Myles Goodwyn was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, and raised in Waverley, Nova Scotia. He is a founding member of the iconic Canadian rock band April Wine, from its modest garage-band roots in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1969 to international acclaim, with sales exceeding 20 million records and CDs worldwide. In 2002 he was presented with the Socan National Achievement Award and in 2003 with the ECMA Lifetime Achievement Award for his impact on the music industry in Atlantic Canada. In 2009, he and his fellow April Wine members won the coveted Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Award, and in 2010 April Wine was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Goodwyn has also garnished numerous personal songwriting and publishing awards internationally. Over the last decade, Goodwyn and April Wine have been active in raising funds and awareness for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada, and in 2014 Goodwyn co-founded, along with friend Dr. Stan Van Duyse, Soleful Caring: Shoes for the Homeless, a charitable foundation that provides footwear for the homeless. Goodwyn has homes in Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.