Ray Goins

Ray Goins

Ray Goins (January 3 1936July 2 2007) was an American bluegrass banjoist.

Born in Bramwell, West Virginia, he was – during a 50-year career – member of the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, before finally forming the Goins Brothers with his younger brother, Melvin.

Ray Goins had a heart attack in 1994 and retired from playing professionally in 1997.

External links

* [http://www.answers.com/topic/ray-goins?cat=entertainment Biography on Answers.com]
* [http://www.news-expressky.com/articles/2007/07/04/news/01goins.txt Obituary on Appalachian News-Express]


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