Johnny has been entertaining audiences around the world for over six decades. His infectious enthusiasm for performing has been his trademark all his career.
Join the fellowship and music, music, music with Johnny and some favorite players as they host the annual JOHNNY GIMBLE'S SWING WEEK SIX 2007,
A CAMP FOR MUSICIANS, SEPTEMBER 18-23, TAOS, NEW MEXICO
Find out more: www.johnnygimble.com
"You could just feel the magic. I don't know what it is. I don't know if music ever did you
that way. But I thought if somebody gets that big a kick out of my playing, maybe
it's something that's worthwhile to do. The money, the awards, that junk's nice.
But the magic, that's what keeps you playing.
That's what never wears off."
-Johnny Gimble
"Owed to Johnny Gimble"
There was a fiddler named Gimble
Whose fingers were nimble
To play all the licks and the trills.
He could play Darling Nelly
Or Stephan Grapelli
Or tunes that were old as the hills.He smiled as he played
Some old serenade
And the music came up from his soul.
You could hear the stars falling
And the whippoorwill calling
Whenever he picked up his bow.
And the shuffling and sliding
Of ghost dancers gliding
On kitchen floors long ago.
-Garrison Keillor
"A Prairie Home Companion"
