Johnny Gimble

One of the most impressive fiddle players in country music history, Johnny Gimble confounded most of his rivals by using a five-string fiddle. He earliest success was with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, but Gimble has also recorded over ten albums of his own and picked up awards as Instrumentalist of the Year (CMA) and Best Fiddle Player (ACM). John Paul Gimble was born on May 30, 1926, in Tyler, Texas. At the age of 12, he played in a band with his four brothers, and in the early '30s formed the Rose City Swingsters with brothers Gene and Jerry. The band played on local radio, b...