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Mandolin Special: Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore, Jethro Burns, Eldon Shamblin

These seem to vanish as soon as they're posted, but here's a series of clips from a 1981 Austin City Limits episode featuring three virtuoso mandolinists, playing blues and swing: The line up, from left to right, front to back: Johnny Gimble - mandolin and fiddle Tiny Moore - mandolin...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 15, 2017 12:38 PM

Johnny Gimble, RIP

Legendary fiddler Johnny Gimble died today at the age of 88. Gimble was hired by Bob Wills for the Texas Playboys in 1949. After a few years on the road, he retired to barbering and playing music on the weekends. But in 1968 he moved to Nashville and made...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 9, 2015 4:46 PM

Cherokee Maiden (not 1/32, the real deal)

Here's Merle Haggard, singing lead and doing his best imitation of Bob Wills' hollers, with three Texas Playboys: Johnny Gimble playing fiddle, Tiny Moore (next to Merle, holding a fiddle) and Eldon Shamblin (playing his Stratocaster) singing harmony. Let's send this one out to Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren in Massachusetts. Tiny...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 31, 2012 12:32 AM