Behind The Vinyl: Myles Goodwyn of April Wine, "Rock and Roll is a Vicious Game" 

A musical pioneer, April Wine will always be A true Iconic band.Gutted to hear of his passing..Rest easy Myles

Very philosophical guy. A musical genius when it comes down to the writing lyrics and music. God bless Myles Goodwyn.

Love April Wine! Very underrated.

As a person raised down East, I can say we were die hard fans of April Wine

Love how Myles screams in that song!! 🤘🏻 That's Rock 'n' Roll!!

When I got Nature of the Beast, I fell in love with his voice. It's been 40 yrs and still a fan!

One of the best live shows I have ever seen in my 35 years was Myles, Jim, Jerry, Brian and Steve at the 86 Street Club (Expo 86 Venue) in 1992. What a Venue to see one of Canada's loudest and proudest bands! They have so many hits! Keep on Going!

Truly a phenomenal song writer and guitarist.

April Wine was and is , one of the very finest bands to come from Canada. It is impossible to make any negative comment about them, they were as good, if not better, than any band on this planet!! Simply, THE BEST!!!!

Great story! Love it! And love Myles! Imma HUGE April Wine fan!

I hope you guys do I Like To Rock. That mashup of Day Tripper and Satisfaction at the end just gets me every time.

My all time favourite rock n roll voice. I've seen April Wine countless times in small venues to outdoor festivals and Myles always sounds amazing.

I grew up in Canada hearing them and digging them. Moved to the States in1980 when they then broke down here along with Triumph. Fun to watch. Great band.

Thanks for this. Cause I like to Rock 🎸

Myles has personally lived every aspect of what he wrote. Great song.

Can’t wait to watch! Imma huuuge April Wine fan! Got to meet the band in the early 80s!

We will never forget you Myles

Myles, I’ve seen you and the band many times throughout your career. You’ve written some of the best rock songs ever. Jerry was always one of the best Canadian rock drummers around. Such a great discography. Thanks for all the music Myles.

Legendary!!!

Great music from on Artist from a better time. Love your music, always have, I got my son listening now, you guys will live forever!

Love April Wine Big fan from Portland Oregon 🌲🌲🌲

April Wine was one of my favorite bands in the 70's... It's pretty sad they didn't explode around the world, they got hit after hit.

I just seen this band last summer,what a show,2019 in Toronto.

I love that tune..total classic with the harmonica.

This song is a masterpiece.

Rest In Peace, Myles. By the sound of that record you should have called this series "Embedded In The Vinyl"

The thing here in Canada back in the 70’s and 80’s, music critics usually disliked the rock music being created by Canadian bands. And they would be very vocal about it. Instead of helping new Canadian talent grow and make it outside of Canada, they pretty much did the opposite. Very sad actually. We’d have more and better Canadian bands and musicians if it wasn’t for those douche bags

April Wine truly surprised me, they had Eddie Money open for them and I thought going in the bill was reversed, and NO WAY would they be able to follow Eddies truly amazing set. But with all due respect to the great Eddie Money... April Wine OWNED the stage that night.

This song is so true it always reminds me of badfinger and how they were treated in the music industry

My first really serious rock album I bought was April Wine... First Glance! I played the shit outta that record and my friends agreed.... this was the bomb. When I said I HAVE NEW APRIL WINE ALBUM.... everyone wanted to hear it. I was so popular.

♥️♥️♥️ April Wine

I was a musician. Guess I still am even though I am retired now. I am 60. Met Myles when I was 12. He was the reason I chose this career path. Myles is right. Its a hard job. Rock and Roll is a vicious game. But I made it through. Own a house. My kids have college degrees. Stay sober and shut up and play your guitar. It worked for me. I love you Myles. I miss you.

April Wine! great song writing and vibes!

I still have that great album.

Hey Miles….any critic who says ‘sour grapes’ etc is a fucking idiot and means nothing to nobody. You however are a songwriting genius who’s brought a lot of joy to a great many people. Thanks man.👊🏿

Love April Wine...so many great songs. Electric Jewels has possibly the best one-two punch to lead off an album ever with "Weeping Widow" followed by "Just Like That". The closest competitor is Road Apples by The Tragically Hip with "Little Bones" and "Twist My Arm". Canadiana at it's best!

My band opened for AW in the early ‘90’s. I remember our guitarist had a book with Myles in it. Myles took the book and showed all his bandmates before signing it. Apparently the guitar in the pic had been stolen years before. It wasn’t all sunshine and roses though...they we’re pissed because we drank all their beer backstage while they were onstage 😀

Cool

RIP Myles

Cautionary tale

Think I walked by Myles at Costco the other day.

Zenith allegro 3000's. Wow

Time to Interview TEAZE. What's taking you guys So long !😏

I don't expect music "critics" (more like parasites in too many instances) to be sycophants of the bands they are writing about. That would be transparent and uninteresting. However, could they consider the following perspective? If I was a fan of this type of music, how would I interpret this performance? Also, if you have "sour grapes" (I know it's the opposite of the story Myles told) about the success of certain performers, try writing and performing a song of your own. Then come back and comment... parasite, on the work of successful artists.

Myles is not underrated