Fiddle player Johnny Gimble, whose pioneering style encompassed and influenced Western swing, jazz and country, died Saturday, May 9th, in Dripping Springs, Texas, following complications from several strokes he had suffered since 1999. He was 88.

Throughout his career, Gimble played on such classic recordings as George Strait’s “What’s Going on…

Source: RollingStone
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