I had a stroke in December of '99, and it affected my left side - my fingering side. Johnny Gimble affectdecemberfinger Change image and share on social
I grew up listening to the Light Crust Doughboys on WBAP. Johnny Gimble crustdoughboygrow Change image and share on social
I keep a fiddle hooked up in the music - we've got a music room - and try to pick it up. Johnny Gimble fiddlehavehook Change image and share on social
I tell my audiences today that I served 10 years in Nashville! That's a joke, of course; I was grateful for the work. Bob Ferguson, who produced Connie Smith, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, started calling me in. Johnny Gimble audiencebobcall share on social
When the doctors showed me an X-ray of my brain, they pointed to a black hole on the upper left side and told me that all memory from that spot was dead. I thought to myself that I hoped that's where I kept 'The Orange Blossom Special.' Johnny Gimble blackblossombrain share on social
When I was 15, I was working for a radio band in Shreveport. Cliff Bruner, the hottest Texas fiddler of them all, was on the same package shows, playing for Jimmie Davis. Johnny Gimble bandbrunercliff Change image and share on social
I go stay a week in these little towns that don't have an art outlet and... go to the schools and play some of the old Texas music, sort of 'go through the Texas country roots' is what they call it. Johnny Gimble artcallcountry Change image and share on social
To join Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys was like throwing a baseball around in your front yard and somebody coming over and signing you to play for the New York Yankees. Johnny Gimble baseballbobcome Change image and share on social
I still play the fiddle every day. I'm afraid if I don't, it won't know who I am. Johnny Gimble afraiddayfiddle Change image and share on social
