DIERKS BENTLEY
Dierks Bentley continues to be a dominant voice for the genre with over 6.4 billion overall digital streams. The “ultra-personal material” (Rolling Stone) behind his current single “Living” follows Bentley’s 18th career No. One and ACM award-winning hit “Burning Man,” as he continues to reveal ambitious, complex sounds with lyrics inspired by his own personal journey through the writing and the recording of THE MOUNTAIN. Reaching a new creative high while “making music designed to challenge” (New York Times), Bentley co-wrote 10 of 13 tracks on THE MOUNTAIN, which earned him the highest debut sales of his career and became his seventh chart-topping album. Bentley has amassed countless nominations from the ACMs, CMAs, Billboard Music Awards and more while also earning 14 GRAMMY nominations. He has created professional endeavors outside of the music with his Flag & Anthem partnership creating the exclusive lifestyle collection, Desert Son, along with his “Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row” franchise hosting four locations. For more information visit www.dierks.com.
JIM BEAVERS
Texas native Jim Beavers has had a long and varied Nashville career, from executive at Capitol Records to touring musician with Lee Ann Womack. As a songwriter, he has co-written nine #1 country hits by such artists as Chris Stapleton (“Parachute”), Luke Bryan (“Drink a Beer”), Dierks Bentley (“Sideways”, “5-1-5-0”, “Am I the Only One”) Toby Keith (“Red Solo Cup”), Josh Turner (“Why Don’t We Just Dance”) and Gary Allan (“Watching Airplanes”) just to name a few. His compositions have received multiple CMA, ACM, BMI and NSAI nominations and awards. Jim also currently serves as the President-Elect of the Country Music Association.
DERIC RUTTAN
Deric Ruttan is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and a Canadian country music artist. The writer of 6 #1 country songs, including Dierks Bentley’s “What Was I Thinkin’,” Jason Aldean’s “Any Ol’ Barstool,” Maddie & Tae’s “Die From A Broken Heart,” Blake Shelton’s “Came Here To Forget” and “Mine Would Be You.” He’s had over 70 songs recorded by other artists, including Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, David Nail and many others.
Deric is an ASCAP (8x), SOCAN (10x), CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) (2x), and CMAO (Country Music Association Of Ontario) (5x) award winner and has headlined 4 of his own coast-to-coast tours in Canada, where he has had 11 Top 10 singles as an artist, and 2 #1 videos on CMT.
