Playing at The Dakota on tuesday night.

It’s going to be the last show in Toronto before the outfit heads back west for the summer. I’ve spent the better part of the spring here in Toronto since arriving in the middle of January. It’s been an incredible stay. We did 25 shows with Blue Rodeo, had a couple great shows at The Horseshoe Tavern and all kinds of good times both on and off the stage at The Dakota Tavern. Come to think of it, it has been a bit of a tavern tour! I guess they all are! Aside from the shows I have met and befriended so many incredibly talented musicians. For the last couple months I’ve been spending a lot of time with some of the members of Sweet Thing and Arkells. We all hooked up for the last time I had a night at The Dakota and some musical magic was created. Someone in the crowd asked who we were and someone on stage blurted out “Dwayne Gretzky” so that’s how the name came about. There was no reason for that it just happened.

Dwayne Gretzky is,
Dustin Bentall, Nick Rose, Tyler Kyte, Del Cowsill, Adam Dobres, Morgan Waters, Dan Griffin, Rich Knox, Brian Murphy, Owen Carrier…

We all spent the last weekend, well mon-wed, up at a farmhouse in the country getting ready for this show. We’re all big fans of Big Pink and The Band so we’ve been kicking it lately in that fashion. We wrote some new songs and learned up some great ones (no pun intended) for the show on tuesday. There’s a phenomenal amount of talent in this collective and it’s going to be a special night. You should come down and enjoy it with us!

Again this is going to be the last time The Dustin Bentall Outfit will play in Toronto until sometime in September. We’re heading back out west to tour BC and the prairies throughout the summer.

Thanks again to all the great people I’ve met here out east and to everyone who has helped me out. We’ve come along way in these past few short months.

Dustin

Playing at The Dakota on tuesday night.

It’s going to be the last show in Toronto before the outfit heads back west for the summer. I’ve spent the better part of the spring here in Toronto since arriving in the middle of January. It’s been an incredible stay. We did 25 shows with Blue Rodeo, had a couple great shows at The Horseshoe Tavern and all kinds of good times both on and off the stage at The Dakota Tavern. Come to think of it, it has been a bit of a tavern tour! I guess they all are! Aside from the shows I have met and befriended so many incredibly talented musicians. For the last couple months I’ve been spending a lot of time with some of the members of Sweet Thing and Arkells. We all hooked up for the last time I had a night at The Dakota and some musical magic was created. Someone in the crowd asked who we were and someone on stage blurted out “Dwayne Gretzky” so that’s how the name came about. There was no reason for that it just happened.

Dwayne Gretzky is,
Dustin Bentall, Nick Rose, Tyler Kyte, Del Cowsill, Adam Dobres, Morgan Waters, Dan Griffin, Rich Knox, Brian Murphy, Owen Carrier…

We all spent the last weekend, well mon-wed, up at a farmhouse in the country getting ready for this show. We’re all big fans of Big Pink and The Band so we’ve been kicking it lately in that fashion. We wrote some new songs and learned up some great ones (no pun intended) for the show on tuesday. There’s a phenomenal amount of talent in this collective and it’s going to be a special night. You should come down and enjoy it with us!

Again this is going to be the last time The Dustin Bentall Outfit will play in Toronto until sometime in September. We’re heading back out west to tour BC and the prairies throughout the summer.

Thanks again to all the great people I’ve met here out east and to everyone who has helped me out. We’ve come along way in these past few short months.

Dustin