Rufus Thibodeaux (January 5, 1934, Ridge, Louisiana – August 12, 2005, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American Cajun music fiddler.
He played in local dance halls at 13, and joined Julius Lamperez's Cajun band in 1949.
Alongside his time with Newman, Thibodeaux played in the studios behind Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Jim Reeves, Slim Harpo, Carol Channing, Neil Young, and many others.
In 1989, he contributed Cajun fiddle parts to the song, "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" from the Isadar album Dream Of The Dead.
[1] Rufus Thibodeaux is mentioned in a very popular French song of Michel Fugain, "Les Acadiens".