Henry Bessemer's seasickness-proof vessel shows how even great inventors sometimes become fixated on crackpot ideas.

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.

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, 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 Grammy ...

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 ...