Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2015 19:56:51 GMT
Most under-appreciated sideman?
On this day in 1984, Hammie Nixon died in his hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee at the age of 76. Born on January 22nd, 1908, Nixon began his career as a harmonica player, playing with jug bands in the 1920s. Although he also played kazoo, guitar, piano, washboard and jug, he helped pioneer the use of the harmonica as a rhythm instrument in a band setting. A partner of Sleepy John Estes for half a century, Nixon also recorded with artists such as Little Buddy Doyle, Son Bonds and dozens more.
