Hammie Nixon (January 22, 1908 – August 17, 1984) was an American blues harmonica player.
Born Hammie Davis in Brownsville Tennessee in 1908 and orphaned as a young child but raised by foster parents. He was also known as Hammie Nickerson and began his career as a professional harmonical player in the 1920s, but also played the kazoo, guitar, and jug. He teamed up with mandolin player Yank Rachell and guitarist Sleepy John Estes. With Estes alone, their partnership lasted for over 50 years .
With Hammie blowing a jug as well as a harp, the trio performed as a jug band in Memphis and traveled round the Delta juke joints. Hammie helped to pioneer the use of the harmonica as an accompaniment instrument with a band. Hammie married the elder Estes daughter, Virginia, with whom he had a son named Johnny.
In the 30s they went to Chicago to record, and Hammie picked up some session work there especially on the records of Little Buddy Doyle, Lee Green, Clayton T. Driver, Charlie Pickett and Son Bonds. All three men relocated to Chicago as the record industry picked up and recording opportunities increased as the decade went on.
In the 40s, country Blues was falling from fashion as electric bands took over, and all three friends ended up playing for tips on Memphis street-corners again. In 1962, the Blues revival saw Sleepy John cut an album for Delmark, and Hammie went along to play his part, also appearing at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964.
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from Wikipedia, All About Blues Music, Stefan Wirz & Blind Dog Radio)
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1 You're So Fine 2:14
2 Yellow Yam Blues (Take 1) 3:26
3 Yellow Yam Blues (Take 4) 2:44
4 Untitled Instrumental 2:29
5 That's All Right 2:47
6 My Babe (Take 1) 3:14
7 Sugar Mama Blues 3:57
8 So Long Blues 1:24
9 She Keeps Me Worried And Bothered All The Time 3:01
10 Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me 1:56
11 Sweet Old Kokomo (Take 1) 1:59
12 Sweet Old Kokomo (Take 3) 2:59
13 Worried Life Blues 2:19
14 Meet Me In The Bottom 1:49
15 Somebody Done Changed That Little Lock On My Door (Take 3) 1:50
16 Somebody Done Changed That Little Lock On My Door (Take 4) 2:43
17 So Glad I'm Living (Take 1) 1:46
18 Trouble, Trouble Blues (Take 2) 3:53
19 Hammie Nixon's Boogie 4:08
20 61 Highway Blues 3:57
21 Viola Lee Blues 1:59
22 Feel So Bad 1:25
23 Ida Mae 3:50
24 I Can't Afford To Do It (Take 4) 3:34
25 Last Night 1:51
26 How Many More Years 1:58
27 Hammie Nixon Discusses His Music 3:30
This album is a tribute to Nixon, an often underrated artist whose released recordings were mostly made in studio and festival settings which failed to capture the natural ease of his talents. The material was recorded between 1972 and 1976 during informal sessions held at Hammie Nixon and Sleepy John Estes’ homes in Brownsville, with the exception of three tracks which were cut in Memphis at Furry Lewis and Memphis Piano Red’s homes.
Memphis Piano Red (tracks: 11;13), Sleepy John Estes (tracks: 2-10;12;14)
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1. It's A Good Place To Go 2:17
2. Bottle Up And Go 2:12
3. Kansas City Blues 4:14
4. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Oh, Baby) 4:06
5. Skinny Mama 2:56
6. Good Morning, School Girl 2:48
7. Sugar Mama Blues 3:13
8. Tappin' That Thing 3:39
9. The Judge, He Pleaded (Viola Lee Blues) 2:47
10. My Baby Left Town 4:00
11. Brownsville Blues (The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair) 3:47
12. You're Gonna Look Like A Monkey Man When You Get Old 2:07
13. Hammie's Windy Blues 2:49
14. Corrine, Corrina 5:20
15. Jesus On The Main Line 3:33
16. Holy Spirit, Don't Leave Me 2:25
Bass – Richard Hite (tracks: 3 to 5, 7, 10, 12, 16)
One-string Bass – William "Boogie Man" Hubbard (tracks: 8, 9)
Drums – Tom "Jazzbo" Janzen (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
Guitar – David Evans (tracks: 1 to 12, 14 to 16), John Hunninen (tracks: 1, 2),
Richard Hite (tracks: 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 to 16)
Harmonica – Hammie Nixon (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9, 11, 13 to 16)
Jug – Richard Hite (tracks: 6)
Kazoo – Hammie Nixon (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 to 14)
Piano – William "Boogie Man" Hubbard (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 10)
Vocals – David Evans (tracks: 3, 15, 16), Hammie Nixon (tracks: 1 to 12, 14 to 16)
Vocals, Guitar – Levester "Big Lucky" Carter (tracks: 3)
Recorded The University of Memphis Recording Studio, June 8, 1982 (tracks 1, 2), January 12, 1984 (tracks 4, 7, 10), and January 13, 1984 (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16)
Recorded Harris Auditorium, University of Memphis, October 29, 1982 (track 13)
Recorded Old Chapel Hall, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee, February 17, 1983 (tracks 14, 15)