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Myles Goodwyn and April
Wine 2012
Hey everyone…Dave here. I received a call from Myles and he had some very
interesting information that he wanted to share with everyone. Myles told me he
will be the opening act for April Wine this coming year.
He stated earlier today, "I’m looking forward to a
more intimate connection with the audience than I personally get in a full blown
April Wine concert. I`ll get to play some songs that were inspirational to me
growing up and I`ll play some more obscure April Wine songs that I wrote as
well. These are songs that fans have been asking to hear but are difficult to
reproduce live or simply not conducive to the flow of the familiar songs that
folks wanna hear year after year."
Myles intends to give fans a wee taste of his long awaited blues CD, as well. He
added that the choice of songs he’ll play on any given night will be dictated by
how he feels, the type of venue and audience. And yes.......he’ll take
requests.
"It’s
a challenge and I’m excited and looking forward to it."…
Myles indicated.
As we talked, from his home outside of Montreal, Myles was in good spirits. He
told me that his opening set will not affect the main event, which is an April
Wine rock concert. "The
evening is first and foremost an April Wine show, that won’t change. That’s
still my main priority.”
Myles will open for April Wine, for first time in 2012, in Fort McMurray AB on
April 1st.
APRIL WINE HAS A NEW DRUMMER
Myles Goodwyn, April Wine`s leader
and frontman announced a change in the personnel of his group yesterday. "I
first heard Roy play about 3 years ago at a party Indie guitars put on in
Cornwall, Ontario. The players in the band Sam Hill, were excellent, so when
Blair got involved in several other projects I needed a drummer and I called a
friend in Cornwall who knew the band and that led to me calling their drummer
Roy Nichol. One thing led to the next and voila, he`s now drumming for Wine."
Roy lives in Cornwall and has been
playing drums since he was 15 years of age. He toured Western Canada from
1982 to 1986 in a well
known rock band called
"Steeler". Since 1993 he's been playing and singing with the group Sam Hill
and for a while he was in a Journey tribute band where he came out front to
be lead vocalist and frontman! This group toured in Canada and the United
States.
"Roy is a rock solid, hard-hitting player that's got great
feel. Plus, he's a
fine singer. Roy's also a
studio engineer with a degree in recording and engineering and for me
as a studio owner, this is a nice bonus." Myles explained.
Roy Nichol's first gig is on April
1st in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Ironically it's Myles's debut as the opening
act for April Wine in 2012.
"It will be an interesting night to say the least. Oowatanite!" Myles went
on to say that this will be the first time that there are 4 singers in the
band. "That alone is exciting.. the harmonies should be very good live."
Present line-up aside from Myles
and Roy, is Brian Greenway guitar and vocals and Richard Lanthier on bass
guitar and vocals.
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