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    • May 30, 1926
    Fiddler Johnny Gimble is born in Tyler, Texas. Named Instrumentalist of the Year five times by the Country Music Association, his credits include work with Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Moe Bandy and George Strait. He earns a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
    May 26, 1970
    Johnny Gimble's fiddle is applied to George Hamilton IV's "Anyway" during a Nashville overdub session
    Sep 27, 1971
    Merle Haggard arranges a reunion of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys at Haggard's home in Bakersfield, California
    Apr 6, 1972
    Fiddler Johnny Gimble is added to Lynn Anderson's "Listen To A Country Song" during an overdub session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
    Jan 20, 1973
    Johnny Gimble overdubs fiddle on Merle Haggard's "The Emptiest Arms In The World" during the afternoon at Columbia Studio B in Nashville
    Feb 23, 1973
    A day after Jim Ed Brown recorded "Southern Loving," fiddler Johnny Gimble addresses the song in an overdub session at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    Nov 16, 1973
    Fiddlers Johnny Gimble and Grover "Shorty" Lavender join producer Pete Drake to work on David Rogers' "Loving You Has Changed My Life" in an overdub session at Pete's Place in Nashville
    Jan 17, 1974
    Steel player Pete Drake and fiddlers Johnny Gimble, Buddy Spicher and Shorty Lavender are overdubbed on Melba Montgomery's "No Charge" at Pete's Place in Nashville
    Jun 19, 1974
    Fiddlers Tommy Williams and Johnny Gimble provide additional parts for Charley Pride's "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" during an overdub session at the RCA Studios in Nashville
    Sep 17, 1974
    Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore, Mark Yeary and Roy Nichols return to Columbia Studio B for overdubs on Merle Haggard's "Kentucky Gambler"
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