Mojo Nixon had "maybe the best tour rider" ever
boingboing.net
Shortly after his death, Mojo Nixon’s tour rider (a “Very Reasonable Rider to Contract”) also began making the rounds again on the internet.

Excerpts quoted in the article:

Be Nice: (A) Elvis was always polite; (B) Have a good time; (C) Don’t beat up rowdy fans unless absolutely necessary.

Beer, Snacks, Beer, Dinner and Booze: (A) Snacks in dressing room for soundcheck. Cheese crackers or such; (B) One case of Budweiser on ice. More beer if we need it. Sometimes we do.

Dressing Room: (A) Big enough for four grown people at least; (B) Bathroom or three piss jars.

Loaders: (A) Just a couple of guys or gals to help carry stuff from van to stage and back again.

Edit: Pic from Twitter-

No fucking flute players!

  • Mister Neon
    14•7 months ago

    I met him once, a real fun dude. It makes me sad he isn’t missed more.

    He’s drinking with Jesus now.

    • Flying SquidOP
      5•7 months ago

      I am so jealous! He was awesome! I didn’t even ever get to see him live, sadly.

  • @paddirnEnglish
    8•7 months ago

    Damn, hadn’t even heard that he died, though it appears it was just a month ago (Feb. 7). I first found out about him through the game, Redneck Rampage (1997), he was on the soundtrack for it.

    • Flying SquidOP
      4•7 months ago

      Never played the game or heard the soundtrack, but I thought, “I bet The Reverend Horton Heat is also on it.” I looked up the soundtrack album and yep, track 3. Mojo is track 1.

  • @[email protected]English
    8•7 months ago

    For anyone that enjoyed this, Smoking Gun has been collecting contract riders like this for years. Most are the usual terms about dressing rooms, catering, and sound tech, but a few have very interesting and unusual details.

    Iggy Pop’s was especially amusing, and well worth your time.

    • Mister Neon
      2•7 months ago

      Is Big Top still around? I miss the clown bar.

      • Flying SquidOP
        3•7 months ago

        I kept driving by this place that I thought was a bar when I lived in L.A. called Jumbo’s Clown Room. Eventually I thought I had to stop and go into a place with a name like that. Sadly, it was a strip club (which I’m not into anyway) with a stripper looking as I imagine another stripper could not possibly have looked as bored as she was.

        • Mister Neon
          2•7 months ago

          We got to be talking about different places, Continental Club I went to and met Mojo was in Houston.

          • Flying SquidOP
            2•7 months ago

            Oh we definitely are. That name just reminded me of it.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•7 months ago

        Big Top Candy Shop is right across the street, but can’t say I know anything about a clown bar. And here I thought I was a true Austinite 😂

        • Mister Neon
          1•7 months ago

          Continental Club is in Houston.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•7 months ago

            Oh the original Continental Club is in Austin, been there since the 50s. The 2nd location in Houston location opened more recently. There’s a SXSW poster on the right, so I’m going to assume this was taken in Austin

  • Mbourgon everywhere
    6•7 months ago

    Saw them once, back in the 90s. Dude was amazing. Great show. “Is that all you got? They yelled louder than that at Baylor, and that’s a goddamm Christian school”. He’ll definitely be missed.

  • comador
    5•7 months ago

    I cannot unsee that naked body of his streaking from his studio during commercial break across the KGB hall and into the bathroom one day in the 90s lmao.

    He often did radio in the nude. Man was he a truly unique character.