Grant Bentley Music

On August 13th, during a songwriters get-together held at the home of Patric Petrie in San Diego, CA, Grant debuted a new song written to the title prompt "Fancy Shoes". Here is his performance of that song. 

The 15-minute documentary film "Sunblock", featuring Grant's solar eclipse-themed song "Moment in Time", won an award at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival held at the Avalon Theater in Portland, Oregon (March 23-24, 2019).  If you want to hear the entire song "Moment in Time" (or watch a music video of the song), then click on the Music tab.

The music video of Grant's COVID-related song "Aisle 23" has been made part of the permanent online collection of the San Diego History Center.  As part of a crowd-sourced project called "History Happening Now - Share Your Story", this 3-minute video, shot on location at Ralph's grocery store in La Jolla, CA, illustrates the original inspiration for the song.  The music video can also be found on Grant's YouTube channel. 

Bill Bentley, my music producer and a budding filmmaker, has released his documentary film "Sunblock" about my family's experience in Madras, Oregon, one year ago (on August 21, 2017).  You can hear Grant's new song "Moment in Time" as the credits roll at the end of the 15 minute film.  The film can be accessed online at the following link: https://vimeo.com/284254079

In honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (September 19, 2017), Grant has written the song "Shiver Me Timbers" based around a nautical theme.  This song should be sung by a certain female country pop artist (who has recently made a comeback with a new album of her original songs called "Now") because it was written for her.

Until we have the opportunity to produce a demo of the song, I will post the lyric sheet for all you pirate fans out there.  Yarr!

For those fans who haven't had the chance to catch one of Grant's live performances, check out this video collage that was shot on the patio of the Hill Street Cafe in Oceanside in May of 2107.

Grant was recently at his brother's recording studio, Bill Bentley Productions, singing final vocals on two new songs, Can't Crush My Soul and In a Flash.  The stories behind these two new songs can be found in the Music section on this website.

A music video of my song "When I Loved Her" is now available on You Tube.  It combines live footage of my performance at Rebecca's Cafe in San Diego with some photographs that complement the music.

My song about San Diego, "Born To Last" did not get selected as a finalist, but you can hear it on the Listen Local San Diego website (www.listenlocalsd.com).  Many thanks to Dan Anthony for playing lead guitar and recording the track.

Last weekend I had the honor of my tribute music video "Imaging is Everything" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAIEiuW0Kw) shown as part of the program for a celebration in Yosemite Park of what would have been the 75th birthday of Galen Rowell, famed mountaineer/photographer. An event sponsored by the Rowell Fund for Tibet to benefit the International Campaign for Tibet.