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〕 | birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, United States | origin = Tempe, Arizona, United States | alma_mater = University of Vermont, Vanderbilt University | instrument = | genre = | height = 6′ 0″ (1.83 m)〔(Dierks Bentley Height, Weight, Age, Measurements, Net Worth )〕 | years_active = 2003–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = |birth_name = Frederick Dierks Bentley}} Frederick Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975〔), known professionally as Dierks Bentley, is an American country music singer and songwriter who has been signed to Capitol Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's ''Modern Day Drifter'', are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's ''Long Trip Alone'', is certified gold. It was followed in mid-2008 by a greatest hits package. His fourth album, ''Feel That Fire'' was released in February 2009. A bluegrass studio album, ''Up on the Ridge'', was released on June 8, 2010, and then a sixth album, ''Home'', followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, ''Riser'', in 2014. Bentley's studio albums have accounted for eighteen singles on the country singles chart, of which thirteen 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", "5-1-5-0", "I Hold On", "Drunk on a Plane" and "Say You Do". Four more of his singles have reached the top 5. ==Early life== Dierks Bentley was born on November 20, 1975〔 in Phoenix as the son of Leon Fife Bentley (August 16, 1923 – June 1, 2012) a bank vice-president, and Catherine Childs. His father was born in Glasgow, Missouri, to Richard Thomas and Mary Cecile Fife Bentley, and was a First Lieutenant in World War II. His middle name, Dierks (which he now uses as his first name publicly), is also his maternal great-grandmother's surname. He attended Culver Academies and graduated from The Lawrenceville School in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NOTABLE ALUMNI )〕 Afterward, he spent a year at the University of Vermont before transferring to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1997. He was initiated into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity while he was at Vermont. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dierks Bentley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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