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Keith Goodwin (musician)
Keith Goodwin (born May 13th, 1983) is an American singer/songwriter/producer from Langhorne, Pennsylvania. He is the founding member and lead singer of Good Old War and Days Away, while also maintaining a career in audio production. He has also been a member of the bands Anthony Green 's High and Driving Band, The Sound of Animals Fighting and Found Wild. Goodwin is known for his smooth voice, heart-wrenching melodies and his ability to cross genres. Most notably his work in Good Old War.

Days Away
Keith Goodwin's (Lead Vocal/Guitar) first band Days Away formed in 1998 with middle school classmates Chris Fragicetto (Bass), Matt Austin (Guitar) and Matt Haines (Drums). Their first show as Days Away was with Audience of One. Most of the bands earlier music was made a Skylight Studios with Vince Ratti. Goodwin credits Ratti for teaching him how to build songs in a studio environment.

In high school, Days Away added Greg Itzen (Audience of One/Like Lions) as a second guitar player. The band gained attention online on sites like MP3.com and started to reach an audience outside of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Around this time, Kenny Vasoli (The Starting Line/Vactioner/Person L) showed Days Away's music to Charlie Adams of We the People Records. Shortly after graduating high school the band decided to relocated to Garden Grove, California and signed to We the People Records.

In 2002, Days Away released The Feel of It EP. With the help of Charlie Adams, the band gained a following in Southern California and began playing shows with bands such as Something Corporate, The Starting Line, My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive, Paramore, Finch, RxBandits, The Format, Steel Train, Say Anything, Piebald, Mewithoutyou, Yellowcard, Further Seems Forever, Recover, Less Than Jake, Plain White T's, Midtown, Mae, Portugal. The Man, The Academy Is and Hello Goodbye. In 2002 Greg Itzen left the band.

While home between tours, the band enlisted long time friend Tim Arnold as a member of the group to play keys. In 2003 Tim Arnold took over as drummer when the band parted ways with Matt Haines. Shortly thereafter the band signed to Lava Records and began working on their debut record Mapping an Invisible World produced by Neal Avron at Ocean Studios in Burbank, CA.

Their debut album, Mapping An Invisible World, was released in May 2005 on Fueled by Ramen Records. On December 18, 2006 the band announced that they are no longer on the Fueled by Ramen roster, but promised that new Days Away material will be released in the near future. In 2007 the band signed with Sargent House and release their ep Ear Candy for the Headphone Trippers produced by Rick Parker.

In early 2008, an announcement was made that Days Away had disbanded.

Good Old War
Good Old War started on the road in 2007 opening a tour for Anthony Green. Originally Days Away was booked for the tour but since the group had recently disbanded, Goodwin asked if he could start a new band on the tour. Anthony Green agreed as long as the bill still read Days Away. The band was composed of Keith Goodwin (vocals/bass/guitar), Daniel Schwartz (Danny Black) and Tim Arnold. The band's name comes from the last names of the three members; Goodwin Arnold Schwartz.

In 2008 the band signed with label Sargent House. On November 4, 2008, Good Old War released their first album, Only Way To Be Alone.

Good Old War then recorded Anthony Green's 2008 album Avalon as his back-up band, and continued to perform as his band in addition to playing direct support as Good Old War.

Good Old War released their self-titled second album on June 1, 2010, which peaked at No. 150 on the Billboard 200.

Good Old War released the entire album on March 6, 2012.

In April 2015, Good Old War released their first single, "Tell Me What You Want From Me", from the new album, Broken Into Better Shape. This 10-song collection is the band's fourth album and was released on June 30, 2015, on Nettwerk.

Throughout the span of 2007-2018 the band toured with a wide range of bands such as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Brandi Carlisle, Dr. Dog, NEEDTOBREATHE, FUN., The Gaslight Anthem, Counting Crows, The Belle Brigade, Justin Nozuka, Josh Ritter, Dashboard Confessional, Jack's Mannequin, Circa Survive, Anthony Green, Family of the Year, Kodaline, Nada Surf, Brian Fallon, Guster, Xavier Rudd, Dispatch, and Joshua Radin.