DON NIX, MEMPHIS MAN, TALKS BOB DYLAN, LEON RUSSELL'S MOM, & SHOOTOUT ON PLANTATION
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Location: Memphis, TN at Stax Museum
Artists: Don Nix
Producer and Interviewer: Teresa Knox
Edited By: Grassfire Creative
Stinger Music: Written and Recorded by Cade Roberts
Photo Credit: Ric Carter, Church Studio Archive, Don Nix
Artists and places:
Leon Russell
Elton John
Bob Dylan
Leon Helm
Donald Sutherland
Skyhill
Claudia Lennear
Asylum Choir
Hester Bridges
Donna Washburn
Shootout on the Plantation
Jimmy Markham
Kay Poorboy
Chuck Blackwell
Gary Sanders
Jimmy Karstein
Jesse Ed Davis
Bill Boatman
JJ Cale
Delaney Bramlett
Joey Cooper
Larry Bell
Mar-Keys
Speaking of Shootout on the Plantation mentioned by Don in this interview, check out Leon Russell performing this song in 1972. Written by Leon Russell. • SHOOTOUT ON THE PLANTA...
Don Nix Bio:
Don Nix was born September 27, 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee, and is a songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author of several genres of Southern rock and soul, R&B, and the blues. He was often associated with the "Memphis Soul" sound.
As a producer, Nix worked with other artists and producers, such as Leon Russell of Shelter Records; Gary Lewis and the Playboys in Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars; George Harrison, of the Beatles; and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. One notable achievement was his collaboration with Harrison, Russell, and many others in the production of the "Concert for Bangladesh", Nix agreed that he organized a backing chorus group for the benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in 1971.
Throughout his career, Nix worked behind the scenes as producer, arranger, and musician and in other roles for artists including Lonnie Mack, Furry Lewis, Freddie King, Albert King, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Eric Clapton, and many others. He wrote and produced albums for solo artists and for groups, such as Don Nix and the Alabama State Troupers, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, and Larry Raspberry and the Highsteppers.
Don Nix song, "Going Down", originally released by the band Moloch on their eponymous album in 1969, has become a rock-and-roll standard, having been covered by Freddie King, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple, JJ Cale, Marc Ford, Chicken Shack, Bryan Ferry, Pearl Jam, Gov't Mule, Sam Kinison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Sammy Hagar, Joe Bonamassa, Sturgill Simpson, and others. Nix released a version of the song as a single for Elektra Records in 1972. The song "Black Cat Moan" was covered on the 1973 album Beck, Bogert & Appice. The Rolling Stones performed "Goin' Down" with John Mayer and Gary Clark, Jr. live on Pay-Per-View television on December 15, 2012, as part of the Stones' 50th Anniversary Tour
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Don is a music gem for Memphis and the rest of the country! He had a heart for Leon Russell and is very loyal to all of his friends!
Heart Warming ❤️ memories 💖 KEEP ON TRUCKIN ✌️ To be privileged to hear all of these beautiful souls ✨️ jamming together is like nirvana ❤ BOOGIE ON TOGETHER IN HEAVEN 🥰😇💝💜💖💥
Read his book "Stories from the road ( and recipes)" last year. It was great and he surely did take a lot of pictures. Wishing you many more years Mr. Nix! Thank you!
We have it and love it!
I will! TY!
You and Donna did right by Leon Don! Bless Your Heart🌹🌅❣️
Great hearing those stories!
I watch the Homewood Session quite often... Great Piece Of Work
We watch those too. So good! Wish we had original copies of those tapes!!
I remember that show when it was first on PBS with Furry Lewis. Watched it many times since.
First saw Leon in 1970, last time in Macon GA on his last tour in a small theater and many times in between. Always great!
Miss him.
@@mikefannon6994 👍
Like a Painting. a poem. Thank you Mr. Nix, and all. It's a real gift.
Thanks for watching, Jamie.
@@TheChurchStudio I see y'all's notifications, and i'm giddy. You're most welcome.
@@jamietfranklin We like "giddy!" The world could use more of that!! Have a great weekend. :-)
Read Don's book recently. It is wonderful and he's a great author! So many of his stories had me laughing out loud. I really appreciate his interviews, including this one.
Thanks for sharing your stories and your heart Don. Peace to you. I enjoyed it a bunch.
Super interesting recollections of the Shelter Records scene. I can only imagine these Southern Gentlemen must have had quite a cohort of musicians that made history. Cale really survived that scene and brought Karstein into his bands going forward. Leon Russell was the musical pied piper bringing Tulsa’s influences to the mainstream. Much like Levon Helm, the fusion of blues, country and soul mixed with rock ‘ n roll was a hybrid that made perfect sense. They were reflecting what was essentially in the air. No one style dominated, it just morphed into a feel that was timeless.
Great interview, nice to hear all those stories. Thanks!
Our pleasure!
This was, again, a wonderful interview to see, but it made me sad at the end. 😥
Yes, he misses all of his friends. He has so many stories and loves to share them, but they often end with sadness since so many of the artists have left us. :-(
I'm 54 years old and, Don you and a few others have blessed everyday of of it !! Thank you !!
Could listen to these stories all day!
Thank You Don for sharing !!!
Your to dam modest freaking genius Don
Don is very humble!
If all Don Nix had ever done was write "Going Down", he'd be a legend.
Going Back To Iuka...perfection.
Leon Russell, Don Nix, and Delaney Bramlett... shaped Southern music. Don mentioned Donna Washburn... she played with Gene Clark and Doug Dillard, Donna was/is the heir to the 7-UP soda pop. "Living By The Days"-Don Nix is a must have, it has stood up since the early 70's... great blues with Furry Lewis narrating. His sidemen, on this album, is a great amalgamation of Muscle Shoals, a little of Leon due to the Shelter Singers sang background on a handful of songs, and Stax with Donald "Duck" Dunn.
God Bless You Mate.❤️🙏🏼
Background music/noise is an unwelcome distraction.
Junior Markham disputes Nix's telling of the Shootout story. Nix wasn't there. Whitlock has yet another version and he wasn't there either. Sanders did fire the gun, but there are no holes in the drum, and Junior says he wasn't drunk either.
Thanks for sharing your account of things. A conga player in Tulsa owns the drums as Jimmy gave them to him before he passed away. We'd like to see them to verify if the hole is there! Stay tuned.
Bobby whitllock too
What does straight brother mean?
He meant that he was more conservative/ "straight-laced", not like his rock star brother, Leon. :-)
Also, Leon recorded his song "Straight Brother" on the Asylum Choir album.
@@yahoogirl8772 OH yes, of course!! Thank you!
@@TheChurchStudio Straight Brother is so good.
meaning, not a rock and roller--a 'straight' guy who worked in a bank or something.