Bentley will spend the rest of this winter into next year working on material for his next releases. Then, in 2010, he will release two albums to aspire to two different audiences.

Bentley's web site states "Bentley's kind of country has never been straight-up-the-middle. Instead, the Arizona-native grew up on a potent hybrid of honky-tonk, bluegrass, singer/songwriters, classic country and modern rock & roll, forging his own sound along the way."

He says, "I love the feeling of combining the best older stuff with the edginess of newer, more progressive sounds,"says the prestigious CMA Horizon Award winner. " I try to take the real life connectedness of the stories and songs of Hank Williams and Buck Owens, and then try to put a fresh modern sound to it."

As an avid music fan himself, Bentley understands that to connect with a lot of people, the instrumentation must be as diverse as the people packing the arena. And with Feel That Fire, Bentley continues to engage all types of fans with sounds ranging from arena-sized electric guitars to upright bass and banjos on steroids.

From the opening slide guitar rampage that channels a Harley hauling ass in the outlaw lament "Life on the Run" to the closing-time camaraderie of the duet and bluegrass jam with bluegrass great Ronnie McCoury "Last Call," Feel That Fire has the pulsing energy, passion and dynamic sensibility of his praised live show.

This should be an exciting project. Rather than a country artists that just wants to put out a bluegrass album and then, that is the only bluegrass you'll ever hear from them, Bently is different. He enjoys the genre and has been both a fan and a producer of the style for a long time. In the bluegrass world, that carries a lot of weight and respect.

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