Rolling Stone

Legendary Fiddle Player Johnny Gimble Dead at 88

Fiddle player Johnny Gimble, whose pioneering style encompassed and influenced Western swing, jazz and country, died Saturday, May 9th, in Dripping Springs, Texas, following complications from several ...
Taste of Country

Fiddle Legend Johnny Gimble Dead at 88

Legendary fiddle player Johnny Gimble has passed away. Nashville's Tennessean newspaper reports the influential Western Swing musician died on Saturday (May 9), just weeks before his 89th birthday.
KCUR 89.3 FM

'Fresh Air' Remembers Johnny Gimble, The 'King Of The Swing Fiddle'

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.
Austin American-Statesman

Johnny Gimble, legendary Texas country and swing fiddler, dies at 88

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 ...
wacotrib

Johnny Gimble's a music legend, but he didn't tell you that

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 ...
WKRN-TV

Famed country fiddler Johnny Gimble dies at 89

DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (AP) – Renowned fiddler Johnny Gimble, whose career included a stint as a Texas Playboy with the legendary Western swing musician Bob Wills and then gained fame for his backup ...
The Boot

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The evening was full of surprise performers, but perhaps the most special appearance was from a 95-year-old instrument. Country music has seen a number of its most talented artists pass away this year ...
Los Angeles Times

Johnny Gimble dies at 88; legendary fiddle player

Renowned fiddler Johnny Gimble, who played with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys before gaining fame for his meticulous backup work with country stars including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Carrie ...
The Boot

Legendary Fiddle Player Johnny Gimble Dies

Johnny Gimble, legendary Western Swing fiddle player, has died. Gimble passed away on Saturday (May 9), according to Nashville's Tennessean. No cause of death has been reported. He was 88. Born John ...
NPR

'Fresh Air' Remembers Johnny Gimble, The 'King Of The Swing Fiddle'

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.
The Hollywood Reporter

Johnny Gimble, Famed Country Fiddler, Dies at 88

He won six Country Music Association awards as best instrumentalist. By The Associated Press John Forté, Grammy-Nominated Fugees Collaborator, Dies at 50 Adelaide Writers Week Canceled as 180 Speakers ...