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Steve Nixon

About Me

Steve Nixon skillfully combines soulful vocals with roots filled piano playing. Since moving to Chicago 6 years ago Steve has quickly become a powerful force in both the Chicago music scene and nationally.He has delighted audiences by the thousands while sharing the stage with artists such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Wyclef Jean, Taj Mahal, Bernard Allison, John Lee Hooker Jr., and Liquid Soul. His playing has recently been heard on the nationally syndicated NPR program "AllThings Considered" and Chicago's own WLUP "The Loop".Steve's other credits include performing with 2 time Grammy Award Winner Koko Taylor and other Grammy Nominated musicians such as Lonnie Brooks, Shemekia Copeland, and Tab Benoit. He's also actively performed with Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kenny Neal, Floyd Taylor, Jellybean Johnson (Morris Day and the Time & Janet Jackson), Jerry Porter (Buddy Guy) Frieda Lee, Neal Alger (Patricia Barber Quintet), and the international touring Chicago Children's Choir. In addition, he has done keyboard session work at RaxTrax, Super Buddha Studios, Moonlight Label, and Piper Toonz. Steve has performed over 700 performances in places such as Europe, South America, The Caribbean, Canada, all over the United States, and of course his home town Chicago. He is also a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.

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Member Since: 5/7/2006
Band Website: http://stevenixonmusic.net/
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Influences: Bruce Hornsby, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Chuck Leavell, Grateful Dead
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Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Elite Music Career Mentoring Program Now Accepting Students

Hello Friends, I am very pleased to announce I will now be accepting limited submissions to my new Elite Music Career Mentoring Program. Music Career mentoring is specialized training, coaching...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:11:00 GMT

Steve Nixon's Chicago Blues Piano Instructional DVD

I'm excited to announce that we've completed the final round of filming for my upcoming Chicago Blues Piano Instructional DVD.  Shooting the footage was a blast but I couldn't believe the amount of ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:34:00 GMT

Left Hand Like God and Piano Practice

I will be performing some classic virtuoso boogie woogie tunes on October's Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. I've been working on "Dive Bomber", "Boogie Woogie Stomp", and "Roll 'Em Pete". These p...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:01:00 GMT

Keyboard Magazine Interview

Well, the gig in Saul Paulo, Brazil was really successful. I was interviewed by Brazil's version of Keyboard magazine. It will be published in Brazil and Portugal in the January 2008 issue. Of cou...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:44:00 GMT

Life on the Road

"The road is a loverYou never recoverNot now or any time soon" - Bob LucasYou meet some many people while traveling. Especially in a touring band where your job is to engage people and to...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:46:00 GMT

20 something lament?

Back in junior when I imagined what I'd be doing now it consisted of something like this... I thought I'd be eating lots of ice cream, no veggies, and tons of rock n' roll on a daily basis....maybe ev...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:28:00 GMT