The world has changed a great deal since 1938. That was the year fiddle and mandolin player Johnny Gimble, at age 13, first appeared with his brothers on radio station KGBK in their hometown of Tyler, ...
In 1960, the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, called a six-year-old boy to the stage during a concert in Martha, Kentucky. He put the strap of his Gibson F-5 mandolin on the child’s shoulders, and ...
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 ...