Luke Bryan Reigns At Spring Break Panama City

 

Dierks Bentley To Release His Bluegrass-Influenced Fifth

Studio Album UP ON THE RIDGE on June 8, 2010

 

World Class Collaborators Include Del McCoury, Alison Krauss,

The Punch Brothers, Kris Kristofferson,

Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson and more 

 

Title Track and Lead Single Ships to Radio on April 12

 

 

(Nashville, Tenn. – April 6, 2010) Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will release his artistically daring, acoustic new album UP ON THE RIDGE on June 8, 2010.  His fifth Capitol Nashville studio project is steeped in the bluegrass and roots music that moved Bentley to become a country musician in the first place.  The lead single and title track, inspired by time spent on a plot of land in rural Tennessee, will be released to country radio on April 12.

 

“I fell in love with this kind of music the first time I walked into the Station Inn with a fake I.D. at 19 years old … these guys, who were my age, were playing their instruments so hard it knocked your head back.   After that, I never missed a Tuesday night there in almost eight years,” explains Bentley.  “Without the whole bluegrass community taking me in, I would have had no place to start from.  It is my foundation.”

 

To preview a short film on the making of UP ON THE RIDGE, click here:http://www.thegreenroompr.com/video/dierks-upontheridge.html

 

Produced by Jon Randall Stewart and engineered by Gary Paczosa, UP ON THE RIDGE is a document of an artist who’s using some well-earned freedom to write in a fresh vein and cook up collaborations with the musicians who fascinate him the most.  Dozens of talents have contributed in some way to this project.  Besides the five co-written by Bentley himself, the songs come from such varied sources as Bob Dylan, U2 and Kris Kristofferson. The monumental Kristofferson is here as a guest vocalist as well, along with a slate of today’s best traditional country singers, including Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson and Miranda Lambert.  And then there are the players, recruited from the top echelons of bluegrass and acoustic music. Among them: Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers, the Del McCoury Band, the legendary Sam Bush, dobro player Rob Ickes , guitarist Bryan Sutton, fiddler Stuart Duncan, and mandolinist Ronnie McCoury.

 

 

UP ON THE RIDGE TRACK LIST:

1.     Up On The Ridge

(Written by Angelo Petraglia, Dierks Bentley, Background Vocals by Alison Krauss)

2.     Fallin’ For You

(Written by Shawn Camp, Paul Kennerly, Background Vocals by Chris Stapleton)

3.     Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (with The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile)

(Written by Bob Dylan)

4.     Rovin’ Gambler (with The Punch Brothers)

(Written by Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley)

5.     Draw Me A Map

(Written by Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley, Background Vocals by Alison Krauss)

6.     Bad Angel (Featuring Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson)

(Written by Verlon Thompson, Suzi Ragsdale)

7.     Fiddlin’ Around

(Written by John Scott Sherrill, Shawn Camp, Jeff Austin, Background Vocals by Vince Gill)

8.     You’re Dead to Me

(Written by Tim O’Brien, Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley, Background vocals by Tim O’Brien)

9.     Pride (In The Name Of Love) (with The Punch Brothers featuring Del McCoury)

(Written by Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Dave Evans, Paul David Hewson)

 

10.  Love Grows Wild

(Written by Julie Miller, Buddy Miller)

 

11.  Bottle to The Bottom (featuring Kris Kristofferson)

(Written by Kris Kristofferson)

 

12.  Down In The Mine

(Written by Jon Randall Stewart, Dierks Bentley, Background vocals by Sonya Isaacs)

 

 

Bentley will hit the road for a run of 24 shows in 30 days previewing the new music for fans across the country as part of his UP ON THE RIDGE tour. For a full list of tour dates, visit www.dierks.com.