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The Nix Dicksons http://www.myspace.com/thenixdicksons or radio3.cbc.ca/bands/The-Nix-Dicksons are a Calgary based folk/ rock/ pop band including Tanner Holthe, Robert Wikstrom, Kenton the Man, Dylan 'S' Keating.

The Nix Dicksons didn’t grow up in the suburbs. Their dads’ weren’t accountants and their moms didn’t drive SUV’s. The Nix Dicksons grew up in small towns, catching tadpoles and climbing trees in places where boys could be boys. They grew up with firm morals and a blue collar work ethic. If Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn listened to the Pixies and the Beach Boys they would have grown up to be a lot like the Nix Dicksons.

 People dig the Nix Dicksons. They were an official selection of the 2010 NXNE Festival. They are currently being spun by CBC Radio 1, 2 and 3. They received a rave review from Vancouver’s Discorder Magazine regarding their second album, The Giraffe EP.  They’ve been spun all over in places like Austin, Texas on a show called This Great White North, charted for weeks straight on Calgary's CJSW and Hamilton's CIOI Top 50 Countdown's.  They keep getting emails from this nice DJ in Mexico City who tells them to come down and play some shows.

 The Nix Dicksons are the most entertaining live band around. They throw space shows with rocket ships and cardboard planet cut-outs. They have video montages of 80’s cartoons which project on the back of the stage. They have balloons galore and bubbles and party hats for people who stand in the front row. They have sing-a-longs and dance offs and they welcome anyone and everyone to come join the show.

It is 100% true that in January 2009 guitarist Rob Wikstrom passed out, got diagnosed with a brain tumor, took a few months off, underwent a successful surgery and got right back on stage...because you can’t keep a good man down.