Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 Feb 1972 - Steve Sparkman. Harlan, Kentucky.

04 Feb 1906 - Art Wooten. Born 'Arthur James Wooten' in Alleghany, North Carolina.

11 Feb 1960 - Junior Blankenship. Born at the old Grundy Hospital, Grundy, Va.

25 Feb 1927 - Ralph Stanley. Born 'Ralph Edmund Stanley' in Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, McClure, Virginia.

29 Feb 1932 - Jim Williams. Born 'James Lee Williams' in Wythe County, Virginia.


In Memoriam:

05 Feb 1980 - Chubby Anthony. Gainesville, Alachua, Florida.

08 Feb 2003 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland.

08 Feb 1987 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Fentress, Tennessee.


For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com


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The Goins Brothers - The Goins Brothers

(Rebel SLP-1543) 1975


Goins Brothers

Average Album Rating: 4
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Their first album for Rebel, which was recorded in Nov. 1974 at R.D. Homer Associates Studio in Clinton, Maryland. It's another slab of decent 'keepin-it-real' bluegrass with brother harmony vocals and down-to-earth instrumentation. The LP is somewhat enhanced by Joe Meadows expressive fiddle playing and the mandolin of Jimmy Gaudreau, who had played with the Country Gentlemen and the short-lived Country Store with Bill Rawlings & Keith Whitley.

As with most other Goins Brothers LPs, a couple of songs are recycled Lonesome Pine Fiddlers numbers (in this case Baby You're Cheatin' and New Set Of Rules); and another two had been recorded for previous Goins Brothers releases (Fly Little Bluebird on Bluegrass Country and Across The Sea Blues on their debut LP Bluegrass Hits Old And New and their final Jessup recording - the unreleased Bluegrass Blues LP).

Highlights for me are the splendid instrumental version of Elizabeth Cotten's folk favourite Freight Train; Al Elliot's I Can't Forget; and Merle Haggard's Old Man From The Mountains.

This was the first album to feature Melvin & Ray's younger brother Conley B. Goins, who plays bass on some numbers.

  • Melvin Goins: guitar
  • Ray Goins: banjo
  • Conley Goins: bass
  • Jimmy Gaudreau: mandolin
  • Ralph 'Joe' Meadows: fiddle
  • Bill Rawlings: bass

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Across The Sea Blues
01:57
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Jimmy Martin
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
A-2
Kentucky Coal Mines
01:58
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Melvin Goins / Willia Goins
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
A-3
Old Man From The Mountains
01:56
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Merle Haggard
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Hr Vcl / Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
A-4
Freight Train
01:44
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Elizabeth Cotten
  Gtr Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
A-5
One Day At A Time
02:48
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Marijohn Wilkin / Kris Kristofferson
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
A-6
Fly Little Bluebird
04:23
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Melvin Goins / Ray Goins / Mike Paxton
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
B-1
Baby You're Cheatin'
02:04
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Curly Ray Cline
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
B-2
I Can't Forget
02:20
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Al Elliot
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
B-3
Sinner In Sin Too Long
02:41
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

R. Chaffins / Melvin Goins
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Hr Vcl / Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
B-4
Cabin In Caroline
02:34
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Lester Flatt / Earl Scruggs
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
B-5
John Hardy
01:59
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
B-6
New Set Of Rules
02:35
Nov 1974
Goins Brothers

Tom LeMay
  Ld Vcl / Gtr Hr Vcl / Bjo Bs Mnd Fid    
  Melvin Goins
Ray Goins
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings
Jimmy Gaudreau
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

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