Bent Roads Tavern (BRT)

Collen

vocals / guitars

Epiphone and Fender guitars

Ernie Ball Regular Slinky and D'Addario Custom Light strings

Jim Dunlop Tortex "yellows" picks

Shure and AKG microphones

Graham

Piano / Synths / Vocals

Brian

Drums / Percussion

Ayotte drums

Ayotte and dw snares

Sabian and Zildjian cymbals

D'Addario Promark 5A and 7A sticks.

James (Jimmy)

Bass

Anthony (Tone)

Saxophones

James (Jim)

Vocals / Acoustic Guitar

Lis

Violin

Stradivarius violins

Christian

Vocals / Acoustic Guitar / Banjo / Mandolin

Christian was as clever as he was a passionate songwriter. He is credited as the primary songsmith of many of the most well-known cult-classic BRT songs including "Wreck Beach Summers", "You Can't Dance a Waltz that Ends in 4/4 Time", "Peer Gynt", "Sweet Mirona", and "Carnivores at the Supermarket". Christian also shared songwriting credit with Collen on two other cult-classic tracks, such as "Model Airplane".

Christian was the original founding member of BRT and was responsible for the pointed and multi-layered band name "Bent Roads Tavern". The name was lifted from the original motion
picture, "The Adventures of Robin Hood", where the Bent Road Tavern offered refuge to the exiled king his entourage where he learns of the Prince of Thieves 'stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.'

It was this sort of poetic social justice that was inseparable from Christian's songwriting and his enduring influence on his friends and BRT's "Bent Heads". Following his departure from UBC Christian left on an adventure to explore the wonders of the world.

When word spread in 2019 that Christian had died, work began in earnest to honour the legacy of his songs by releasing the five volumes that make up The Legend of Bent Roads Tavern. He will forever be in our hearts as an inspiration of pure joy in the brotherhood that playing live music with friends offers.

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Brad

Upright Bass

Brad's sweeping bassline style on Bent Roads Tavern's epics such as "Long Way from Toronto", "Tonight We Hit Calgary", and "Clear Night for Lite Brite" earned him a reputation for making the hulking upright bass absolutely roar. Contrast that with his peppy walking lines on the blues and more jazzy folk tunes like "Backwards", "Wreck Beach Summers" and "The Lean" proved that he belonged rightly in the category of bass virtuoso.

After continuing with Bent Roads through 2005, Brad joined fledgling Vancouver alt rock act Lotus Child, and is credited as the bassist on their first album "Gossip Diet". Lotus Child went on to rename themselves as The Zolas when they signed with 604 Records, putting Brad firmly into the ranks of the unsung rock music heroes.

Brad passed away all too early at the age of 33 and will never be forgotten as a crucial member of Bent Roads Tavern, and the skill, talent, and laid-laid back attitude he brought to the group.