Benny Thomasson

Benny Thomasson (April 22, 1909 – January 1984) was an American fiddler in the Texas style of fiddling.

Thomasson was born in Winters, Texas, and raised in Gatesville, one of 10 children in a family where music was not only encouraged, it was a key ingredient of life. His parents were Lewis Alexander and Sarah Elizabeth Wright Thomasson. The elder Thomasson played fiddle, as did his brother Ed, Be… More