBride hosts and special guests Trace Adkins, Chris Young, Jack Ingram, John Rich and more count down the best 50 videos of 2009!

I feel confident each of our 570 DB Congress Representatives voted daily, and ONLY voted for Feel That Fire, Sideways, and I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes. That was our best chance to get Dierks three spots on the list!

Tune in to see if your votes helped Dierks!

The countdown kicks off on tonight, Monday, December 28 at 8 p.m. ET. on GAC and runs through January 1. Tonight's show counts down #50-#38. Click here for all showtimes.

CLOSE YOUR EYES VIDEO LANDS ON TOP 20

Good news! I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes finally landed in the Top 20 videos on GACTV this week at #20! On CMT's Top 20, the newest Dierks Bentley video came in at #16 for a second week, but was a no show on the CMT Pure 12-pack.

We are 559 DB Congress reps strong and it's gonna take an act of congress all working together to make this video rise to the top! Realistically, I know everyone has a life outside of Dierks, but I also know how much his music means to each of the DBC reps--all 559 of us! So, I need some help getting 100% participation on a daily basis.

It really does only take less than 5 minutes of your day to vote for the 3 video countdowns and another 30 seconds to call your local radio station every day.

So, I need your help in giving me ideas to get everyone -- all 559 -- involved for 5 minutes every day. Whoever has the best idea will win a prize!

Leave your comments now or email me at Ronna@dbcongress.com.

We can do this for our president! He has given us so much! We did it for Long Trip Alone (#1 on the video countdown 3 weeks in a row), and we can do it again!

WRITE THE CAPTION, WIN A SHIRT

Dierks Bentley chats with GAC "Top 20 Country Countdown" host Nan Kelley on Brad Paisley's "American Saturday Night" tour. Photo by Cheryl Ecton.

A message from the GACTV.com staff: We love this photo so much we're asking YOU to write your own caption! Funniest caption wins a GAC T-shirt. Click on "add a comment" and make us laugh!

SIDEWAYS - SINGLE, VIDEO UPDATE-JUNE 12

Whatever It Is by the Zach Brown Band edged over Sideways to claim the #4 spot, pushing Dierks down to #5 this week. It's gonna take an act of congress--the DB Congress that is--to get this sure-to-be-seventh number one single moving in the upward direction. Call your DJs now!

Video Update:
#8 Australia's Country Music Channel - CMC Top 30 (LW #14)
#10 GACTV Top 20 (LW #12)
#8 CMT Top 20 - (LW #10)


Go to the DB Congress Current Campaigns page to vote for Sideways on all the video countdown links every day!

SIDEWAYS VIDEO UPDATE

Sideways by the numbers...Video Update June 5, 2009

#14 Australia's Country Music Channel - CMC Top 30 (LW #20)
#12 GACTV Top 20 (LW #14)
#10 CMT Top 20 - (LW #11)


Go to the DB Congress Current Campaigns page to vote for Sideways on all the video countdown links every day!

DANCING NOT IN THE STARS FOR DIERKS

I think it's been mentioned before that Dierks was asked to be on the very first episode of Dancing With The Stars. We all know he didn't accept the offer, but now GACTV.com tells us exactly what he told them...

June 2, 2009 — Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough and Billy Ray Cyrus have all participated in "Dancing With The Stars," but there are a number of country stars who’ve nixed the idea, too. LeAnn Rimes passed because she was too busy, Trace Adkins said no because he wasn’t interested, and Dierks Bentley turned it down because he’d rather do what he does best.

"There’s a reason why I play guitar," Dierks told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "I have no dance moves. I was asked to be on the first season of ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ and whether I wanted to or not, it was like, ‘Ah, sorry. There’s just no hope for me. I don’t care if you get the best trainer in the world.’ There’s a reason why I picked up the guitar to meet girls: Dancing was never gonna work. I do a really bad version of ‘The Running Man,’ but after that, it’s pretty bad."

SIDEWAYS VIDEO COUNTDOWN RESULTS

Australia's Country Music Channel - CMC Top 30 Countdown - this week has Dierks Bentley's Feel That Fire at #9, but his Sideways video has entered the chart at #20! Thanks to Stacey, our DBC Director of Int'l Recruitment for the Aussie scoop!

In the US, results for Sideways for this week are:
CMT Top 20 - #11 (LW #11)
GACTV Top 20 - #12 (LW #14)
CMT Pure 12 Pack - still a no show

Go to the DB Congress Current Campaigns page to vote for Sideways on all the video countdown links every day!

HAPPY SIDEWAYS DAY

"I Saw the Sideways video this morning on Aussie CMC TV!" exclaims Rach from Australia. "It's so good to finally dance in my loungeroom (I think that's like a living room in the US) to this great song."

The previous DB Congress Member of the Week is doing her congressional duty and promoting Dierks Bentley--especially on Fridays when the country music video countdowns of the week begin. "On most emails I sent on Friday to my work colleagues, I started with 'Happy Sideways Day.' I then asked people to go listen to the song, as it was Dierks tribute to Fridays! I think we could really reclaim Fridays as Sideways day," Rach declares.

After all, the lyrics demand it--worked all week it's time to play, gonna get a little bit sideways.

Just a few years ago, I used to dub Thursdays as "Dierksday Thursday" because that was when the video countdowns revealed their top 20 country music videos of the week. Now, CMT and GAC and CMC in Australia countdown the top videos of the week on Fridays, based on fan votes. That's where we need your help!

Vote for Dierks' Sideways video in the U.S. on CMT Top 20, CMT Pure 12-Pack and GAC Top 20. This week the video landed at #11 on CMT20, and finally debuted at #14 on GAC! Thank you DB Congress! Please urge all your family and friends to vote for Dierks this week and let's get him into the single digits, and make a showing on CMT Pure 12-Pack!

So, Rach, please post and let us know what number Sideways is on CMC TV this week!

~Ronna
DB Congress Chair