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 ...

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DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Renowned fiddler Johnny Gimble, who gained fame for his backup work with country stars from Merle Haggard to Carrie Underwood, has died. He was 89. His daughter, Cyndy, ...

"The message in our kind of music is 'Have a good time,'" the late Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble once said. "Even if you're doing a brokenhearted song, you can't help but play it with a happy beat." ...

In February, the Austin trio Hot Club of Cowtown released a new CD of songs by the late western swing legend Bob Wills. Tonight, the group gets to play with a living one. Tonight’s River Sounds ...