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| From | Jennifer Leduc <jenleduc@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Sky Saxon of The Seeds |
| Date | Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:55:48 -0500 |
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I never saw any of Sky's recent performances in Austin but I know the guys who have been his backing band here, Shapes Have Fangs, so my heart definitely goes out to them right now.
Here is the official press release that was made available :
SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON of the psychedelic garage rock legends THE SEEDS
passed away this morning at 9:10am, 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 & spiritual
brother in YaHoWha Joshua Aquarian by his side. He died, in Sky's
words, at the age of "eternal".
SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON fell ill as early as last Thursday in his new home
of Austin, Texas. Despite feeling under the weather Saturday, he
performed a short set of SEEDS classics at the local legendary night
club Antone's with his local collective WORLD SPIRITS, his favorite
Austin band SHAPES HAVE FANGS. 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 '66 Revue,
with members of LOVE & THE ELECTRIC PRUNES. The tour will still
continue despite his absence.
Arrangements are being made for a local tribute & a memorial
gathering. Sabrina Saxon will be making a pilgrimage to the Hawaiian
Islands in the coming months to spread her husband's ashes. Please look
for further announcements on how fans worldwide may honor Sky's memory
in lieu of flowers. Fans & friends are encouraged to leave memories
& visual tokens of love & memoriam at these
following websites:
http://www.skysaxon.com
http://www.myspace.com/theseeds
http://www.facebook.com/SabrinaSaxon
Sky had many projects in the works that will undoubtedly still be
completed & released in the coming months. 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!" http://www.acerecords.co.uk
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