Blog: Houstoned Rocks

Photo by John Anderson/ Austin Chronicle Benny Thurman in 2004 Benny Thurman, the original bass player for the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, passed away last month. Thurman, 65, died June 22 after two and a half weeks in the intensive-care unit of Austin's Seton Hospital with an undisclosed illness, according to a report on Austin '60s blog The Rag . A classically trained violinist [...]