And there's no slowing him down -- the 83-year-old icon has just released 'Johnny Gimble: Celebrating With Friends,' a collection produced by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and featuring guest ...

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 ...

Gimble passed away on Saturday (May 9), according to Nashville's Tennessean. No cause of death has been reported. He was 88. Born John Paul Gimble on May 30, 1926, in Tyler, Texas, and raised in ...

After leaving Wills' Texas Playboys in the 1960s, Mr. Gimble became involved in a number of different endeavors, including finding work as a barber, before moving to Nashville later in the decade.

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 ...

Gimble, who died Saturday at the age of 88, spent years playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. He was regarded by critics as one of the best to ever pick up a bow. Originally broadcast April 9, 2010.