About Dierks Bentley
Bentley’s studio albums have accounted for eighteen singles on the country singles charts, of which ten have reached No. 1: his debut single “What Was I Thinkin'”, as well as “Come a Little Closer”, “Settle for a Slowdown”, “Every Mile a Memory”, “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)”, “Feel That Fire”, “Sideways”, “Am I the Only One”, “Home”, and “5-1-5-0”. Four more of his singles have reached Top Five on the country charts as well.
Early life
Bentley was born on November 20, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Culver Academies. He graduated from The Lawrenceville School, spent a year at the University of Vermont before transferring to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where he graduated in 1997.[2][3] He was initiated into Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity while at Vermont.