Catching Up With The Country

Dierks Bentley has joined the expectant father club – again. It’s been announced that Dierks and his wife, Cassidy, are expecting their second child in December. Dierks’ first child, Evie, is almost two and seems to be the most excited for the addition. Dierks said, “She's pretty obsessed with a baby doll she carries around now ...We'll see how she does with the real thing!" Does it seem that this baby thing is a trend lately? It’s kind of reminiscent of the early to mid-90’s when the big country stars like Garth, Alan, Martina, Tim & Faith, and others were having babies every time we turned around. Most of those kids are teenagers now, and a new crop of infants is coming along to the current generation of hit makers. If Carrie comes back from her honeymoon pregnant, point proven!

Speaking of Carrie Underwood, she is the first American Idol winner to ever go seven-times platinum. Her first album, Some Hearts, which includes “Jesus Take the Wheel,” Before He Cheats,” and “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” received the certification for seven-million sales while she was away on her honeymoon. That’s good news to come home to.

Kenny Chesney has broken a different record. His new single “Boys of Fall” has made one of the highest debuts in history, landing at number 17 on Billboard’s Country Song chart this week. The new single gives Kenny two of the four highest debut singles in the charts history. Kenny’s song “Don’t Blink” debuted at number sixteen in September of 2007. “Boys of Fall” is the highest debut of a song since Garth Brooks hit “More Than A Memory” in 2007. Kenny’s upcoming album, Hemingway’s Whiskey will be released on September 28th.

And finally, your next chance to see Tim McGraw on the big screen will be December 22nd. That’s when the new film Country Strong will be released. This is the film that Tim made with Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, and Garrett Hedlund, starring as the husband and career manager of a country singer played by Gwyneth. You surely remember hearing about Tim starring in this movie when it had the working title Love Don’t Let Me Down.