The Goins Brothers

Melvin Goins (December 30, 1933 - July 29, 2016) was an American bluegrass guitarist and singer, among the first generation of bluegrass stars. He and his younger brother, Ray Goins (January 3, 1936 – July 2, 2007) an American bluegrass banjoist, performed as teenagers in West Virginia and played their first radio show in 1951. The brothers worked as The Shenandoah Playboys, until the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers asked them to join their band a few years later.