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Guitar World Video: Good Old War’s Dan Schwartz Tackles Metallica, Pantera Riffs on Banjo

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These videos were just sent our way, and were too cool not to post. This is Good Old War guitarist Dan Schwartz breaking in a new banjo with “Master of Puppets” and “Cowboys From Hell.” Enjoy!

Good Old War’s latest album, Come Back As Rain, is out now on Sargent House Records.

“For this record we all sat down and took a hard look at everything in the song being proposed,” drummer Tim Arnold recently told Under the Gun.“ Every line was a discussion, every chord change, feel, tempo, key. Everything was examined and taken apart and put back together. In the past it was more Keith or Dan coming to the table with a song and all of us being like, ‘Great! Let’s lay it down!.’ We had our best pal Jason Cupp produce the whole thing as well which changed it up a bit.”

Stay tuned for the Guitar World interview with Dan Schwartz in the near future!

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American Songwriter: Chatting It Up With Good Old War

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Dan Schwartz can sing higher than you. He’s been schooled by Jerry Douglas, he wears a size 8 shoe, and he spends most of his ‘alone’ time in a van on the road with Keith Goodwin (who can dance better than you) and Tim Arnold (who can hambone better than you). When he’s not spending his down time with two other dudes, he’s playing two guitars at once for Good Old War.

In order for us to have the best conversation ever, Schwartz has begged that we go somewhere with some of Nashville’s best treats — barbeque and bushwhackers. So, over an alcoholic milkshake, Schwartz and I chatted it up on the porch of Edley’s, where befuddled onlookers cast glances at our witty conversation and tried to figure out how the rock star in the Ray-Bans managed to get a date with such a beautiful blonde.

This Philadelphia native knows a good restaurant, and a good town, when he visits one—as he should, considering Good Old War has spent the last months (and years) all over the country with Anthony Green, Dr. Dog, Xavier Rudd, Guster, and pretty much anyone else you can think of. By the time you forget to read this, they’ll be somewhere deep in America with Counting Crows. For now though, he’s sitting with me, claiming to be allergic to the Tennessee air.

Schwartz is the quintessential American songwriter. He’s been writing songs since he was about ten, going through a brief Bon Jovi phase and somehow ending up with quite a knack for writing folk-pop gems. After some of his first songs at a young age, he continued writing songs year after year, joining up with former Days Away members, Tim Arnold and Keith Goodwin, to form a group named after pieces of their last names. Schwartz and I obligatorily talk songwriting first, sweating and laughing through most of the discussion of the group’s writing process.

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JUMP Philly Interview with Good Old War: A Close-Knit Family

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Our Jillian Mallon spoke to Tim Arnold, the percussionist and vocalist from the Philly band Good Old War.

You were in the band Days Away before forming Good Old War with Keith Goodwin. What made you decide to switch from the sound of Days Away to the harmonies and acoustics of Good Old War? Was it a conscious choice to adopt a folkier sound?

I think the choice was no necessarily to adopt a folky sound, It was kind of just to simplify things, you know? And, you know, tone it down, use acoustic instruments. We kind of talked about just simplifying things and then other things kind of took shape, like the harmonies, for example. But we weren’t really, like, saying, “Hey, let’s make a folk band.” We were kind of just like, “Let’s just turn the volume down and concentrate on writing songs.” It kind of evolved naturally that way.

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Good Old War Co-Produce and Play on Anthony Green’s New Song / DL Big Mistake

On July 7 Circa Survive vocalist Anthony Green released his latest solo song, “Big Mistake” for fans to stream and download for free. The song was recorded in the winter and will be on his upcoming solo album, Beautiful Things. 

The song, “Big Mistake” was recorded in the same house his debut solo Avalon was recorded at, which was released August 5, 2008 via Photo Finish Records. The indie-rock back Good Old War (Keith Goodwin, Tim Arnold, and Dan Schwartz) had a hand with some of the tracks. “Big Mistake” was produced by Jason Cupp, and Good Old War.

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During my exclusive interview with Green he had this to say about his upcoming solo album, “I have six or seven songs recorded, and as soon as I get off this tour I have to re-record some vocals. There are a couple extra songs, like three or four songs I want to record extra. There is some time I want to take with my other band, with Good Old War and they are writing the whole album with me. Before, they came in and played on four or five songs in like two days. About a year ago, last January we got together and messed around with these seven songs I had written, and they just made the songs incredible.”

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Wall Street Journal: Harmonious Times for Good Old War

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imageHarmonious Times for Good Old War  - by Jim Fusilli 

Last week Dan Schwartz and Tim Arnold, two-thirds of the emerging folk-rock trio Good Old War, were seated on the patio of an East Village bar here when a sudden storm struck the region. So strong was the wind that the third member, Keith Goodwin, who was driving home to visit his pregnant wife in Langhorne, Pa., thought to call his band mates and warn them to stay inside. At the bar, as fallen leaves and branches blew by, a brick loosened, tumbled and landed hard on Mr. Schwartz’s left hand. He spent the night in the hospital. And though he tried to perform the following night when the band was booked to open for the British indie band Gomez, he couldn’t. And then Gomez canceled the tour when its vocalist, Ben Ottewell, came down with laryngitis.

The members of the trio play multiple instruments, often at the same time: Mr. Arnold stands at the drums so he can reach a keyboard or an accordion with a free hand; Mr. Goodwin plays bass parts on keys or adds percussion while also strumming a guitar; and Mr. Schwartz shifts among several guitars, some of which are braced high on stands for easy access.

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Rolling Stone Names Good Old War Top 5 To Watch

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Good Old War: Two-thirds of this folk-pop outfit (guitarist Keith Goodwin and drummer Tim Arnold) were originally part of the Fueled By Ramen-signed band Days Away. After joining up with guitarist Dan Schwartz, the trio started writing songs filled with tight harmonies, jangly guitars and memorable, country-tinged melodies. Their mid-day Sunday set was a welcome change of pace, and the band is currently touring the country preparing to release its self-titled second disc on June 1st. - CLICK TO SEE ROLLING STONE’S TOP 5 BREAKOUT BANDS LIST

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LAST FM PRESENTS: The Good Old War Interview & Sessions

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Good Old War was started by former Days Away members Keith Goodwin and Tim Arnold along with former Unlikely Cowboy member Dan Schwartz. They spent time as the studio & touring band for Anthony Green (Circa Survive) and the logical next step was to get serious as a three-piece. They already knew the musical direction would be acoustic driven with the vocals being a major part of the sound. The three-part harmonies would fall into place as a “happy accident”. The third Good Old War album Come Back As Rain was produced and engineered by Jason Cupp. It was recorded in Omaha, NE at Another Recording Company Studios. In the five weeks Good Old War spent there, 30 songs were recorded and eleven made it onto the album. Watch the guys in performance at our studio in NYC as they do three songs from the new record as well as a fan favorite from the debut album Only Way To Be Alone of 2008.

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Relix Live Review: Good Old War at Brighton Music Hall 12.10.11

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Good Old War, the indie trio out of Philadelphia, dropped in on the Brighton Music Hall in Allston, MA for a show that was…well, everything a show in a packed club on a Saturday night should be: loud, rollicking, arms-in-the-air fun.

The band features Tim Arnold on drums, Dan Schwartz on guitar and Keith Goodwin on keyboard (the name Good Old War derives from portions of each of their last names), but all three are multi-instrumentalists; Arnold broke out an accordion for several songs, Goodwin can strap on a guitar as needed, and Schwartz can play two guitars at once (using one of those funky guitar stands that the crazy young kids have nowadays).

As much as any of those instruments, though, it’s the harmonies the three create – on stage and on album – that define Good Old War’s sound. Their tracks carry more than a little hint of Crosby, Stills & Nash or Simon & Garfunkel at their sprightly best. Even the sad songs Good Old War plays will make you smile and tap your feet.

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