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Brian Gilbert Greenway (born October 1, 1951) is a Canadian guitarist, vocalist and harmonicist, most notable for playing in the rock bands April Wine, Mashmakhan,[2] and the Dudes. Greenway performed with April Wine from 1977 to 1986 when the band split, and again from 1992 to the present day.[3][4]

Brian Greenway
Greenway in the "I Like to Rock" music video (1980)
Background information
Born	(1951-10-01) October 1, 1951 (age 71)[1] Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Rock hard rock blues rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar harmonica vocals
Years active	1970–1986 1988 1992–present
Labels	Aquarius
Member of	April Wine The Blues Bus
Formerly of	Mashmakhan the Dudes Brian Greenway's Attic Dust Solo Show
Website	Geenway's page on April Wine's official website

After April Wine broke up in 1986, Greenway embarked on a solo career and recorded his debut album Serious Business which continued the traditional April Wine mix of hard rock and ballads. It is often said that Greenway is responsible for giving April Wine a "harder edged" sound.[3][5]

In 2016, Greenway formed Brian Greenway's Blues Bus with former April Wine bandmate Gary Moffet (guitar/vocals), along with Craig Miller (harp/vocals), Mark Higden (drums), and Lloyd Dallaire (bass).[6]

TV special

In 1991, Greenway became the subject of his own hour-long TV special entitled Brian Greenway and Friends.[7][8] The show featured Greenway and his ensemble of friends (keyboardist Jimmy Tanaka, guitarist Jeff Smallwood, bassist Jeff Nystrom, supporting vocalist and percussionist Nanette Workman, and former Mashmakhan/April Wine drummer Jerry Mercer) performing songs from both his 1988 solo project and April Wine catalogue. This In-Concert special was video-taped live in Laval, Quebec by CFCF-Channel 12 Montreal, and broadcast nationally by CTV-Canada on August 7, 1991, and February 15, 1992.[7][8]

Discography

with April Wine

• First Glance (1978)
• Harder... Faster (1979)
• Monsters of Rock (1980)
• The Nature of the Beast (1981)
• Power Play (1982)
• Animal Grace (1984)
• Walking Through Fire (1985)
• The Hits (1987)
• All the Rockers (1987)
• We Like to Rock (1988)
• Oowatanite (1990)
• The April Wine Collection (1992)
• Attitude (1993)
• Frigate (1994)
• Champions of Rock (1996)
• Greatest Hits Live (1999)
• Rock Champions (2000)
• Back to the Mansion (2001)
• I Like to Rock (2002)
• Classic Masters (2002)
• Greatest Hits Live 2003 (2003)
• From the Front Row ... Live! (2003)
• Best of April Wine (2003)
• Roughly Speaking (2006)
• April Wine Rocks! (2006)
• First Glance / Harder.....Faster (2007)
• The Hard & Heavy Collection (2009)
• Animal Grace / Walking Through Fire (2009)
• The Nature of the Beast / Power Play (2012)
• Future Tense... Live In Toronto 21 Nov 82 (2015)

with Mashmakhan

• Mashmakhan (1970)
• The Family (1971)

with the Dudes

• We're No Angels (CBS/Columbia, 1975)
• All the Young Dudes, All the Old Demos (Pacemaker, 1997)

Solo

• Serious Business (1988)

See also

• Music of Canada

References

External links

• April Wine's official website

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