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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Johnny Gimble, a virtuoso Texas fiddler who played with a roster of country superstars including Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Strait, died last ...

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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 ...

He won six Country Music Association awards as best instrumentalist. By The Associated Press Lindsey Vonn Crashes in Winter Olympic Downhill, Taken Away by Helicopter Chuck Negron, Three Dog Night ...