Jodi Nix
"The Fiddle Man"
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Jody Nix, a well
established artist in the great State of Texas gives Glory and
Thanks to God for the talent, and the ability to use it to play
music that he dearly loves. A true Traditional Country Music and
Western Swing artist, he has been in the business 50 years. He
has played dances and
Jody Nix does shows all
over Texas and parts of the southwest. He leads one of the
finest dance bands in Texas, they fill the floor on every song.
Jody "grew up" in music, started playing drums in
his Father Hoyle Nix's band at age 8 in 1960 playing 5 nights a
week all over West Texas. Jody started playing the fiddle at age
11, started singing at age 16, recorded with Bob Wills at age 21
on the 1973 "Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys For The Last Time"
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In 2008 Jody and the Texas Cowboys represented the
state of Texas at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in
Washington DC, and also played at the Kennedy Center For
Performing Arts. If you listen to XM Radio you will hear Jody
and the Texas Cowboys on Willie's Place XM 13 where they are in
heavy rotation. This has brought attention world wide for the
band.
In 1996 Jody was inducted into the Western
Swing Society Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California. In May of
2009, Jody and the Texas Cowboys were inducted into the Texas
Western Swing Hall Of Fame in San Marcos, Texas. Jody has worked
with Bob Wills, Ray Price, Marty Robbins, George Strait, Moe
Bandy, Red Steagall, Asleep At The Wheel, Johnny Bush, Frenchie
Burke, Tony Booth....and many many others. The band works
100-115 dates a year, and consists of Jody Nix- Bandleader,
fiddle and vocals, Robert Weeks- fiddle and vocals- Dixie
Hankins-drums- Junior Knight- Steel Guitar- Brandy Weeks- Bass.
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