Dierks Bentley Sparks "Top 20"

GAC host Nan Kelley welcomes Dierks Bentley to the set of Top 20 Country Countdown. Photo by Cheryl Ecton.

Jan. 30, 2009 — Dierks Bentley is set to release his new Feel That Fire album on Tuesday, and he heads into the big day with a guest slot on this week’s Nan Kelley-hosted edition of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.

The album’s already brought him a hit with the title track, and the video for that song is one of the entries on the countdown. Elsewhere on the album, Dierks has guest appearances by Americana singer-songwriter Patty Griffin and bluegrass musician Ronnie McCoury, and he co-wrote another track with legendary singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell. Dierks has also been busy on the road, appearing on Brad Paisley’s Paisley Party Tour, and he’s already booked to work with Brad on the next round of dates, the American Saturday Night Tour, kicking off in June. Dierks and Brad are a good match — they’re both members of the Grand Ole Opry and both successful singer-songwriters. But Dierks is the first to admit he can’t hold a candle to Brad as a guitarist.

"If I could get my Guitar Hero guitar locked into my amp and make real noises, I actually might have a shot ... we could trade some solos," Dierks told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "Otherwise, I don’t [think so]."

Top 20 Country Countdown counts down the week's top country videos from No. 20 to No. 1 as voted by viewers on each week on GACTV.com. A new countdown premieres every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on GAC and airs again Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET; Sundays at 1 p.m. ET; and Mondays at 10 a.m. ET. Viewers can vote for their favorite videos, as well as purchase Top 20 artists' albums and ringtones at GACTV.com.

THIS WEEK’S CHART:

1. Blake Shelton "She Wouldn’t Be Gone"
2. Carrie Underwood "Just A Dream"
3. Kellie Pickler "Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful"
4. Billy Ray Cyrus "Somebody Said A Prayer"
5. Trace Adkins "Muddy Water"
6. Kristy Lee Cook "15 Minutes Of Shame"
7. Alan Jackson "Country Boy"
8. Miranda Lambert "More Like Her"
9. Brooks & Dunn "Cowgirls Don’t Cry"
10. Josh Turner "Everything Is Fine"
11. Taylor Swift "Love Story"
12. Toby Keith "God Love Her"
13. Brad Paisley & Keith Urban "Start A Band"
14. Jimmy Wayne "I Will"
15. Julianne Hough "My Hallelujah Song"
16. Sugarland "Already Gone"
17. Whitney Duncan "When I Said I Would"
18. George Strait "Troubadour"
19. Lady Antebellum "Lookin’ For A Good Time"
20. Dierks Bentley "Feel That Fire"