Tony Pickens

Fiddle and mandolin player from San Antonio, Texas. Born October 15, 1938 and died May 23, 2013. Pickens started playing fiddle at the age of 13 in his fathers band The Pecos Valley Playboys in Carlsbad, New Mexico. During his career, he played across New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and California, backing artists including Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Ferlin Husky, John Conlee, Ray Price, Shoji Tabuchi, Hank Thompson, Johnny Bush, Gary P. Nunn, Larry Butler, Johnny Lyon, Darrell McCall, Bobby Flores, Billy Mata, Dottsy, Frenchie Burke and Bubba Littrell. He settled in San Antonio in 1974.