With our 11th round pick, #221 overall, AliceLoveGarden is proud to select in the category of CANADA, from Halifax, Nova Scotia.... April Wine!
April Wine is a
Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together.
[1] The band went on to release more than twenty albums and forge a live performance reputation that still sees them drawing devoted crowds across Canada and around the world thirty-nine years after taking their first steps into the
hard rock spotlight.
April Wine began in late 1969 in
Waverley,
Nova Scotia (a suburb of
Halifax). The original members were brothers
David Henman on guitar and
Ritchie Henman on drums. Their cousin
Jim Henman joined in on bass, and
Myles Goodwyn completed the sound on lead vocals and guitar. In early 1970 the band relocated to
Montreal.
[2] Shortly after arriving in their new home the band was signed by
Aquarius Records. They recorded and released their debut self-titled album
April Wine in 1971. The album spawned their first single, "
Fast Train", which received fairly steady airplay on radio stations across Canada and established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter. The single's success gave the band's label confidence and work began on a second album, but not before a change in the line-up (the first of many over the course of the band's career). Jim Henman left the band in the fall of 1971, and was replaced by
Jim Clench.
Elton John's "Bad Side of the Moon"
For the record, I got the OK from Girly Sports on my other selection in this category but after further research I couldn't make the pick in good conscience.
