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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 ...

Born in Tyler, Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble (1926-2015) lived in Dallas in the 50s and was a regular on the radio show The Big D Jamboree. supplied / CMH Records “The message in our kind of music is ...

In February, the Austin trio Hot Club of Cowtown released a new CD of songs by the late western swing legend Bob Wills. Tonight, the group gets to play with a living one. Tonight’s River Sounds ...

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 ...