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According to Texas Folklife Resources, then, the time has come to pay tribute to the man they call the “King of Swing Fiddle.” Austin’s nonprofit preservationists of all things Lone Star and rootsy, ...

It’s an honor that calls for a sweet fiddle lick to accent an illustrious career: Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble is now a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

World-famous fiddler Johnny Gimble has been officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with his family accepting the honor on his behalf. While the announcement was made in March, the ...

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 ...