Hey, John Dixon here; I cut my teeth in the Myrtle Beach market in the 80s at WTGR, KZQ and WYAK. People were always confusing me with Mixin'. We would always have a laugh over it on the many occasions I'd see him but it really drove me crazy. It would usually go like this; I'd say my name, mention I was in radio and they'd register recognition and say, "oh yeah, Mixin' Dixon, I know you!" My ego would sink like a stone...
I had a bit of a deja vu moment just this past summer, vacationing in Pawleys Island. Some of my cousins went out for a day on a boat at Wacca Wache with a local acquaintance. They came back saying their host exclaimed, yeah I remember your cousin. Tell Mixin' Dixon I said hi!". I felt that old roiling in the pit of my stomach and thought, Not again! lol