Legendary Canadian Guitarist & Songwriter Myles Goodwyn of
April Wine Cooks Up a Heady Blues Brew on Friends Of The Blues 2 Album
Coming October 25th
The
Follow-up to JUNO Nominated Myles Goodwyn and Friends Of The Blues Due from Linus Entertainment Listen
Waterdown, ON — Legendary Canadian guitarist, bandleader and
songwriter Myles Goodwyn, of multi-selling platinum rock band April Wine, is returning to his first love – the blues – with the second recording of Myles Goodwyn and Friends Of The Blues, the follow-up to his JUNO- nominated (Canada’s Grammy) and East Coast Music Award winning blues debut. Set for release on October 25th via Linus |
April Wine, has shaped and directed the group from its earliest beginnings.
April Wine has sold over 20 million recordings worldwide.
good” success story. As a young teenager, Goodwyn honed his skills playing in
cover bands and began writing original material as soon as he could play the
guitar. One of April Wine`s biggest hits, “You Won’t Dance With Me,” was
written when he was a teenager.
Myles Goodwyn’s voice is as distinctive and immediately
recognizable as his songwriting skills are prolific. Myles and the other
members of April Wine were inducted into the Canadian Music
Hall Of Fame in 2010. Goodwyn received the prestigious East Coast Music
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 and the SOCAN National Achievement Award in
2002. In 2016 he released his memoir, Just Between You and Me,
which became an instant seller on the Globe and Mail`s Non-Fiction List. His
second book, Elvis and Tiger – this time fiction – was published
in 2018 and was well received.
earned him international acclaim and a Juno nomination for Blues Recording of
the Year 2019. The recording won the East Coast Music Award for Blues Recording
of the Year in 2019.
effort at age 70 or at any age!
Goodwyn and Friends Of The Blues 2, using the same logic as his
blues debut release; “I wanted to write some good blues tunes and sing these
tunes as best that I could. I really appreciate great blues material because it
is timeless, it is vital and it’s passionate, even heartbreakingly so,” says
Goodwyn. His decision to use only “real blues players” was again, deliberate;
“I wanted the real deal when it came to the performances.”
went into Myles Goodwyn and Friends Of The Blues 2 and
will surely show, yet again, that Myles Goodwyn is not only a gifted blues
singer/songwriter and musician, but also a real blues man at heart.