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WACO, Texas (KWTX) - McLennan County District Clerk Jon Gimble announced Tuesday he is a candidate for the District 22 Texas Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Brian Birdwell. Gimble, 48, has ...

Born in Tyler, Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble (1926-2015) lived in Dallas in the 50s and was a regular on the radio show The Big D Jamboree. supplied / CMH Records “The message in our kind of music is ...

His two-step is maybe more of a two-and-a-half step these days, but his quips are still ready and his fiddle work as sweet as ever - not bad at all for 82 years, which is what Texas fiddler Johnny ...

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 ...

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 ...