Dierks Bentley has love for Nashville and a bromance with Dean - The Tennessean
The connection is undeniable, but neither can pinpoint exactly where or when the bromance between Dierks Bentley and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean started. “The Preds came to town, and that was the place where the celebs hang out, the cool place to be. I’d always see the mayor there a bunch,” Bentley said. It’s one of the relationships that has Bentley (with apologies to Vince Gill) turning into the face of Nashville. Bentley is about to host his 10th annual Miles & Music for Kids fundraiser for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. It was Bentley who performed earlier this year at Dean’s final State of Metro address. landed a convention of convention planners last year. The NCVC tapped Bentley to entertain and woo those folks. Earlier this year, Bentley headlined a fundraiser concert for the Green Hills YMCA, which gave him discounted membership rates before his career took off. Dean’s last term may be winding down, but Bentley probably will remain one of Music City’s most loyal and visible cheerleaders. I love its growth,” he said, “and at the same time, I mourn losing some of the old Nashville. Bentley, an Arizona native, came to the “old Nashville” after transferring to Vanderbilt University in the mid-1990s. Bentley’s father introduced his boy to the music of Hank Williams Jr. ,. Source: www.tennessean.com
