Dierks Bentley's Right Hand Man

 Dierks Bentley has piled up enough successful singles at this point to have a great hits album. With “Feel That Fire” recently hitting No. 1, the pile continues to grow.However, know that Bentley isn’t the only person responsible for his run of success. Brett Beavers has produced Bentley’s album since day one, and he’s also had a hand in writing nine of the songs that have gone Top 15 for Bentley so far.Beavers is on board again as co-producer for Feel That Fire, and he’s also a co-writer on both the title track and the new single, “Sideways.” Bentley said the partnership continues to work because they both have a lot in common."We first started writing songs together in 2001," Bentley told The Tacoma News Tribune. "We both love Waylon [Jennings] and Hank [Williams] Jr., but we wanted to kind of give it our own spin and take it somewhere new. And so we hit it off right away. I like writing with him because it’s easy. We’re good friends, so it’s always very natural. You can say whatever you want to say and not have to worry about hurting somebody else’s feelings, so he’s been extremely helpful in that regard. We just have a real good thing worked out and going for us."