Billy Contreras
Musician · Franklin, Tennessee
Best known for
Fiddle
Billy Contreras is a Nashville fiddler and violinist equally at home in country, western swing and jazz, and a member of Ricky Skaggs’s Kentucky Thunder since 2021.
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- Born in St. Joseph, Michigan; moved with his family to Franklin, Tennessee, at five.
- Studied from age eight with Nashville session violinist Buddy Spicher, who taught him western swing and jazz standards; later studied with Jim Wood and with classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
- Won his age division at the National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest in Weiser, Idaho, at twelve.
- Has performed or recorded with George Jones, Doc Severinsen, Hank Thompson, Crystal Gayle, Victor Wooten and Béla Fleck, and has taught jazz violin at Belmont University.
