Personnel: Rod Janzen (guitar, electric guitar); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin); Mike McCready, J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar); Gary Morse (steel guitar, lap steel guitar); Randy Kohrs (dobro); Rob McCoury, Brett Beavers (banjo); Ronnie McCoury (mandolin, background vocals); Jason Carter (fiddle); Charles Judge (keyboards, percussion); Alan Bartram (upright bass); Steve Misamore, Steve Brewster (drums, percussion); Liz Beavers, Caleb Beavers, Emily Beavers, Greg Mangum, Mike Dungan, Autumn House, Joanna Carter, Lona Heid, Jimmy Harnen, Patty Griffin, Steve Hodge, Russell Terrell (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Luke Wooten.
Audio Remasterer: Hank Williams.
Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Nashville; Station West; Station West Studios; The West Wing.
Photographer: James "Big Jim" Wright .
Five studio albums into his career, Dierks Bentley has carved a successful niche for himself on the Nashville scene, and FEEL THAT FIRE continues to exploit his strengths. Soulful and real enough to stand out from the cookie-cutter Nashville hordes, Bentley takes cues from the outlaw country generation of Waylon Jennings and Wilie Nelson while remaining catchy and commercial enough to be a regular feature on contemporary country radio. The title track and first single is a particular standout, as is the sultry "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" and a tender duet with Patty Griffin, "Beautiful World." minimize