Benny Thomasson

Fiddler from Texas. Born on a farm, April 22, 1909 at Winters, Texas, to a musical family: Lucas (known as "Red Luke") Luke Thomasson and Sarah Elizabeth Wright Thomasson, with five brothers and six sisters. He was the first to win the World’s Fiddlers' Festival at Crockett, Texas three consecutive years (1955, l956 and1957) in 1974 at the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest at Weiser, Idaho, Benny won First Place in the Open Division and First Place in the Senior Division. During the 50th Anniversary of the United States Library of Congress, he was invited to Washington to record his rendition: Fiddle Music of This Country, Since then, anyone visiting there may hear Texas fiddle tunes - "Benny Thomasson Style".