Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Name Barney Bentall Instruments Vocals, Guitar Role Singer | Years active 1979–present Genres Rock music Children Jessica Bentall | |
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Birth name Barnard Franklin Bentall Albums The Grand Cariboo Opry, Gift Horse, 'Live' at Cates Hill, The Inside Passage, Flesh and Bone Music groups Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (Since 1980), The High Bar Gang (Since 2010) Similar People Shari Ulrich, Dustin Bentall, Kendel Carson, Ridley Bent, Jim Cuddy Profiles | ||
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Barnard Franklin "Barney" Bentall (born March 1956 in Toronto) is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter who is most well known for his 1990s-era band, Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts. Their most successful Canadian singles included "Something to Live For", "Life Could Be Worse", "Crime Against Love" and "Come Back to Me". He has also recorded under the pseudonym Brandon Wolf.
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- Barney Bentall The Legendary Hearts Something to Live For
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts - Something to Live For
Early life
Bentall grew up in Calgary, the son of a Baptist minister. His family owns Dominion Construction and the Bentall Centre, in downtown Vancouver, BC.
Career
Bentall recorded and toured with his band, the [Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts|Legendary Hearts], for ten years. He then started a cattle ranch in 1997 in British Columbia. In 2006, he released his first solo album titled Gift Horse on True North Records on August 3, 2006. In 2008, he released a DVD of his live The Grand Cariboo Opry show, which included a 12-track audio CD.
In 2009, Bentall joined Shari Ulrich and Tom Taylor to release the album "Live" at Cates Hill.
Bentall teamed up with Ulrich again in 2010 to form The High Bar Gang, a bluegrass-styled band. The band features Shari Ulrich, Kirby Barber and Wendy Bird for vocal harmony along with Rob Becker, Colin Nairne, and David Barber.
In 2016, Bentall, Shari Ulrich and Tom Taylor, calling their trio "BTU", released an album of folk music, Tightrope Walk.
Personal life
His son Dustin Bentall is also a professional musician., while his daughter Jessica Bentall is married to former NHL player Rob Niedermayer.