(Rebel SLP-1543) 1975
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.
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A-1 |
Across The Sea Blues |
01:57 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Jimmy Martin |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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A-2 |
Kentucky Coal Mines |
01:58 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Melvin Goins / Willia Goins |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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A-3 |
Old Man From The Mountains |
01:56 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Merle Haggard |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Hr Vcl / Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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A-4 |
Freight Train |
01:44 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Elizabeth Cotten |
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Gtr | Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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A-5 |
One Day At A Time |
02:48 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Marijohn Wilkin / Kris Kristofferson |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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A-6 |
Fly Little Bluebird |
04:23 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Melvin Goins / Ray Goins / Mike Paxton |
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Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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B-1 |
Baby You're Cheatin' |
02:04 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Curly Ray Cline |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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B-2 |
I Can't Forget |
02:20 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Al Elliot |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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B-3 |
Sinner In Sin Too Long |
02:41 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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R. Chaffins / Melvin Goins |
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Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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B-4 |
Cabin In Caroline |
02:34 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Lester Flatt / Earl Scruggs |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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B-5 |
John Hardy |
01:59 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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P.D. |
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Gtr | Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
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B-6 |
New Set Of Rules |
02:35 |
Nov 1974 |
Goins Brothers |
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Tom LeMay |
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Ld Vcl / Gtr | Hr Vcl / Bjo | Bs | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Melvin Goins |
Ray Goins |
Conley Goins/Bill Rawlings |
Jimmy Gaudreau |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |