April Wine frontman Myles Goodwyn dead at 75

Myles Goodwyn – the legendary Canadian musician and songwriter who shot to stardom as the lead singer of April Wine – has died. He was 75.

Goodwyn is being remembered today as one of the great songwriters of the classic rock era, and as someone who showed the world that Canadian rock bands could be internationally successful.

April Wine formed in Halifax in 1969 and went on to sell over 10-million recordings worldwide.