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DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (AP) – Renowned fiddler Johnny Gimble, who gained fame for his backup work with country stars from Merle Haggard to Carrie Underwood, has died. He was 89. His daughter, Cyndy, ...

AUSTIN — Part of being a true living legend is not talking about it, so even as Johnny Gimble made his name playing hot country jazz fiddle with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the late 1940s and ...

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The Texas Playboys are on the air. BOB WILLS: (Singing) Now, listen everybody from near and far, if you want to know who we are, we're the Texas Playboys from the Lone Star State.

DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Renowned fiddler Johnny Gimble, who gained fame for his backup work with country stars from Merle Haggard to Carrie Underwood, has died. He was 89. His daughter, Cyndy, ...

Johnny Gimble, who played fiddle for Bob Wills in the Texas Playboys and went on to become one of country music’s most accomplished and respected musicians, died Saturday near his home in Dripping ...

Tyler native Johnny Gimble was named Fiddle Player of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards held on this date in both 1981 and 1982. He was known for a lively style of playing and is often ...

Johnny Gimble, the legendary fiddle player who hosted the show “Johnny Gimble & The Homefolks” in the 1960s on KWTX before Nashville called, will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame later ...

Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West and Johnny Gimble achieved country music's greatest honor on Tuesday morning when they were announced as this year's inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The ...

Johnny Gimble, the so-called "king of the swing fiddle," has toured with Willie Nelson and recorded tracks with Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Chet Atkins and Connie Smith. The 84-year-old ...