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Dierks Bentley Says Keith Urban Is ‘The Best Entertainer In Country Music’

Dierks Bentley, like most artists, is a CMA and ACM voter, and he says that his vote for Entertainer of the Year goes to his buddy Keith Urban. So he’s…

Dierks Bentley Says Keith Urban Is 'The Best Entertainer In Country Music'
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Dierks Bentley, like most artists, is a CMA and ACM voter, and he says that his vote for Entertainer of the Year goes to his buddy Keith Urban. So he's excited that Urban is headlining his Seven Peaks Festival in September.

Dierks told us, "Having Keith Urban headline at Seven Peaks Festival is just unbelievable. He’s one of my best friends here in town, and he is in my mind the best entertainer in country music."

He added, "There’s nobody that can play guitar like him and just work a crowd like he does. He’s just so good on stage. It’s just what he was made to do. So, to have him out there in Colorado and his band and his energy on that stage, it’s just gonna be so fun. So, I’m so thankful we’ve got Keith this year. We’ve had some great headliners – Luke Bryan in the past, that was huge and just so excited to have Keith Urban, selfishly because he’s my friend, (laughs)."

The Seven Peaks Music Festival returns this Labor Day Weekend, September 3-5, to its mountainous location of Buena Vista, Colorado.

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.