Johnny Gimble

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Johnny Gimble (John Paul Gimble, May 30, 1926 – May 9, 2015), was an American country musician associated with Western swing. Gimble was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. Gimble was born in Tyler, Texas, United States, and grew up in nearby Bascom. He began playing in a band with his brothers at age 12, and continued playing with two of them, George and Jerry, as the Rose City Swingsters. The trio played local radio gigs, but soon after Gimble moved to Louisiana and began performing with Jimmie Davis Gubernatorial campaign. He returned to Texas after completing his service in the U.S. Army in World War II. After serving in World War II, Gimble returned to Texas and continued to hone his fiddling skills with a number of Texas radio and dance bands. In 1948 he made his first recording, playing with Robert Bro's Rhythmairs in Corpus Christi. A year later he joined Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, with whom he toured for most of the next decade. With Wills, he played both fiddle and electric mandolin, and distinguished himself by using a five-string fiddle (most fiddles have four strings). His fiddling style was influenced by other Texas fiddlers who played the "breakdown" fiddle tunes. What came to be known as the "Texas fiddling style" emerged during the first half of the twentieth century among fiddlers such as Cliff Bruner, Louis Tierney, and Jesse Ashlock. Gimble learned from them, and further developed while playing with Wills, who epitomized and

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Honeysuckle Rose

The Texas Fiddle Collection

The Fiddlers' Hall Of Fame

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Celebrating With Friends

Sensational Sounds of Bluegrass Vol. 1

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Honeysuckle Rose - Music From The Original Soundtrack

Cotton-Eyed Joe-Texas

Fiddler's Hall of Fame

The World's Hottest Fiddlers

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100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits

Great American Fiddle Collection

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The World's Greatest Country Fiddlers

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