Benny Thomasson

*22-04-1909 Runnels County, TX, +01-1984

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS 

1965 [various sessions] unknown – Bartow Riley [-1], Vernon Solomon [-2], Benny Thomason  [-3] (Bartow Riley [fiddle-1], Vernon Solomon [fiddle-2], Benny Thomason  [fiddle-3], Lewis Thomasson [fiddle-7], Pete Osborne [gt-4], Mike Solomon [gt-5], Rickie Solomon [piano-6], E.J. Hopkins [gt-8], Chuck Gows [gt-9], Allan Thomasson [gt-10], Dale Thomasson [el bass-11]

001 ACE OF SPADES -3-4 County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 SALLY JOHNSON -2,5,6 County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 GREY EAGLE -1-4 County 703 CO-CD-2742

002 RAGTIME ANNIE  -3-4 CO-CD-2742

000 BEAUMONT RAG – 2-5-6 County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 STRAW BONNET -7 CO-CD-2742

000 SALLY GOODIN -1-4 County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG -1-4 County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 RED APPLE RAG -2-5-6 CO-CD-2742

003 LADY'S FANCY -3-4  County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 WAKE UP THE NEIGHBORS -7 CO-CD-2742

004 IRISH MEDLEY REEL  -3  CO-CD-2742

005 HOT FOOT -3,8,9 CO-CD-2742

006 KILLIE MCKRANKIE -3-8-9 CO-CD-2742

007 SCOLDING WIFE -3-8-9 CO-CD-2742

000 STAR WALTZ -7-10  CO-CD-2742

008 BRILLIANCE -3-8-9-11  CO-CD-2742

000 GATESVILLE -7-10 CO-CD-2742

000 WAYNESBORO REEL -1-4 County 703 CO-CD-2742

000 CAPE GIRADEAU -7-4 CO-CD-2742

000 SUNNYSIDE -1-4 County 703 CO-CD-2742

009 FORTY YEARS AGO WALTZ -3  CO-CD-2742

000 SOPPING THE GRAVY -2-5-6 County 703 CO-CD-2742

010 GOLDEN EAGLE HORNPIPE  -3  CO-CD-2742

011 BONAPARTE'S RETREAT -3-4 County 703 CO-CD-2737

000 CRIPPLE CREEK -1 or -2 County 703

012 LAUGHING BOY -3-4 County 703 CO-CD-2737

013 BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND -3-4 County 703 CO-CD-2737

ca. 1969 unknown – Benny Thomasson (Benny Thomasson [fiddle], ? [gt])

014 DRY AND DUSTY (BUSH IN THE SHUCKS)  County 724 CO-CD-2737                                                   

015 BLACK AND WHITE RAG  County 724                                               

016 TOM AND JERRY  County 724 CO-CD-2737                                                    

017 DRY AND DUSTY  County 724                                                     

018 BUMBLEBEE IN THE GOURDVINE   County 724  CO-CD-2737                                      

019 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN   County 724 CO-CD-2737                                     

020 MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER    County 724  CO-CD-2737                                         

021 NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE    County 724                                           

022 JACK OF DIAMONDS   County 724  CO-CD-2737                                               

023 DRUNKARD'S HICCUPS   County 724    CO-CD-2737                                           

024 BLACK AND WHITE RAG    County 724  CO-CD-2737                                            

025 TUG BOAT     County 724 CO-CD-2737                                                      

026 DUSTY MILLER   County 724 CO-CD-2737                                                    

027 LOST INDIAN  County 724 CO-CD-2737

028 HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS CO-CD-2737  

029 CATTLE IN THE CANE BREAK CO-CD-2737

030 FORKED DEER CO-CD-2737     

031 BITTER CREEK CO-CD-2737

032 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM CO-CD-2737

033 LIME ROCK CO-CD-2737                                             

June 1972 [live] National Oldtime Fiddle Contest, Weiser, ID – Benny Thomasson and Jerry Thomasson (Benny Thomasson [fiddle], Jerry Thomasson [tenor gt], Dale Thomasson [Six-string Gt])

CRIPPLE CREEK  Voyager VRLP 309  

SALT RIVER  Voyager VRLP 309

APPLE BLOSSOM  Voyager VRLP 309

LIVERPOOL HORNPIPE  Voyager VRLP 309

PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE  Voyager VRLP 309

SALLY JOHNSON  Voyager VRLP 309

DRAGGIN' THE BOW  Voyager VRLP 309

LEATHER BRITCHES  Voyager VRLP 309

WAGGONER  Voyager VRLP 309

BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND  Voyager VRLP 309  

DON'T LET THE DEAL GO DOWN  Voyager VRLP 309

THAT'S A-PLENTY  Voyager VRLP 309

KANSAS CITY KITTY  Voyager VRLP 309

JACK OF DIAMONDS  Voyager VRLP 309

GREY EAGLE  Voyager VRLP 309

SOPPIN' THE GRAVY  Voyager VRLP 309

COTTON PATCH RAG  Voyager VRLP 309

HOTFOOT  Voyager VRLP 309

DURANG'S HORNPIPE  Voyager VRLP 309

TWINKLE LITTLE STAR  Voyager VRLP 309  

3 March 1974 [informal recordings] unknown – Benny Thomasson [not all tracks from this session]

BUSH IN THE SHUCKS  Voyager VRCD 345

FORTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA  Voyager VRCD 345

STEELEY'S RAG  Voyager VRCD 345

GARFIELD MARCH  Voyager VRCD 345

POLK COUNTY BREAKDOWN  Voyager VRCD 345

CUCKOO'S NEST  Voyager VRCD 345

LOST INDIAN  Voyager VRCD 345

OLD APPLE BLOSSOM  Voyager VRCD 345

RED APPLE RAG  Voyager VRCD 345

SCOLDING WIFE  Voyager VRCD 345

KANAWHA MARCH  Voyager VRCD 345

SALLY GOODIN  Voyager VRCD 345

BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND  Voyager VRCD 345

DIXIE  Voyager VRCD 345

SCOTCH NUMBER 2  Voyager VRCD 345

LAUGHING BOY  Voyager VRCD 345

DARKIE'S DREAM  Voyager VRCD 345

WILD JOHN  Voyager VRCD 345

ROSE WALTZ  Voyager VRCD 345

RAGTIME ANNIE  Voyager VRCD 345

DUSTY MILLER  Voyager VRCD 345

SHUCKING THE BUSH  Voyager VRCD 345

TUGBOAT  Voyager VRCD 345

TOM AND JERRY  Voyager VRCD 345

BONNIE KATE  Voyager VRCD 345

MOTHER'S REEL  Voyager VRCD 345

MIDNITE ON THE WATER  Voyager VRCD 345

OLD BELL COW  Voyager VRCD 345

HERMANS RAG  Voyager VRCD 345

IRISH MEDLEY  Voyager VRCD 345

LIME ROCK  Voyager VRCD 345

SAY OLD MAN  Voyager VRCD 345

there is much more live and informal recordings from 1970s in Voyager files, partly issued on various compilations

ALBUMS

County 703 Texas Hoedown: Billy In The Low Ground; Sally Johnson; Ace Of Spades; Bonaparte's Retreat; Sally Goodin; Cripple Creek; Sunnyside; Beaumont Rag; Grey Eagle; Black Mountain Rag; Waynesboro Reel; Laughing Boy; Sopping The Gravy; Lady's Fancy – 65 Bartow Riley, Vernon Solomon, Benny Thomason

County 724 Country Fiddling From The Big State: Dry and Dusty; Bumblebee In The Gourdvine; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Midnight On The Water; Nigger In The Woodpile; Jack Of Diamonds; Drunkard's Hiccups; Black and White Rag; Tug Boat; Dusty Miller; Lost Indian; Tom and Jerry – 70

Voyager VRLP 309 A Jam Session with Benny and Jerry Thomasson:  Cripple Creek;  Salt River; Apple Blossom; Liverpool Hornpipe; Paddy on the Turnpike; Sally Johnson; Draggin' the Bow; Leather Britches; Waggoner; Billy in the Lowground;  Don't Let the Deal Go Down; That's A-Plenty; Kansas City Kitty; Jack of Diamonds; Grey Eagle; Soppin' the Gravy; Cotton Patch Rag; Hotfoot; Durang's Hornpipe; Twinkle Little Star – 73 w. Jerry Thomasson

OMAC 1 Texas Jam Session Featuring Four World Champion Fiddlers: Billy In The Low Ground; Black And White Rag; Blackberry Blossom; Summertime; Dusty Miller; Cotton Patch Rag; Wayfaring Stranger; Sally Johnson; Sweet Georgia Brown; Here, There And Everywhere; Ain't Misbehavin'; Beaumont Rag; Sally Goodin'; I'm Sorry; Tom And Jerry  - 76 Benny Thomasson, Texas Shorty, Terry Morris, Mark O'connor

Voyager VRCD-345 Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle: Bush In The Shucks; Forteen Days In Georgia; Steeley's Rag; Garfield March; Polk County Breakdown; Cuckoo's Nest; Lost Indian; Old Apple Blossom; Red Apple Rag; Scolding Wife; Kanawha March; Sally Goodin; Billy In The Lowground; Dixie; Scotch Number 2; Laughing Boy; Darkie's Dream; Wild John; Rose Waltz; Ragtime Annie; Dusty Miller; Shucking The Bush; Tugboat; Tom and Jerry; Bonnie Kate; Mother's Reel; Midnite On The Water; Old Bell Cow; Hermans Rag; Irish Medley; Lime Rock; Say Old Man - 99

County CO-CD-2737 Legendary Texas Fiddler: Dry And Dusty (Bush in the Shucks); Jack of Diamonds; Bumblee in the Gourdvine; Bonaparte's Retreat; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Hell Among the Yearlings;  Tom and Jerry;  Midnight on the Water;  Dusty Miller;  Billy in the Lowground;  Laughing Boy;  Cattle in the Canebreak;  Forked Dear; Drunkard's Hiccups; Tug Boat;  Black and White Rag;  Lost Indian;  Bitter Creek;  Blackberry Blossom;  Lime Rock – 05 (1966-69 recordings)

County CO-CD-2742 Texas Hoedown Revisited: Ace Of Spades;  Sally Johnson;  Grey Eagle; Ragtime Annie; Beaumont Rag; Straw Bonnet; Sally Goodin; Black Mountain Rag; Red Apple Rag; Lady's Fancy; Wake Up The Neighbors;  Irish Medley Reel;  Hot Foot;  Killie Mccrankie; Scolding Wife; Star Waltz; Brilliancy; Gatesville; Waynesboro Reel; Cape Giradeau; Sunnyside; Forty Years Ago Waltz;  Sopping The Gravy; Golden Eagle Hornpipe – 09 Bartow Riley, Vernon Solomon, Benny Thomason