NPR

Johnny Gimble: 'The King Of The Swing Fiddle'

Johnny Gimble, the so-called "king of the swing fiddle," has toured with Willie Nelson and recorded tracks with Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Chet Atkins and Connie Smith. The 84-year-old ...
The Austin Chronicle

King of the Swing Fiddle

According to Texas Folklife Resources, then, the time has come to pay tribute to the man they call the “King of Swing Fiddle.” Austin’s nonprofit preservationists of all things Lone Star and rootsy, ...
Dallas Observer

Thirty Years Later, The History of Western Swing in 26 Minutes as Told by Johnny Gimble

What you’ll find after the jump was posted to Vimeo only a few hours ago: a cleaned-up version version of Ken Harrison’s 1981 doc on Western Swing fiddle-playing legend Johnny Gimble titled, simply, ...
KCBD

Western Swing and Psychedelic “Godfather of West Texas Music,” Tommy Hancock, passes away at 90

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Tommy Hancock, renowned fiddle-player, songwriter and an inspiration to decades of west Texas artists, passed away Wednesday evening at 90 years-old. Hancock was born and ...
NPR

'Fresh Air' Remembers Johnny Gimble, The 'King Of The Swing Fiddle'

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The Texas Playboys are on the air. BOB WILLS: (Singing) Now, listen everybody from near and far, if you want to know who we are, we're the Texas Playboys from the Lone Star State.
syracuse.com

Hal Casey, a fiddler of many styles, leaves long list of successes

All eyes in the house that January 2008 night in the Hotel Syracuse’s Persian Terrace were focused on Elana James. The swing fiddle music star and leader of nationally prominent Hot Club of Cowtown ...
Tennessean

Western Swing is king for 86-year-old Nashville fiddler

Every Monday night, 86-year-old Gene “Pappy” Merritts can be found onstage at Robert’s Western World singing and playing fiddle for John England and the Western Swingers. The stage, under neon beer ...