WHO????

long live the seeds. RIP.

"pushin too hard" will always remain a classic.

Nels Cline on Sky Saxon:

http://larecord.com/news/2009/06/25/nels-cline-obituary-on-sky-saxon-my-first-rock-idol/

Last night at the Dinosaur Jr. concert Lou Barlow sang a few lines of "Pushing Too Hard" between songs. Obviously, I had no idea why he was referencing that song. The concert was great by the way.

Last night at the Dinosaur Jr. concert Lou Barlow sang a few lines of "Pushing Too Hard" between songs. Obviously, I had no idea why he was referencing that song. The concert was great by the way.

Wait, Love is touring? How is that possible?

I met Sky at the Knitting Factory about 6 years ago. He was a nice guy with a great spirit intact after many years.
The show that night was great. Jan Savage, the original lead guitarist of The Seeds, was in the band.
I was looking forward to seeing the show at BB King's in August with The Electric Prunes and Love (RIP Arthur Lee and Bryan MacLean).
Pushin' Too Hard was one of the greatest R&R singles of all time.
For that achievement alone, Sky should always remembered.

Where can I find the Michael Jackson RIP post?

I think Love is now Johnny Echols and Michael Stuart-Ware (the 2 surviving members from the "Forever Changes" version of the band) ably supported by Baby Lemondae, who backed Arthur during his phenomenal, but too brief, return.

Pushin' Too Hard is good, but the real classic is I Can't Seem to Make You Mine.

no mention of his stint w/ Ya Ho Wa 13?

hello i meet Sky Saxon in Austin Texas when he played the black Angelespsych fest in march 2009 weekend before sxsw at a club on 6th street in Austin he had young people coming up to him admiring him he had this strong magnetism of love went out to breakfast with and his wife Sabrina in his van to magnolia's restaurant on south congress he walked in smoking a joint a waiter said to sky its OK your in Austin Texas (i seen him before years for did not know who he was) i spent a week going to events with sky a movie premiere party at stubs, his gig with the band shapes have fangs that was his Austin back up band at the Spider house, austin music hall , Prez Hilton's sxsw party and at his apartmentmy last night in austin and the condo i rented on 4th street Sky i will always remember my time with you sky saxon

I have difficulty describing the influence Sky had on me. And will continue to have on me.

In the few years I knew him he taught me a lifetime worth of lessons. Sky taught me to never give up. Sky showed me the way of forgiveness and true love for my fellow beings of all sorts.
Sky taught me patience. With his help he taught me how to make a great album (Pisces Rising was produced by him over the phone!).

The musical legacy he left us will continue to enrich our lives and the lives of those yet unborn for ages to come!

Right now I just want to reflect on the loss of my friend and teacher...Perhaps at a later time I will get into more detail, but more than likely I won't.
So many people were always trying to ride his cosmic and very long coat tails.
For me just having him as a friend and being blessed with having worked with him for a brief time is enough...If Sky taught me anything it was that with my heart in the right place and my mind unpolluted, I don't need to be anybody's side man. I can shine on my own.

So in closing I would like to say thank you Sky. Thank you for seeing something in me that I did not. Thank you for your influence and helping to shape my music. Thank you for your friendship. Thank you for your love.

I love you and I will miss you my friend...

Jimmy Valentine

ROCKNROLL LEGEND SKY SAXON'S L.A. MEMORIAL WITH THE SEEDS' DARYL HOOPER & JAN SAVAGE, THE ELECTRIC PRUNES, STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, BILLY CORGAN, NELS CLINE 07/24/09 ECHOPLEX OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

-- For Immediate Release --

- Los Angeles, California -

Richard Marsh, otherwise known to the rocknroll world as SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON, will find tribute & love visualized at a memorial in his honour to be held Friday, July 24th 2009 at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, California. At 8pm the service gathering will commence with performances by friends THE SEEDS' DARYL HOOPER & JAN SAVAGE with other members of SEEDS line-ups with Sky, THE ELECTRIC PRUNES, STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK's GEORGE BUNNEL - RANDY SEOL - MARK WEITZ - GENE GUNNELS, BILLY CORGAN of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS & MARK TULIN of THE ELECTRIC PRUNES one-night-only as SPIRITS IN THE SKY, NELS CLINE of WILCO, solo set by Djin Aquarian of YaHoWha 13, solo set by MIKE RANDLE of BABY LEMONADE (ARTHUR LEE'S LOVE back-up band), the Simon Stokes Band, Sofizel, & very special guests. Attendees are encouraged to dress in flower children ware & bring flowers for the stage.

The Echoplex is located at:
1154 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 413-8200
http://www.attheecho.com/
The venue is 18 yrs & over

Advanced tickets available at Ticket Web

SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON of the psychedelic garage rock legends THE SEEDS passed away at 9:10am Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at St David's South Austin Hospital in Austin, Texas. Sky died of heart & kidney failure, due to an undiagnosed infection of his internal organs. He passed peacefully with his wife Sabrina Smith Saxon & his spiritual brother in YaHoWha Joshua Aquarian by his side. He died, in his words, at the age of "eternal".

SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON, fell ill as early as Thursday, June 18th in his new home in Austin. Despite feeling under the weather Saturday, he performed a short set of SEEDS classics at the local night club Antone's with his local collective WORLD SPIRITS, his favourite local Austin band SHAPES HAVE FANGS. After continuing illness, he was rushed to St David's South Austin Hospital Monday morning & was immediately placed in ICU. He remained in critical condition in ICU until his passing several days later. Sky & his wife Sabrina recently moved to Austin, following his exciting headlining performance at the Austin Psych Fest #2 in March. Several tours were scheduled, including the East Coast/Mid-West tour in August with the California Revue, with members of LOVE & THE ELECTRIC PRUNES. The tour will still continue despite his absence.

Sky had many projects in the works that will undoubtedly still be completed & released in the coming months if not years due to his wealth of creative material left behind. One of which is a documentary about his legendary band THE SEEDS to be released next year in 2010. The documentary chronicles the band's activities with exclusive interviews with all original members, & rare never-before-seen footage of the band live & in session. The project is spear-headed by Alec Palao of Ace Records U.K. (The Zombies' box set "Zombie Heaven") -

"Part of the impetus for the SEEDS documentary is to correct a lot of the misperceptions about the band," explains documentary-maker ALEC PALAO, "and to properly state their role and achievements, and celebrate their music for what it is. The band were way ahead of their time, which I realize more and more as I go thru the nuts and bolts of their recordings. Due to various circumstances beyond the band's control, the original integrity of what the band was doing got lumped in with the worst commercial hype of the psychedelic scene as it expanded. Ultimately it means that the hipsters and tastemakers got turned off by the hype, and those prejudices have remained with all the commentators and writers ever since. So THE DOORS remain hip and leaders and THE SEEDS are seen as commercial hippies, followers, or not even an authentic part of the initial movement, which of course is dead wrong. I'm doing my part to correct that!"

Learn more about SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON by visiting
these official sites:

http://www.skysaxon.com
http://www.myspace.com/theseeds

For inquiries, please contact:

Jennifer Marchand
Publicist :: Sky Sunlight Saxon
"Pushin' Too Hard" by THE SEEDS - Top 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Bleu French Laundry Rocknroll Promotions
Austin, Texas
bleufrenchlaundry@hotmail.com
http://www.skysaxon.com