Country/Rockabilly Musician.
Country Singer Hoyle Nix Dies
BIG SPRING (AP) — Hoyle Nix, best-known for his band, The West Texas Cowboys, and for writing the hit country music song "Big Balls In Cowtown," died Wednesday at his home after a brief illness. He was 67. Nix, who was influenced by the music of Bob Wills, and The West Texas Cowboys were familiar faces at the annual Bob Wills Day celebration in Turkey. He played at the Howard County Rodeo and the Odessa Rodeo every year for the past several years. He appeared with such stars as Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Charlie Walker, Billy Joe Spears, Ernest Tubb, Barbara Fairchilds, Marty Robbins and Tommy Duncan. In 1975, he received the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1984, he was inducted into the Nebraska Cowboy Hall of Fame in Hastings, Neb, and in 1985 was inducted into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame. He played country and western music for 39 years. He was born in Azle, Texas, and moved to Howard County in 1919. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the East 4th Street Baptist Church in Big Spring. Burial will follow in the Mount Olive Memorial Park. Survivors Include his wife, Joy Nix, a brother and four children.
The Victoria Advocate; August 23, 1985
(submitted by Sam Hampton, Jr)
Country Singer Hoyle Nix Dies
BIG SPRING (AP) — Hoyle Nix, best-known for his band, The West Texas Cowboys, and for writing the hit country music song "Big Balls In Cowtown," died Wednesday at his home after a brief illness. He was 67. Nix, who was influenced by the music of Bob Wills, and The West Texas Cowboys were familiar faces at the annual Bob Wills Day celebration in Turkey. He played at the Howard County Rodeo and the Odessa Rodeo every year for the past several years. He appeared with such stars as Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Charlie Walker, Billy Joe Spears, Ernest Tubb, Barbara Fairchilds, Marty Robbins and Tommy Duncan. In 1975, he received the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1984, he was inducted into the Nebraska Cowboy Hall of Fame in Hastings, Neb, and in 1985 was inducted into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame. He played country and western music for 39 years. He was born in Azle, Texas, and moved to Howard County in 1919. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the East 4th Street Baptist Church in Big Spring. Burial will follow in the Mount Olive Memorial Park. Survivors Include his wife, Joy Nix, a brother and four children.
The Victoria Advocate; August 23, 1985
(submitted by Sam Hampton, Jr)
Country/Rockabilly Musician.
Country Singer Hoyle Nix Dies
BIG SPRING (AP) — Hoyle Nix, best-known for his band, The West Texas Cowboys, and for writing the hit country music song "Big Balls In Cowtown," died Wednesday at his home after a brief illness. He was 67. Nix, who was influenced by the music of Bob Wills, and The West Texas Cowboys were familiar faces at the annual Bob Wills Day celebration in Turkey. He played at the Howard County Rodeo and the Odessa Rodeo every year for the past several years. He appeared with such stars as Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Charlie Walker, Billy Joe Spears, Ernest Tubb, Barbara Fairchilds, Marty Robbins and Tommy Duncan. In 1975, he received the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1984, he was inducted into the Nebraska Cowboy Hall of Fame in Hastings, Neb, and in 1985 was inducted into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame. He played country and western music for 39 years. He was born in Azle, Texas, and moved to Howard County in 1919. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the East 4th Street Baptist Church in Big Spring. Burial will follow in the Mount Olive Memorial Park. Survivors Include his wife, Joy Nix, a brother and four children.
The Victoria Advocate; August 23, 1985
(submitted by Sam Hampton, Jr)
Country Singer Hoyle Nix Dies
BIG SPRING (AP) — Hoyle Nix, best-known for his band, The West Texas Cowboys, and for writing the hit country music song "Big Balls In Cowtown," died Wednesday at his home after a brief illness. He was 67. Nix, who was influenced by the music of Bob Wills, and The West Texas Cowboys were familiar faces at the annual Bob Wills Day celebration in Turkey. He played at the Howard County Rodeo and the Odessa Rodeo every year for the past several years. He appeared with such stars as Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Charlie Walker, Billy Joe Spears, Ernest Tubb, Barbara Fairchilds, Marty Robbins and Tommy Duncan. In 1975, he received the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1984, he was inducted into the Nebraska Cowboy Hall of Fame in Hastings, Neb, and in 1985 was inducted into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame. He played country and western music for 39 years. He was born in Azle, Texas, and moved to Howard County in 1919. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the East 4th Street Baptist Church in Big Spring. Burial will follow in the Mount Olive Memorial Park. Survivors Include his wife, Joy Nix, a brother and four children.
The Victoria Advocate; August 23, 1985
(submitted by Sam Hampton, Jr)
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