Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts

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Name = Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts


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Genre = Rock
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Years_active = 1980 – present
Label = Epic Records
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URL = http://www.barneybentall.com
Current_members = Barney Bentall Jack Guppy Colin Nairne Cam Bowman Barry Muir
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Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts are a Canadian rock band, based out of Vancouver that formed in 1980. The band's name was taken from the title of Lou Reed's 1983 album.

Biography

Bentall's first group was Brandon Wolf, a pseudonym he also used, which formed in 1979 with Bentall, Doug McFetridge (guitar), Brad Kilburn (bass), Wilf Froese (keyboards) and Jack Guppy (drums). With songs written by Bentall and long-time childhood friend and songwriting partner Gary Fraser, they self-released "Excerpt from the Montmartre Letters", a 4-track 45 rpm EP in 1979. This record was followed by "Not Guilty", a 5-track EP released in 1980 on A&M Records, that had modest success in Western Canada. In 1982, Brandon Wolf recorded and released "Losing Control", a 13-song LP, on their own label, Possible Worlds Records.

Reverting to his real name in 1984, Bentall, together with Guppy, Nairne, bassist Barry Muir, and keyboardist Cam Bowman, recorded demos produced by noted producer Bob Rock. In 1988, Bentall, Guppy, Nairne, Muir and Bowman, by then known as Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts, had a breakthrough when they landed a recording contract with Epic/CBS Records after releasing a video for "Something to Live For" on MuchMusic in 1987. The self-titled debut album, which featured three hit Canadian singles including "Something to Live For", "House of Love (is Haunted)" and "Come Back to Me", reached platinum status in Canada (100,000 records sold). In 1989, the group won a Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year". In 1990, Bentall, Fraser and Nairne were nominated for a Genie Award for "Restless Dreamer", a song they wrote which appeared on the soundtrack to the Sandy Wilson film "American Boyfriends".

The band would release four more albums on Epic and later Sony Records, achieving more hits with "Crime Against Love", "Life Could Be Worse", "Livin' in the 90s", "Doin' Fine", "Do Ya", and "Shattered". Throughout the late '80s and early '90s the band toured extensively across Canada and into the U.S. After their last album in 1997, the group quietly disbanded. Bentall would take a lengthy break to work his ranch in the Cariboo region of BC, before returning with a solo album "Gift Horse" in 2006.

Despite solo projects, Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts continue to play the occasional gig together. Fraser is now a litigator with Lang Michener LLP in Vancouver, B.C..

Discography

Albums

* "Excerpts from the Montmartre Letters" (EP) - 1979
* "Not Guilty" (EP) - 1980
* "Losing Control" (EP) - 1980
* "Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts" (self-titled) - 1988
* "Lonely Avenue" - 1990
* "Ain't Life Strange" - 1992
* "Gin Palace" - 1995
* "Greatest Hits 1986-1996" - 1996
* "Till Tomorrow" - 1997
* "Gift Horse" (Barney Bentall solo) - 2006

ingles

* "Something to Live For" - 1987
* "Come Back to Me" - 1988
* "House of Love (Is Haunted)" - 1988
* "She's My Inspiration" - 1989
* "Crime Against Love" - 1990
* "Life Could Be Worse" - 1991
* "I Gotta Go" - 1991
* "Nothing Hurts (Like the Words of the One You Love)" - 1991
* "Livin' in the '90s" - 1992
* "Doin' Fine" - 1992
* "If This is Love" - 1993
* "Do Ya" - 1995
* "I'm Shattered" - 1995
* "You Should Be Having Fun" - 1997

References

* Jackson, Rick. "Encyclopedia of Canadian rock, pop and folk" (1994). pg. 42-43. Quarry Press
* [http://www.canadianbands.com/Barney%20Bentall.html Barney Bentall] - CanConRox entry
* [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Bentall_Barney.html Barney Bentall] - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia entry

External links

* [http://www.barneybentall.ca/ Barney Bentall] - Official site


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