Hammie Nixon
About the artist
Hammie Nixon (January 22, 1908 – August 17, 1984) was an American harmonica player. Born Hammie Nickerson in Brownsville, Tennessee, he began his music career with jug bands in the 1920s and is best known as a country blues harmonica player, but also played the kazoo, guitar and jug. He played with guitarist Sleepy John Estes for half a century, first recording with Estes in 1929 for the Victor Records label. He also recorded with Little Buddy Doyle, Lee Green, Clayton T. Driver, Charlie Pickett and Son Bonds.
Top songs
- Drop Down Mama
- Bottle Up And Go
- Hammie's Windy Blues
- Viola Lee Blues
- The Judge, He Pleaded (Viola Lee Blues)
- Corinna, Corinna
- Skinny Mama
- Kansas City Blues
- Corrine, Corrina
- It's A Good Place To Go
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- You're Gonna Look Like a Monkey When You Get Old
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Down South Blues
- New York City Blues
- Soon One Morning
- Tappin' That Thing
- Louise Blues
- Holy Spirit, Don't Leave Me
- Good Morning, School Girl
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Oh, Baby)
- Brownsville Blues
- My Baby Left Town
- You're So Fine
- Brownsville Blues (The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair)
- Trouble Trouble
- Jesus On The Main Line
- Love Grows In Your Heart
- Nix's Boogie
- Someday Baby
- Sweet Old Kokomo
- You Know I Don't Want No Woman
- My Babe
- Bottle Up And Go 2
- Sugar Mama
- Trouble Trouble Blues
- She Keeps Me Worried and Bothered All the Time
- But Someday Baby
- So Long
- Somebody Done Changed That Little Lock on My Door
- Weary Worried Blues
- Soon One Mornin'
- T'aint Nobody's Business
- Corrina, Corrina
- 61 Highway Blues
- Yeller Yams
- Ida Mae
- Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me (feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- So Long Blues (feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- Trouble Trouble - 1934
- Yellow Yam Blues (Take 1) [feat. Sleepy John Estes]
- Sugar Mama Blues (feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- Feel so Bad
- Untitled Instrumental (feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- Yeller Yams No. 2
- You're Gonna Look Like A Monkely When You Get Old
- Yellow Yam Blues (Take 4) [feat. Sleepy John Estes]
- Soon, One Morning
- How Many More Years
- Hammie Nixon's Boogie
- She Keeps Me Worried and Bothered All the Time (feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- That's All Right (feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Oh Baby)
- Worried Life Blues (feat. Memphis Piano Red)
- Somebody Done Changed That Little Lock On My Door (Take 4)
- Meet Me In The Bottom (Feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- So Glad I'm Living (Take 1)
- Yeller Yams (N.2)
- Last Night
- Trouble Blues
- My Babe (Take 1) [feat. Sleepy John Estes]
- Hammie Nixon Discusses His Music
- Somebody Done Changed That Little Lock On My Door (Take 3)
- Sweet Old Kokomo (Take 1) [feat. Memphis Piano Red]
- Vernita Blues
- Stop That Thing
- Driving Duck Blues
- I Can't Afford to Do It (Take 4)
- Trouble, Trouble Blues (Take 2)
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Brownsville Blues (That Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair)
- You're Gonna Look Like A Monkey Man When You Get Old
- Mountain Cat Blues
- Sweet Old Kokomo (No. 2)
- Good Morning School Girl
- Your Best Friend's Gone
- The Judge He Pleaded (Viola Lee Blues)
- Yeller Yams (No. 2)
- Sweet Old Kokomo (Take 3) [feat. Sleepy John Estes]
- The Fudge, He Pleaded (Viola Lee Blues)
- Holy Spirit Don't Leave Me
- I'd Been Well Warned
- My Babe (Take 1) (Feat. Sleepy John Estes)
- Sweet Old Kokomo No. 2
- Jesus on the Mainline
- Hammie Nixon (voix,harmonica,kazoo,guitare) - Tennessee BLUES vol.2 - 03
- Hammie Nixon (voix,harmonica,kazoo,guitare) - Tennessee BLUES vol.2 - 01
- Hammie Nixon (voix,harmonica,kazoo,guitare) - Tennessee BLUES vol.2 - 06
- Yeller Yams (No.2)
- Hammie Nixon (voix,harmonica,kazoo,guitare) - Tennessee BLUES vol.2 - 10
- Hammie Nixon (voix,harmonica,kazoo,guitare) - Tennessee BLUES vol.2 - 08
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