Mojo Nixon, Over & Out
• Fans around the world are mourning the passing of renegade rocker and colorful SiriusXM personality Mojo Nixon, who died Wednesday, Feb. 7 of what his family described as “a cardiac event” while aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, an annual seagoing Country music excursion where he served as co-host and a regular performer. Nixon was 66 years old.
Born Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr. in Danville, VA on August 2, 1957, he adopted the “Mojo Nixon” moniker as his rock star persona, teaming up with musician Skid Roper to release six albums between 1985-90, highlighted by Nixon’s 1987 cult classic hit, “Elvis Is Everywhere.”
In the late ’90s, Nixon began a second career as a radio personality, working for stations in San Diego and Cincinnati before joining SiriusXM in 2005, lending his unique talents to Outlaw Country, NASCAR Radio and Raw Comedy.
To pay tribute to their fallen colleague, Outlaw Country (Ch. 62) will air a “Maximum Mojosity Special” on Friday, Feb. 9 from 4-8pm ET — Mojo’s regular time slot. The “best-of” special features appearances by Jessi Colter, Chuck Mead, Logan Ledger, Bobby Rush, Jesse Dayton, Norman Greenbaum, Brennen Leigh, Summer Dean, The Shootouts, Boy Golden Jesse Lee Jones, Emily Ann Jones, and Sarah Gayle Meech. The special will be replayed on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 2-6pm ET and Sunday, Feb. 11 from 6-10pm ET. Additionally, on Sunday from 12-2pm ET, listen to Mojo Nixon’s Music City Mayhem from Robert’s Western World in Nashville.
A documentary about Nixon, The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon, debuted at the 2022 SXSW film festival. In true Mojo Nixon style, the documentary’s Facebook page posted this perfect statement: “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… 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. Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back. Heaven help us all.”
