Few artists in mainstream country music have their finger on the pulse quite likeDierks Bentley.
Everything he writes is so left of center.
A lot of people just need a reason to get together.
Bentley (left) and Wilson co-wrote the new song “Cold Beer Can.”Houston Cofield*
The real healing happens in the experience.
The beer has very little to do with it, he says.
I think the point of the song is finding a common ground somewhere.
Bentleys dad died in 2012 and was memorialized in Bentleys 2013 hit I Hold On (No.
(He puts the Red Clay Strays and Hardy in that class too.)
Wilson shies away from the praise.
Titled Something Worth Fixin, its set to appear on Bentleys upcoming album.
In life there are a lot of things worth fixing, he says.
Its a killer tune.
Cold Beer Can celebrates fixing things, too from busted alternators to fractured relationships and broken hearts.
All over a frosty one.
Life is hard, Wilson says, but sometimes theres an easier solution.
Adds Bentley: Theres just something about how beer fosters community.
