American country / bluegrass fiddler, born: 10/21/1916 Died: 10/5/1972.

In the late 30s, Tommy Magness was a member of Roy Hall's Blue Ridge Entertainer, to whom he returned for a short time after joining Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys through the early 40s. He spent several years with Roy Acuff in the late 40s, then formed a group called the Tennessee Buddies which featured Don Reno and Red Smiley.