He briefly toured with his half-brother, Duck Dunn, playing roots funk in select Southern U.S. states.
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Nix began his career playing saxophone for The Mar-Keys, which also featured Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and others.
"That's why Duck Dunn's bass lines are very unique", Cropper said, "They're not locked into somebody's schoolbook somewhere".
I'll have Duck Dunn, for sure, and the crazy guy who played with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells on the Delmark records.what was his name?
In 1969, Duck Dunn and Booker T. Jones, in particular, had become enamored with The Beatles, especially their work on Abbey Road.
Duck Dunn - bass guitar (disc 1 tracks 3, 13, 14)
The band included Albert Lee, Booker T. Jones, Duck Dunn, Steve Douglas and Prairie Prince amongst others.
Duck Dunn - bass guitar (disc 1 tracks 3, 17 and disc 5 track 10)
Duck Dunn - bass guitar (track 3)
Duck Dunn - bass, vocal on "Differently"