Thursday, June 25, 2009

Sky Saxon 1946-2009

In all the Farrah-Jacko mania you might have missed the passing of Sky Saxon of the Seeds. They made some great records-- Pushin' Too Hard, Can't Seem To Make You Mine, etc. In fact their first two LP's: The Seeds and Web Of Sound (GNP Crescendo) are great, as their fake live LP Raw & Alive and the collection of outtakes issued in '77: Fallin' Off The Edge Of The World. I know the Doors totally modeled themselves on the Seeds, but I'll forgive 'em. Sky Saxon 1946-2009, RIP.

8 comments:

Smokey LaBeef said...

i've just had to endure a day of Michael Jackson's greatest hits at my work. i think i would of preferred the seeds.

r.i.p. sky saxon

J.D. King said...

Holy cow! This is the first I've heard.

Oddly, yesterday doing the crossword in The Adirondack Express, 71 Across was:

"Pushin' Too Hard" band

Yeah, it raised my eyebrows, as did your post this a.m.

RIP, Sky Saxon!

boogiewoody said...

Like J.D. I have to say this is the first I've heard of the demise of Sky. Sad news. He had maybe two good tunes and recycled them shamelessly. But they were bloody great tunes. I've dug deep into my vinyl vault for my copy of "The Seeds" LP. "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" now boomin' out and freakin' the neighbours.

RIP you old nutter.

The Hound said...

" He had maybe two good tunes and recycled them shamelessly."

You can say the same thing about Elmore James or Big Joe Turner....

Howie Pyro said...

OR THE RAMONES OR ROCKABILLY OR EVERY AMAZING INSTRO 45 EVER MADE OR ANYTHING GOOD...i love the seeds...i mean it seems like they were saying flower power but it sounded like it as crawling up from a nasty sewer in hell...amazing. i got to hang out with him & his wife sabrina (who i heard the news from)...very sad...he had a weird life like if michael jackson was homeless & burnt on different drugs...the weirdest thing is that i was driving yesterday & i had the big oldies station here in LA on & they were havein a michael jackson memorial thingy & right in the middle of it did a sky saxon one & played pushin' too hard! just for three minutes i thought wow...maybe there is a god...saxon & jackson...who woulda thunk...

Fred G. Sanford said...

jeesuz !
there is really very little on the music blogs
on his demise (at least the few I looked at over the weekend).
A great man is gone.

John Funke said...

The Seeds were like a Mad magazine parody of rock'n'roll brought to life and I mean that as high praise. Two chord teeny bopper trash with plenty of snot and snarl from the heavy lidded, tambourine shaking Sky Saxon. Little Richie Marsh is now "a faded picture" and he will be missed. Thanks for a great blog, Mr. Hound.

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