RIP: Mojo Nixon
Feb. 7th, 2024 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneThe band upstairs gains a truly outrageous vocalist and writer extraordinaire, and we lose an icon. Mojo passed today at the age of 66. The statement from his family does a great encapsulation of the core of Mojo:
“August 2, 1957 — February 7, 2024 Mojo Nixon. How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels + on fire…,” his family shared in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners + a good breakfast with bandmates and friends.
“A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right… & that’s just how he did it, Mojo has left the building,” his family’s statement continued. “Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back. Heaven help us all.”
He is perhaps best known for two songs in particular: Don Henley Must Die, and his first big hit alluded to in the above paragraph, Elvis Is Everywhere. Don Henley's known for being kinda thin-skinned and performed the song with Mojo live!
I have one album by Mojo at the moment: Horny Holidays. And it is wonderful. It includes a cover of Santa Clause Go Straight To The Ghetto among lots of other good stuff. I'm definitely going to acquire some more, he was a heck of a rocker.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, he said “I don’t want to be taken seriously. I’m a cult artist.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mojo-nixon-dead-obituary-1234964257/
“August 2, 1957 — February 7, 2024 Mojo Nixon. How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels + on fire…,” his family shared in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners + a good breakfast with bandmates and friends.
“A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right… & that’s just how he did it, Mojo has left the building,” his family’s statement continued. “Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back. Heaven help us all.”
He is perhaps best known for two songs in particular: Don Henley Must Die, and his first big hit alluded to in the above paragraph, Elvis Is Everywhere. Don Henley's known for being kinda thin-skinned and performed the song with Mojo live!
I have one album by Mojo at the moment: Horny Holidays. And it is wonderful. It includes a cover of Santa Clause Go Straight To The Ghetto among lots of other good stuff. I'm definitely going to acquire some more, he was a heck of a rocker.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, he said “I don’t want to be taken seriously. I’m a cult artist.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mojo-nixon-dead-obituary-1234964257/
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Date: 2024-02-08 05:41 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-02-09 08:47 am (UTC)It sounds like his family accepted his death in stride as part of his life.
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2024-02-12 09:58 pm (UTC)He was a hard rockin' man with a pretty outrageous sense of humor. I'll post a couple of videos if I get an opportunity, I've got a busy couple of days facing me.