Charlie Nixon
Musician
Best known for
Dobro
Charlie Nixon was the dobroist in Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass through the 1970s and a fixture of the Curly Seckler-led continuation that carried Flatt's sound past 1979 — a steady traditional-style player who appeared on the Porter Wagoner Show and Bean Blossom stages alongside the era's defining Nashville bluegrass voices.
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- Member of Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass through the 1970s, appearing on multiple Nashville Grass albums alongside Marty Stuart, Curly Seckler, Kenny Ingram, and Pete Corum.
- Featured on the album "Pickin' Time" and the 1976 release "A Living Legend."
- Performed with Flatt on the Porter Wagoner Show and at festivals such as Bean Blossom (June 1978).
- Reportedly played a Model 45 prewar Dobro.
- Is also said to have played with the McCormick Brothers bluegrass group earlier in his career.
- Stayed with the Nashville Grass under Curly Seckler's leadership after Flatt's 1979 death, helping carry on the band as Flatt had requested.
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Lester Flatt and the Nashville GrassPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass
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Lester FlattPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt
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Lester Flatt and Mac WisemanPlayed on recordings with Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman
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Marty StuartPlayed on recording with Marty Stuart
