Ron Goodwin (2)

via nbcmhf.com: Ron was born in West Sackville, New Brunswick in 1939. He received his schooling in the Sackville area and started playing music very early in life. As a teenager he helped form the country band, Golden Valley Boys, along with Ivan Hicks, Del Wheaton and Bert Williams Estabrooks. This band played to sellout crowds throughout the Maritime provinces, and performed on many radio stations including, CFCY (Charlottetown, PEI), CJRW (Summerside, PEI), CKDH (Amherst, NS) and CHSJ (Saint John, NB). Ron made his first 45rpm recording in June, 1958, on the Rodeo label with two songs he had composed, “Hank Williams Speaking from Heaven” and “Get on That Train”. This recording was on many Maritime radio country hit parades for many weeks. Two LP recordings featuring Ron and the Golden Valley Boys were titled, “Maritime Jamboree” on the RCA Camden label and “Ron Goodwin Country” on the Maritime label. In 1960, Ron joined the popular Moncton group “The Bunkhouse Boys”, performing on stage and TV and in January and November of 1963, he appeared on the very popular nationwide TV show, “Don Messer’s Jubilee”. In 1965, Ron moved to the United States where he continued to perform his music throughout Maryland, Washington, Virginia and Pennsylvania. He played in a number of bands in the US including, “The Country Ramblers” and The Country Casuals” and as well did some recordings. During the summer months he would return to New Brunswick to visit family and friends and to do some performing including Jonathan’s Jamboree in Moncton and various exhibitions in Nova Scotia. Ron unselfishly donated both his time and musical talents to charity. In 1981, he performed in Cape Cod, Massachusetts for the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy. He was a member and strong supporter of the Country Entertainers Musician Benevolent Association, a group of entertainers who play and help raise funds for musicians who are sick and disabled. He also devoted time to entertain seniors and shut-ins. Sadly, Ron passed away in April of 2010.