Barney Bentall

Barnard Franklin "Barney" Bentall, born March 14, 1956, is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter most well known for his 1990s-era band Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts. Bentall grew up in Calgary, Alberta, the son of a Baptist minister. He wrote songs with boyhood friend Gary Fraser inspired by Bob Dylan, The Band, and Neil Young. In the late 1970s, he adopted the pseudonym Brandon Wolf and recorded a poorly received mini-album for A&M Records. In 1988, Bentall and his band The Legendary Hearts landed a recording contract with Epic/CBS Records after releasing a video for "Something to Live For" on MuchMusic in 1987. In 1989, the group won a JUNO Award for Most Promising Group of the Year. Their most successful Canadian singles included "Something to Live For," "Life Could Be Worse," "Crime Against Love," and "Come Back to Me." The self-titled debut album, which featured three hit Canadian singles, reached platinum status in Canada (100,000 records sold). The albums "Lonely Avenue" (1990), "Ain't Life Strange" (1993), and "Gin Palace" (1995) all reached gold or platinum sales plateaus. In 2000, Barney traded in his rock and roll life for that of a cattle rancher in the Cariboo region of central British Columbia. In 2006, he released his first solo album "Gift Horse" on True North Records. In 2016, Bentall, Shari Ulrich, and Tom Taylor, calling their trio "BTU," released an album of folk music, "Tightrope Walk." In 2017, Bentall released the western album "The Drifter and The Preacher." All told, Barney has put out fifteen records.

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