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Leader,
fiddler et chanteur Western Swing US né le 22 Mars 1918 à Hazel (Texas). Hoyle
Nix a enregistré chez Talent, Star Talent, Queen, Caprock, Bo-Kay, Winston,
Stampede et Oil Patch Records. Il est décédé le 21 Août 1985 à Big Spring (Texas).
Hoyle Nix,
West Texas fiddler, bandleader, and exponent of the
Bob Wills sound, was born to Jonah
Lafayette Nix and Myrtle May (Brooks) Nix on March 22, 1918, in Azel, Texas. The
family moved to Big Spring when Hoyle was one year old. His father was a fiddler
and his mother a guitarist, and the couple often performed together at community
gatherings. Nix was six years old when he learned his first fiddle tune. In
addition to his parents' influence, the music of
Bob Wills was also very important to his
style. According to Nix, Wills was the
finest fiddler he ever heard.
Nix and his brother Ben formed the West Texas Cowboys in 1946 and patterned the
band after Wills's Texas Playboys. In
1954 the Nix brothers built a small dance hall on the Snyder highway just
outside of Big Spring and named it the Stampede. Nix had already established a
dance circuit in the area and was making regular appearances in other towns,
including Abilene, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo. The West Texas
Cowboys cut their first recordings in 1949 for the Dallas-based Star Talent
label. The initial Star Talent release, Nix's "Big Ball's in Cowtown," a folk-derived
rewrite, proved to be an enduring standard. He continued to record for small
Texas record companies—Queen, Caprock, Bo-Kay, and Winston—in the 1950s and
early 1960s. In 1968 Nix started his own label, Stampede, named after the dance
hall.
During the late 1950s, the West Texas Cowboys grew to its largest size with nine
members. The band at this time included former Texas Playboys Eldon Shamblin,
Millard Kelso, and Louis Tierney. Nix had first shared a stage with
Bob Wills in 1952 in Colorado City,
Texas, and their two bands soon began touring together, splitting the playing
time at each dance. After Wills
disbanded the Texas Playboys in the early 1960s, he continued to appear with Nix
on a fairly regular basis until his first stroke in 1969. The respect that
Wills had for Nix was evidenced when he
invited Nix and his son Jody to participate in what turned out to be
Wills's final recording session, For the
Last Time, in 1973.
Nix's last recordings were made in 1977 and released on Oil Patch. He was
inducted into the Nebraska Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984, the Colorado
Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985, the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame in
1991, and the Western Swing Hall of Fame in 1991. He died after a short illness
on August 21, 1985, in Big Spring, Texas.
Nix married five times and had four children, Larry (1940), Jody (1952), Hoylene
(1957), and Robin (1959). Larry joined his father's band in 1957 and played bass.
When Jody signed on in 1960 as drummer and fiddler, the two siblings became the
rhythm section of the West Texas Cowboys, a position they held for the next
twenty-five years. Jody Nix took over leadership of the band as his father
wanted, and with the younger Nix carrying on the show, Texans were assured of
dancing to the music of a Nix fiddle well into the twenty-first century.
Talents : Leader, Fiddler, Vocals
Style musical : Western Swing
BLUE FLAME
(1950)
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Invitation
(1955)
Real Rockin’ Daddy
(1955)
Big Balls In
Cowtown (1959)
Ida Red
(1959)
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Singles
1949 | 78 t. & SP TALENT 709 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - I’m All Alone / A Big Balls In Cowtown |
1949 | 78 t. & SP STAR TALENT 750 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Darling Why Are You So Mean To Me / Comin’ Down The Pecos |
1950 | 78 t. & SP STAR TALENT 755 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - You’re Throwing Life Away / Hoyle’s Fox Trot |
1950 | 78 t. & SP STAR TALENT 763 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - May You Never Break A Heart Like Mine / River Bottom |
1950 | 78 t. & SP STAR TALENT 772 (US) |
Hoyle
Nix & His West Texas Cowboys -
Life Is Blinded Through These Tears /
Blue Flame
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06/1955 | 78 t. & SP QUEEN Q-147 (US) |
Hoyle
Nix & His West Texas Cowboys -
Invitation
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09/1955 | 78 t. & SP QUEEN Q-148 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Choose The Want You Want / San Antonio Rose |
09/1955 | 78 t. & SP QUEEN Q-149 (US) | Hoyle
Nix & His West Texas Cowboys -
Real Rockin’ Daddy
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09/1955 | 78 t. & SP QUEEN Q-149 (US) |
Real Rockin' Daddy
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07/1956 | 78 t. & SP QUEEN Q-157 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Texas Girl / Little Betty Brown |
1958 | SP CAPROCK 45-103 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - My Wasted Love / Kelly Waltz |
09/1958 | SP CAPROCK 45-105 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - My Mary / Coming Down From Denver |
03/1959 | SP CAPROCK 45-109 (US) | Hoyle
Nix & His West Texas Cowboys
- Summit Ridge Drive (instr.) /
Big Balls In
Cowtown
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1959 | SP BO-KAY K-107 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - The Kind Of Love I Can’t Forget / The Lady In Red |
1959 | SP BO-KAY K-108 (US) | Hoyle
Nix & His West Texas Cowboys
- Ida Red
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1960 | SP BO-KAY K-110 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Please Don’t Bother Me / I Don’t Lov’a Nobody |
06/1961 | SP WINSTON 1057-45 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Sugar In The Coffee / My Love Song To You |
10/1961 | SP WINSTON 1059-45 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Corn Flower Waltz / She’s Really Gone |
1968 | SP STAMPEDE 1001 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - War Eagle / I’m All Alone |
1968 | SP STAMPEDE 1002 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Texas Drummer Boy / The Keys In The Mail Box |
1968 | SP STAMPEDE 1003 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Cotton-Eyed Joe / The Picture On The Wall |
1968 | SP STAMPEDE 1004 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Cowboy Limited / Great Big Tater In The Sandy Land |
1977 | SP Oil Patch 2001 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Big Balls In Cowtown / Lilly Dale |
1977 | SP Oil Patch 2002 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Hoppin‘ Lucy / My First Love Afir |
1977 | SP Oil Patch 2003 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Grayeagle / Storm Within My Heart |
1977 | SP Oil Patch 2004 (US) |
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - Sally Johnson / Lost Along The Way |
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Albums
1977 | LP 12" Oil Patch LP 75-80 (US) |
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Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys - San Antonio Rose / Stampede Blues / Gray Eagle / My First Love Affair / Oklahoma Hills / Billy In The Low Ground / Storm In My Heart / Hopping Lucy / Lilly Dale / Lady In Red / Down In Mexico / Lost Along The Way |
06/2014 | CD BACM CD D 453 (UK) |
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Hoyle Nix And His West Texas Cowboys - I’m All Alone / A Big Ball’s In Cowtown / Darling Why Are You So Mean To Me / Comin’ Down The Pecos (instr.) / You’re Throwing Life Away / Hoyle’s Fox Trot (instr.) / May You Never Break A Heart Like You Broke Mine / River Bottom (instr.) / Life Is Blinded Through These Tears / Blue Flame (instr.) / Invitation / Medley (instr.) / Choose The One You Want / San Antonio Rose (instr.) / Real Rockin’ Daddy / Another You / Texas Girl / Little Betty Brown (instr.) / My Wasted Love / Kelly Waltz (instr.) / My Mary / Coming Down From Denver (instr.) / Big Balls In Cowtown (second version) / Summit Ridge Drive (instr.) / The Kind Of Love I Can’t Forget / The Lady In Red (instr.) / Ida Red / La Goldrina Waltz (instr.) |
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