Dustin Bentall & The Smokes
Orion
The Vancouver-born son of Canadian roots rocker Barney Bentall , Dustin was raised on the music of Neil Young, The Band, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Tom T.Hall, The Beatles and Steve Earle. On his third release, Orion, Dustin has found the heart of that music and placed it under his own landscapes. Orion is also the first album with his new band The Smokes featuring his fiercly loyal band members, Del Cowsill, Kendel Carson and Rich Knox. Besides penning his own songs, Dustin has co-written with some of Nashville's finest songwriters, Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond, Vancouver troubadour Cameron Latimer and Canadian Country Music up and comer Ridley Bent. One of his songs with Ridley "Nine Inch Nails" holds the honors of 2008's Country Song of the Year with the Independent Music Awards of North America.