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R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:13 pm
by dmbrocker
He's hanging out with Elvis and Debbie Gibson's two-headed lovechild in the afterlife now. At least our Mojo is still alive:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/mo ... r-BB1hWOL6
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:33 pm
by Dyslexicheart
Oh no, not Mojo! Saw him a few times, and back in the old days with Skid Roper. Always a fun show! RIP
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:54 pm
by pieceofme
For a worrying split second thought it was our mojo and one of those damn prisoners had finally got to him.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:58 pm
by dmbrocker
pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:54 pm
For a worrying split second thought it was our mojo and one of those damn prisoners had finally got to him.
Yeah, the last sentence of my post was meant to clear up any confusion that the title might have caused.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:19 pm
by Turner Coates
Don Henley wins.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:25 pm
by gtshark1
Only know him as a DJ on Outlaw Country. Didn't listen much to his show/banter but his call of "Outlaaaaaaw Country!" before each song was unique.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:37 pm
by LAglamrocker
Yea was definitely wrong Mojo
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:49 pm
by Traxan
I love the album he made with Jello Biafra.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:59 am
by Wednesday 13 Fan
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:33 am
by Bono Nettencourt
I wonder if he'll comment.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:51 am
by Gibsonite
https://bestclassicbands.com/mojo-nixon ... ey-8-2-15/
During a visit to Austin, TX to lend his support to a local environmental issue, Don Henley showed he has a sense of humor about himself and those who may mock him.
It all began with a number on roots rock singer-songwriter Mojo Nixon‘s 1990 album, Otis, that is titled “Don Henley Must Die.” It begins with the lines: “He’s a tortured artist/Used to be in the Eagles/Now he whines/Like a wounded beagle/Poet of despair!/Pumped up with hot air!/He’s serious, pretentious/And I just don’t care.”
It turned out that on August 2, 1992*, Nixon was also in the capital of Texas, performing on his 35th birthday with his band the Toadliquors at The Hole in the Wall, a small music club just across the street from the University of Texas campus. Much to his surprise, Henley showed up and jumped onstage, joining in on the chorus: “Don Henley must die, don’t let him get back together with Glenn Frey!”
As Nixon, a longtime host on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel, later recalled, “So I said, ‘Whaddya want? You wanna fight? You wanna debate?’ And he said, ‘I want to sing the song, especially the part about not getting together with Glenn Frey.'” He did, and the crowd went wild. “To quote my drummer, he must’ve had balls bigger than church bells to do that.”
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:04 am
by Danzig in the Dark
If your cemetery ain't got Mojo Nixon, then it could use some fixin'.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:00 pm
by Bono Nettencourt
Gibsonite wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:51 am
https://bestclassicbands.com/mojo-nixon ... ey-8-2-15/
During a visit to Austin, TX to lend his support to a local environmental issue, Don Henley showed he has a sense of humor about himself and those who may mock him.
It all began with a number on roots rock singer-songwriter Mojo Nixon‘s 1990 album, Otis, that is titled “Don Henley Must Die.” It begins with the lines: “He’s a tortured artist/Used to be in the Eagles/Now he whines/Like a wounded beagle/Poet of despair!/Pumped up with hot air!/He’s serious, pretentious/And I just don’t care.”
It turned out that on August 2, 1992*, Nixon was also in the capital of Texas, performing on his 35th birthday with his band the Toadliquors at The Hole in the Wall, a small music club just across the street from the University of Texas campus. Much to his surprise, Henley showed up and jumped onstage, joining in on the chorus: “Don Henley must die, don’t let him get back together with Glenn Frey!”
As Nixon, a longtime host on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel, later recalled, “So I said, ‘Whaddya want? You wanna fight? You wanna debate?’ And he said, ‘I want to sing the song, especially the part about not getting together with Glenn Frey.'” He did, and the crowd went wild. “To quote my drummer, he must’ve had balls bigger than church bells to do that.”
I meant now.
Re: R.I.P. Mojo Nixon
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:22 pm
by exitflagger
R.I.P. to one of the last of the true rock and roll wild men.
