Prodded to do so, the newly married singer also held forth on the rigors of properly observing Valentine’s Day. He used the occasion to reflect on his recent tour of the United Kingdom, next music video and upcoming tour with Kenny Chesney. 1 single, “Come a Little Closer,” which he co-wrote with his producer, Brett Beavers. The man was not so lucky.īentley had come to ASCAP to celebrate his latest No. Both man and dog took their seats at a table in front of a bank of microphones, but the dog soon grew bored and wandered off. 30) about five minutes past the time Bentley’s press conference was set to start. So we thought we could write a song about that and that it might be a really interesting take on a patriotic song,” Bentley said.Dierks Bentley and his omnipresent dog Jake strolled into ASCAP’s Nashville headquarters Monday afternoon (Jan. “When I’m on tour and hanging out with people I see that there is a lot more in common among us than we might think. When he returned, Wilson and Beavers had stopped working on the other song and come up with a melody for the verse of “Home,” intending it to be about America or a place everyone calls home. Written with Dan Wilson and Brett Beavers, Bentley gave substantial credit to his co-writers.Īs Bentley tells it, the three were working on a lyric when he was called away by his wife asking for help starting her car. Some of the most touching stories I hear are from the soldiers who come up to me and talk about what it’s like to be flying back to the States and seeing that piece of land for the first time.” “People who hear it will interpret it according to what is going on in their life at the moment. But for soldiers it’s seeing that shore for the first time after a year or more in a foreign country,” he said. “Home for me can be coming back to Nashville after I’ve been on the road. 1 singles, including “Feel That Fire” and “Sideways.” The singer’s ninth album follows his highly successful offering “Up on the Ridge” that landed Bentley three Grammy nominations last year, including for Best Country Album. The 36-year-old Bentley’s passion shows through whether he is singing about his daughter or a relationship ready to leap to the next level, or delivering fun-loving tunes like the new album’s first single, “Am I The Only One?” That’s a whole range of emotion there I’d never felt before.” You know in country music there are sad songs about drinking and love gone wrong but there’s another whole level of sad when you’re missing your daughter.
“It’s so real and honest and I just couldn’t take it off the track once I heard it. It was the best and worst birthday present ever. “I got this email on my birthday when I was out on the road and it was Evie singing that song back to me. “I’m not someone to put their kid on their album,” Bentley, the father of two daughters, told Reuters in an interview. REUTERS/Harrison McClaryīentley wrote the song for his 3-year-old daughter, Evie, who sings on the track of the new album that went on sale on Tuesday. Singer Dierks Bentley arrives at the 45th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee November 9, 2011.