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{{Short description|American country musicianmusic fiddler (1926–2015)}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|5|9|1926|5|30}}
| death_place = [[Dripping Springs, Texas]], U.S.
| genre = {{Hlist|[[Country music|Country]], |[[SwingWestern music|swing]], [[Jazz music|jazz]]}}
| occupation = Musician, fiddler
| years_active = 1938–2015
| label = [[CMH Records]]
| website = [http://www.johnnygimble.com Official website]}}
 
'''John Paul Gimble''' (May 30, 1926 – May 9, 2015)<ref name="Obit"/> was an American [[country music]]ian associated with [[Western swing]]. Gimble was considered one of the most important [[fiddle]]rs in the genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-gimble-mn0000820076/biography |title=Johnny Gimble &#124; Biography|last=Bush|first=John|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1999 in the early influences category as a member of [[Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys]].
 
Gimble was posthumously inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1792529/country-music-hall-of-fame-elects-ricky-skaggs-dottie-west-johnny-gimble/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327223726/http://www.cmt.com/news/1792529/country-music-hall-of-fame-elects-ricky-skaggs-dottie-west-johnny-gimble/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |title=Country Music Hall of Fame Elects Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West, Johnny Gimble |last=Tingle |first=Lauren |date=March 27, 2018|website=Cmt.com |publisher=Country Music Television |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
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{{external media | width = 210px | alignfloat = right | audio1 = [https://freshairarchive.org/segments/johnny-gimble-king-swing-fiddle Johnny Gimble: 'The King Of The Swing Fiddle'], interviewed by [[Terry Gross]] on ''[[Fresh Air]]'', 21:51, April 8, 2010.<ref name="Fresh Air">{{cite web | title =Johnny Gimble: 'The King Of The Swing Fiddle' | work = [[Fresh Air]] | publisher =[[WHYY-FM|WHYY]] ([[NPR]]) | date = April 8, 2010 | url =https://freshairarchive.org/segments/johnny-gimble-king-swing-fiddle | access-date =September 15, 2019 }}</ref> }}
 
Gimble was born in [[Tyler, Texas]], United States,<ref name="LarkinCountry">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-726-6|page=161/2}}</ref> and grew up in nearby [[Bascom, Texas|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 shows, and gigs at dance halls. Gimble later moved to [[Louisiana]] and began performing with the [[Jimmie Davis]] gubernatorial campaign. He was offered a job in the Governor's administration but turned it down to volunteer for service in the U.S. Army. Gimble returned to Texas after completing his service in the U.S. Army in [[World War II]].
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His fiddling style was influenced by other Texas fiddlers who played the "breakdown" fiddle tunes. Gimble's fiddling style, while uniquely his own, came to be known as the "Texas fiddling style" that 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 promoted a new sound known as Western swing. Western swing rose to national prominence in the 1940s, combining the old-time, Southern-derived Anglo string band tradition, with its breakdowns, schottisches, waltzes, and reels, with the big band jazz and pop music of the day.
 
After Gimble married Barbara Kemp of [[Gatesville, Texas]], in 1949, he settled in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], where, in the early 1950s, he began doing radio and television shows with Bill and Jim Boyd (of the Lone Star Cowboys) and performed on The ''Big D Jamboree'', a weekly variety show broadcast live from the [[Dallas Sportatorium]]. He broke off to form his own group in 1951, performing as the house band at Wills's clubs in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and [[Oklahoma City]], but rejoined in 1953 and continued to play with Wills until the early 1960s. He played fiddle on [[Marty Robbins|Marty Robbins']] No. 1 hit "[[I'll Go on Alone]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Marty-Robbins-The-Essential-Marty-Robbins-1951-1982/release/878318 |title=Marty Robbins - The Essential Marty Robbins 1951-1982 (CD) |website=Discogs.com |access-date=2015-05-22}}</ref>
 
In 1955, Gimble moved to [[Waco, Texas]], and split time between running a [[barber]] shop near the regional VA Hospital and music.<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> In 1960, he quit touring with Bob Wills and hosted one of the first locally produced television shows on [[KWTX-TV|KWTX]], ''Johnny Gimble & the Homefolks''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Legendary-fiddler-who-once-hosted-KWTX-show-joins-Country-Hall-of-Fame-478202733.html |title=Legendary fiddler who once hosted KWTX show joins Country Hall of Fame |last=Shadrock |first=Christopher |date=March 28, 2018 |website=Kwtx.com |publisher=KWTX-TV |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> Gimble's show featured a young bass player from nearby [[Abbott, Texas]], named [[Willie Nelson]], and a lifetime friendship and partnership was born.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/legendary-fiddle-player-johnny-gimble-dead-at-88-189259/ |title=Legendary Fiddle Player Johnny Gimble Dead at 88 |last=Betts |first=Stephen L. |date=May 11, 2015 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> In 1968, after repeated encouragement from his peers, Gimble moved his family to [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. From then on, his steady work as a [[session musician]] included sessions with [[Merle Haggard]] and [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]] on their Bob Wills [[tribute album]] (''[[A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)]])'', [[Conway Twitty]], [[Connie Smith]], [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Lefty Frizzell]], [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], [[Willie Nelson]], and [[Chet Atkins]] on ''[[Superpickers]]'' in 1973. The following year he took a cue from a song ("Fiddlin' Around") which he had written and performed on the Atkins' Superpickers album, and recorded his first solo album, titled ''Fiddlin' Around''. {{citation needed|date=May 2015}}. He recorded nine other solo albums.
 
From 1979-81 to 1981, Gimble toured with [[Willie Nelson]] worldwide, and appeared in a supporting role in the film ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (film)|Honeysuckle Rose]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080888/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=Honeysuckle Rose (1980): Full Cast & Crew |author=<!--Not stated-->|website=IMDb.com |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> In 1983, Gimble assembled a Texas swing group featuring [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]] on vocals, and charted a country radio hit with "One Fiddle, Two Fiddle", featured in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[Honkytonk Man]]'' in which Johnny had a supporting role portraying [[Bob Wills]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319767/ |title=Johnny Gimble (1926-2015) |author=<!--Not stated-->|website=IMDb.com |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> He appeared from the 1970s through the 2000s on ''[[Austin City Limits]]'' on TV and [[Garrison Keillor]]'s broadcasts (radio). At the time of his death, he held the record for most appearances on the Austin -based PBS show. He was a member of the [[Million Dollar Band (country music group)|Million Dollar Band]], and frequent guest on "[[Hee Haw]]".
 
Gimble's career spanned into the 21st century, recording with [[Vince Gill]],<ref name="Weber">{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=May 13, 2015 |title=Johnny Gimble, Who Fiddled His Way to Fame, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/arts/music/johnny-gimble-who-fiddled-his-way-from-a-flatbed-truck-to-fame-dies-at-88.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> [[Tanya Tucker]], and performing at the [[49th Annual Grammy Awards]] with [[Carrie Underwood]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://countryrebel.com/blogs/videos/western-swing-hit-gets-resurrected-by-carrie-underwood/ |title=Western Swing Hit Gets Resurrected by Carrie Underwood |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Country Rebel|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> "Until [[Lloyd Maines]] surpassed him, Johnny held the record for most appearances on [[Austin City Limits]]. He played with heart and soul and had an infectious spirit and sense of adventure - both in his music and personality," said ACL Executive Producer Terry Lickona.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acltv.com/2015/05/11/johnny-gimble-1926-2015/ |title=Johnny Gimble 1926-2015 |author=<!--Not stated-->|website=acltv.com |date=May 11, 2015 |publisher=Austin City Limits |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> Johnny was also a regular on [[Minnesota Public Radio]]'s ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' hosted by [[Garrison Keillor]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2015/05/the-man-who-put-the-swing-in-our-prairie-home/ |title=The man who put the swing in our prairie home |last=Collins |first=Bob |date=May 14, 2015|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> who in 1994 penned [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TwgvnZ1aoc "Owed to Johnny Gimble"] as a tribute to his friend after Gimble received the NEA's National Heritage Fellowship, and who performed the song again on May 9, 2015, to commemorate Gimble's life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prairiehome.org/story/2015/05/09/script-owed-to-johnny-gimble-may-9-2015.html |title=Script: Owed to Johhny Gimble |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 9, 2015 |website=A Prairie Home Companion|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
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Johnny and his son Dick Gimble, a college professor of music at [[McLennan Community College]], started a Western Swing Camp focusing on fiddle. After two years in [[Waco]] and with the help of daughter Cyndy they moved the camp to SMU's Taos Campus and ensured that the western swing style of country music was passed on to the next generation.
 
Gimble's granddaughter, Emily, is a notable vocalist and keyboard player who has performed with Johnny, [[Asleep at the Wheel]], [[Warren Hood]], and [[Hayes Carll]]. Emily was a regular member of Asleep at the Wheel as keyboardist and vocalist from 2014- to 2016, a band that frequently partnered with Johnny to bring the music of Bob Wills to newer generations. She has since launched a solo career, based out of [[Austin, Texas]], and followed Johnny's footsteps as the State Musician of [[Texas]] for 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texashighways.com/travel-news/emily-gimble-2020s-texas-state-musician-grew-up-on-western-swing/|title=Emily Gimble, 2020's Texas State Musician, Grew Up On Western Swing|first=Matt|last=Joyce|website=Texashighways.com|date=July 13, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2021}}</ref>
 
Gimble's grandson, Jon Gimble, is the District Clerk in [[McLennan County]] and serves on the Texas Judicial Council.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-appoints-gimble-to-texas-judicial-council | title=Governor Abbott Appoints Gimble to Texas Judicial Council }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://co.mclennan.tx.us/357/District-Clerks-Office |title=District Clerk's Office |author=<!--Not stated-->|website=Co.mclennan.tx.us |publisher=McClellan County, Texas |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>
 
==Death==
Gimble died atnot far from his home in [[Dripping Springs, Texas]], on May 9, 2015, aged 88.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/09/johnny-gimble-legendary-fiddler-dies-at-88/27050385|title=Legendary fiddler Johnny Gimble dies at 88|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|access-date=May 9, 2015|date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> His daughter stated that her father was "finally rid of the complications from several strokes over the past few years".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/famed-country-fiddler-johnny-gimble-dies-89-30929692 |title=Famed Country Fiddler Johnny Gimble Dies at 89 |website=Abcnews.go.com |date=2015-05-09 |access-date=2015-05-22}}</ref>
 
==Partial discography==
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==Awards and honors==
From 1975–901975 to 1990, he was nominated 15 times for Instrumentalist of the Year and won the [[Country Music Association]] Award five times. Johnny garnered nine Best Fiddle Player awards from the [[Academy of Country Music]]. Gimble was nominated for a Grammy for his performance on the 1993 [[Mark O'Connor]] album ''[[Heroes (Mark O'Connor album)|Heroes]]'', and was awarded two [[Grammy award]]s: 1) in 1994 for his arrangement of "Red Wing" on the Bob Wills tribute album by Asleep At The Wheel; 2) and in 1995 for Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Hightower" with Asleep At The Wheel.<ref name="grammy">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/johnny-gimble |title=Artist: Johnny Gimble |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>
 
In 1994, Gimble was awarded a [[National Heritage Fellowship]] as a Master Folk Artist from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arts.gov/honors/heritage/johnny-gimble |title=Johnny Gimble: Anglo Western Swing Fiddler |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
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In 1999, Gimble was inducted into the [[Rock n Roll Hall of Fame]] in the Early Influences category as part of [[Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bob-wills-and-his-texas-playboys |website=Rock N Roll Hall of Fame |access-date=August 29, 2021|title=Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys &#124; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame }}</ref>
 
In 2005, Gimble was named State Musician for the state of [[Texas]].,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/musicians.html |title=Official Texas State Musicians |date=March 20, 2019 |website=Texas State Library and Archives Commission |access-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref> and inducted into the [[Texas Country Music Hall of Fame]].
 
Gimble was posthumously inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/johnny-gimble/ |title=Johnny Gimble |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018 |website=Country Music Hall of Fame |access-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref>
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! scope="col" style="width:2.7em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Country Albums|US {{small|Country}}]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=''Honeysuckle Rose'' chart history: Country Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.4em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br/><ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Charts Book 1970—1992|author=David Kent|isbn=978-0-646-11917-5|year=1993|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.4em;font-size:90%;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |title=Search results for "Honeysuckle Rose" -- Top Albums/CD's |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=honeysuckle+rose&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs& |website=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| ''[[Honeysuckle Rose (album)|Honeysuckle Rose]]''<br />{{small|(credited as "Willie Nelson and Family")}}
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