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((Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Sky Saxon
| image               = Sky Saxon.jpg
| caption             = Saxon in Germany in March 1989
| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Richard Elvern Marsh
| alias               = Little Richie Marsh 
| birth_date          = ((birth date|1937|8|20))
| birth_place         = [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, U.S.
| death_date          = ((death date and age|2009|6|25|1937|8|20))
| death_place         = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.
| instrument          = Vocals, bass guitar, guitar
| genre               = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[garage rock]], [[acid rock]], [[proto-punk]]
| occupation          = Musician<br />singer-songwriter
| years_active        = 1962–2009
| label               = GNP Crescendo
| website             = [http://www.skysunlightsaxon.com]
))

'''Sky''' "'''Sunlight'''" '''Saxon''' (born '''Richard Elvern Marsh'''; August 20, 1937 – June 25, 2009) was an American [[rock and roll]] musician best known as the leader and singer of the 1960s Los Angeles [[Psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] [[garage rock]] band [[The Seeds]].<ref>[http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=96329&cat=2 "Sky Saxon, Seeds Singer and Bassist, Dies at 63"], Press release, ''TransWorld News'', June 25, 2009</ref>

==Early life==
Saxon was born Richard Elvern Marsh in [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, on August 20, 1937.<ref name="teleg">"[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/5689251/Sky-Saxon.html Sky Saxon]" (obit.), ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', June 29, 2009</ref> Different sources suggest a birth year of 1937,<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768355/bio|title=Sky Saxon|website=IMDb.com|access-date=September 6, 2020))</ref> 1945,<ref>((Cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/weekly-artist-overview-the-seeds/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708020504/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/weekly-artist-overview-the-seeds/|url-status=dead|title=The Seeds at blogcritics.org|archive-date=July 8, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2020))</ref> or 1946.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sky_saxon|title=Sky Saxon discography|website=RateYourMusic|access-date=September 6, 2020))</ref> His widow has said that his birthday was August 20, but would not confirm the year because he believed age was irrelevant. However, 1940 census records indicate he was born in Utah in 1937.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/arts/music/27saxon.html|title=Sky Saxon, Lead Singer and Bassist for the Seeds, Dies|first=Bruce|last=Weber|date=June 26, 2009|access-date=September 6, 2020|website=[[The New York Times]]))</ref> Saxon was raised in a [[Mormon]] household<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sky-saxon-singer-and-bassist-with-seminal-sixties-garage-band-the-seeds-1743548.html "Sky Saxon: Singer and bassist with seminal Sixties garage ...", ''Independent.co.uk'', Jul 13, 2009]</ref> on Salt Lake City's west side, spending much of his childhood in [[Glendale, Salt Lake City|Glendale]] and [[Rose Park, Salt Lake City|Rose Park]]. He later attended [[West High School (Utah)|West High School]].

==Career==
Saxon began his career performing doo-wop pop tunes in the early 1960s under the name Little Richie Marsh.<ref>Austin Powell, [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A754264 "Off the Record Music News"], ''The Austin Chronicle'', March 13, 2009, Retrieved June 18, 2009</ref> After changing his name to Sky Saxon, he formed the Electra-Fires in 1962 and then Sky Saxon & the Soul Rockers.<ref name="Strong">M. C. Strong (ed), ''The great rock discography'', Giunti, 1998, p.731</ref> Several of these early songs were collected on a 1983 album on [[AIP Records|AIP]] called ''New Fruit from Old Seeds / The Rare Sky Saxon, Volume One''.

In 1965, Saxon founded the psychedelic [[flower power]] band The Seeds with Jan Savage (guitar), Rick Andridge (drums), and Darryl Hooper (keyboards).<ref>Herbert Goldberg, [https://archive.today/20130105064206/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119699378/abstract "Contemporary Popular Music"], ''The Journal of Popular Culture'', Volume 4 Issue 3, 1970, Pages 579–589</ref> Hit songs for Saxon and the Seeds included "[[Can't Seem to Make You Mine]]", "[[Mr. Farmer]]", and "[[Pushin' Too Hard]]," which became a top 40 song and enduring rock anthem in 1967. Saxon's singing performance was dismissed by critic [[Lester Bangs]] as an American imitation of [[Mick Jagger]],<ref>Lester Bangs, "Protopunk: The Garage Bands", in Miller, Jim (Ed)  ''Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll'', Random House, New York, 1980</ref> while Michael Hicks considered it a more complicated synthesis of Jagger, [[Eddie Cochran]], and [[Buddy Holly]].<ref>Michael Hicks, ''Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions'', University of Illinois Press, 2000, p.9</ref> The music on the Seeds 1966 albums ''[[The Seeds (album)|The Seeds]]'' (GNP Crescendo 2023) and ''[[A Web of Sound]]'' (GNP Crescendo 2033) have been described as "weird psychotic blues highlighting Sky's demented, vocal sermonizing."<ref name="Strong"/>

A spinoff project, The Sky Saxon Blues Band, recorded one album, ''[[A Full Spoon of Seedy Blues]]'', (GNP Crescendo 2040) with members of Muddy Waters' band.((citation needed|date=December 2010))  At the same time, Saxon continued The Seeds, recording ''[[Future (The Seeds album)|Future]]'' (GNP Crescendo 2038) and ''[[Raw & Alive: The Seeds in Concert at Merlin's Music Box]]'' (GNP Crescendo 2043). Later, in 1977 producer Neil Norman compiled and released ''[[Fallin' Off the Edge]]'' (GNP Crescendo 2107). an album containing rare "B" sides and unissued material.<ref name="Strong"/>

"Pushin' Too Hard" was named one of [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]].

===After The Seeds===
In the 1970s, Saxon continued to work on the music scene, releasing a number of 45s and a few independently released LPs, often using the name Sky Sunlight Saxon, the New Seeds, or variations thereupon. His 1977 EP is particularly noteworthy.<ref name = "saxon">[[Patrick Lundborg]], [http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaSkySaxon.htm/ "The Lama Workshop"], 2009</ref>

In 1973, he became a member of the Source Family religious group, a [[Hollywood Hills]] commune led by [[Father Yod|YaHoWha (a restaurateur, whose real name was Jim Baker)]], who gave Saxon the names Sunlight and Arlick.<ref name=horror>((cite web|first=John |last=Wisniewski|url=http://www.horrorgarage.com/horror/interview-the-seeds.php|title=Mr. Seed|type=interview|website=Horrorgarage.com|access-date=June 18, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405162554/http://www.horrorgarage.com/horror/interview-the-seeds.php|archive-date=April 5, 2009))</ref><ref>Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian, [http://processmediainc.com/press/pdf/Source_Chapter9.pdf ''The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, YaHoWha 13, and The Source Family''] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706132733/http://processmediainc.com/press/pdf/Source_Chapter9.pdf |date=July 6, 2008 )), Process, October 2007, p.115 ((ISBN|978-0-9760822-9-3))</ref> Consequently, he became a [[vegetarian]].<ref name=horror/><ref>((cite news|access-date=September 7, 2018|title=March of the Flower Children|first=Austin |last=Powell|date=July 24, 2009|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2009-07-24/813634/|newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819211745/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2009-07-24/813634/|archive-date=August 19, 2014))</ref> In 1998, Saxon orchestrated the release of a 13-CD set of the psychedelic tribal music recorded by the commune's band [[Ya Ho Wha 13]] during the 1970s.<ref name="LA">Doug Harvey, [http://www.laweekly.com/2007-08-30/news/father-yod-knew-best/ "Father Yod Knew Best"], ''LA Weekly'', August 30, 2007, Retrieved June 18, 2009</ref>

In subsequent years, Saxon released a number of albums under various band names including The Starry Seeds Band, Sky Saxon & Firewall, The Hour, Wolf Pack, Fast Planet, Back to the Garden, King Arthur's Court, and Shapes Have Fangs.<ref name="Strong"/><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/music/|title=Events - Music - Sunday, September 6, 2020 - The Austin Chronicle|website=Austinchronicle.com|access-date=September 6, 2020))</ref> In late 1999 Saxon teamed up with his friend Djin Aquarian from the Ya Ho Wa 13 band on guitar, with drummer David Walas and bass player David Phillips. This led to an album released after the band stopped playing together called "This Band Was From Mt. Shasta". Additionally, Saxon had several times reformed The Seeds with different musician line-ups.

In 2008, Saxon and the Seeds collaborated on some new songs and recordings with [[Billy Corgan]] of the [[Smashing Pumpkins]].<ref>[http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/pages/news/2906 "Superchrist lives!"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301145202/http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/pages/news/2906 |date=March 1, 2012 )), smashingpumpkins.com, January 9, 2008, Retrieved June 18, 2009</ref> Saxon later appeared in the music video of the Smashing Pumpkins' song "[[Superchrist]]".<ref>[http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/pages/articles/16216 "2008 The people: Interview with Gingger Shankar"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301145205/http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/pages/articles/16216 |date=March 1, 2012 )), Smashingpumpkins.com, December 19, 2008, Retrieved June 18, 2009</ref> Sky Saxon's last performance and recording was done in [[Austin, Texas]].

==Death==
On June 25, 2009, at age 71, Saxon died unexpectedly in an Austin, Texas, hospital of [[heart failure|heart]] and [[renal failure]] due to a simple untreated infection that had spread throughout his organs.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/06/details-released-on-the-passing-of-the-seeds-sky-saxon-.html|title=Details released on the passing of the Seeds' Sky Saxon|website=Latimesblogs.latimes.com|date=June 26, 2009|access-date=September 6, 2020))</ref>  Saxon's death was overshadowed by the death of [[Farrah Fawcett]], which in turn was heavily overshadowed by the [[Death of Michael Jackson|death]] of [[Michael Jackson]], all on the same date.<ref>((cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/07/02/celebrity_deaths_a_three_part_tragedy/|title=Celebrity deaths: a three-part tragedy?|author=David Montgomery of the Washington Post|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=2009-07-02|accessdate=2022-01-04))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://archive.signalscv.com/archives/14823/|title=UPDATED: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Sky Saxon die|publisher=The Associated Press, as reported by The Santa Clarita Valley Signal|author1=Lynn Elber |author2=Jim Vertuno |date=2009-06-25|access-date=2020-05-09))</ref>

At the time of his death, he had been scheduled to commence a tour of the United States and Canada as part of the "California '66" tour, featuring reformed versions of [[The Seeds]], [[The Electric Prunes]], and [[Love (band)|Love]].<ref>Saxon was replaced by [[Jerry Miller]] of [[Moby Grape]], touring with his own band rather than with a Moby Grape configuration.  See Tara Hall, [http://www.livedaily.com/news/19651.html California '66 Revue adds Moby Grape's Jerry Miller] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720011058/http://www.livedaily.com/news/19651.html |date=July 20, 2009 )); www.livedaily.com, July 15, 2009.</ref>

On July 24, 2009, members of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], Love, and The Electric Prunes performed a tribute concert at the Echoplex in Los Angeles in Saxon's memory.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bigwheelmagazine.com/show_reviews/a-tribute-to-sky-saxon-at-the-echoplex-los-angeles-silverlake-ca-july-24-2009/ |title=A Tribute to Sky Saxon – at The Echoplex – Los Angeles / Silverlake, CA – July 24, 2009 |work=Big Wheel Magazine |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=2012-12-18))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.skysaxon.com – OFFICIAL WEBSITE – Tribute album details here, as well.]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/5689251/Sky-Saxon.html Sky Saxon] – Daily Telegraph obituary
* [http://www.megaministore.com/discography/seeds-sky-saxon.php Discography] – Complete illustrated Sky Saxon discography
* [http://www.yahowha.org family official website.] The Source Family Official Website

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