Mojo Nixon died while hosting the Outlaw Country Cruise in February 2024. His family said he left this earth "after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners ..."

He was 66, enjoying himself until the end.

Nixon (birth name Neill Kirby McMillan Jr.) believed that you could make fun of anything as long as the joke was funny and you accepted the consequences.

Known for songs such as "I Hate Banks" and "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My 2-Headed Love Child," he recorded six albums with partner Skid Roper before going solo in 1989.

"Bo Day Shuss!!!" — Nixon and Roper's third album — includes "Elvis is Everywhere," Nixon's best-known song. It was recorded in 1987 and became an MTV hit. In the chapters, you'll see a photo of the album, available on Amazon Music.

Go here to watch Nixon and Roper's "Elvis is Everywhere" video, and make sure to read the comments. Here's one of them: "Sorry to see you go, Mojo. Hope you and Elvis are having a few good laughs in Great Beyond. R.I.P."

The artwork accompanying this episode is the cover of Nixon's solo album "Whereabouts Unknown," released in 1995.

This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, has written about the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.

Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.

This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.