Strawberry Nixon® began in 2002 as the acoustic duo of Mark and Brandon Swift playing shows around the south. In July of 2003, the two teamed up with Mike Mink and Aaron Strickland who added the final touches to turn Strawberry Nixon into a full band. The four of them, along with their audio engineer Omar Soosani, traveled all over the Southeastern United States playing over 300 hundred shows, spreading their music and good-times lifestyle to everyone they met.