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Johnny Gimble

real name John Paul Gimble

Tyler, United States · 1926-05-30 – 2015-05-09

Johnny Gimble is credited on 1,199 releases across 398 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,199

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398

Albums

8

Decades active

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Johnny Gimble (born May 30, 1926, near Tyler, Texas, USA - died May 9, 2015, Dripping Springs, Texas, USA) was an American country musician associated with Western Swing. He was an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre's history. Brother of Jerry Gimble, father of Dick Gimble.
Awarded a National Heritage Fellowship as a Master Folk Artist from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994)
Inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influences category as part of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (1999)
Named State Musician for the state of Texas and inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame (2005).
Posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (2018)

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1,199 releases · 398 albums · active 1951–2022

  • Other credits · 1,111
  • Performance · 650
  • Production · 53
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · Jack Clement Recording Studios · Soundshop Recording Studios

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