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Jody Nix
Jody Nix born 1952 is a well established artist in the State of Texas. Jody began playing the fiddle at age 11, started singing with Bob Wills at age 21. He is a Traditional Country Music and Western Swing artist, he has been playing for over 50 years. He has played dances, shows, performed for presidents, performed with Bob Wills and has been inducted in the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame. Jody has worked with Bob Wills, Ray Price, Marty Robbins, George Strait, Moe Bandy, Red Steagall, Asleep At The Wheel, Johnny Bush, Frenchie Burke, Tony Booth and many others.

Jody "grew up" in music, started playing drums in his Father Hoyle Nix's band at age 8 he was playing five nights a week all over West Texas with his father. In 1973 he performed on the album  "Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys For The Last Time" as a guest artist singing three songs. Jody has 9 albums of his own and was a guest artist on both of Asleep At The Wheel's Tribute to Bob Wills albums. Jody and his band played for President George H. W. Bush the Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball in 1989 in Washington DC. Jody has played the Bob Wills Day Celebration in Turkey, Texas for 35 years and he played the TCR rodeo dances in Stamford, Texas for 21 years, the Big Spring Cowboy Reunion And Rodeo for 21 years, has been a part of all the Western Swing Festivals in Canton, Texarkana, Snyder and Wichita Falls for over 22 years, and also the Boys Ranch Ball in San Angelo for 15 years, the Western Heritage Classic Ranch Rodeo in Abilene for 15 years. Jody was also a guest artist with Asleep At The Wheel in the original play of "A Ride With Bob" in 2005. In 1996 Jody was inducted into the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California.

In 2008 Jody and the Texas Cowboys represented the state of Texas at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC, and also played at the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Jody has also played for the PRCA Convention at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and the Cowboy Ball at the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Co. He is a favorite in Branson, Missouri at Silver Dollar City and has performed there for 8 years and at Willie's Place in Carl's Corner, Texas and the Lincoln Co. Cowboy Symposium and the Lincoln Co. Cowboy Christmas Ball In Ruidoso, New Mexico.

In May of 2009, Jody and the Texas Cowboys were inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall Of Fame in San Marcos, Texas.

Willie's Place XM 13 often plays Jody and the Texas Cowboys and had brought world wide attention to the band.

The band works 100-115 dates a year, and consists of Jody Nix- Bandleader, fiddle and vocals, Robert Weeks- fiddle and vocals- Dixie Hankins-drums- Junior Knight- Steel Guitar- Brandy Weeks- Bass.