I'm very saddened and sorry to report on this crazy day of losing Farah Fawcett and then Michael Jackson, but "Black Thursday" was not through yet:
AUSTIN, Texas — Sky Saxon, lead singer and founder of the 1960s band "The Seeds" has died after a brief illness, his publicist said. Born Richard Marsh, Saxon had recently moved to Austin. He played with his new band just last Saturday and went to the hospital on Monday. Publicist Jen Marchand said he died Thursday but did not know a cause of death and could not immediately provide more information.
The Seeds were best known for their singles "Pushin' Too Hard", "Mr. Farmer" and "Can't Seem to Make You Mine." Saxon had been planning to perform this summer with the California '66 Revue, a tour featuring a lineup of California bands from the 1960s.
From an Austin Texas website: "Newly minted Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon of garage rock legends the Seeds was hospitalized Monday at. St. David’s, according to a statement from his publicist. Saxon, is in critical condition in the ICU. Doctors suspect an infection of the internal organs; further tests are pending.
Saxon fell ill last Thursday, but performed at Saturday at Antone's.
Sky's wife Sabrina Saxon encourages fans and friends worldwide to send cards and balloons of encouragement, love and support to Sky at his room in the ICU. (No flowers.)
His wife Sabrina was giving frequent Facebook updates on Sky's infection. Her last few entry's were:
"Anybody out there? blood pressure dropping .... please prayers now .... everybody seeing this please ... miracles can happen .... let's make it happen ... love light circle .... encircling sky with white love light .... YaHoWha!!!!!"
Then three hours later she wrote:
"Sky has passed over and YaHoWha is waiting for him at the gate. He will soon be home with his Father. I'm so sorry I couldn't keep him here with us. More later. I'm sorry."
4 comments:
Wow, that happened so quickly! I guess maybe sometimes if it's time, it's time...
He will definitely be missed and will keep on inspiring, that's for sure!!
...a moment of silence
I actually spoke to Sky back in 1985 during the garage punk revival days.
And when is 'The Mothers In Law' coming out on DVD?
Hey Larry - Great to hear from you!
I wish I would have met Sky back in the mid-80's. He was truly my main inspiration to sing in garage bands. What were the circumstances when you met him? I was lucky enough to meet him as well as Jan Savage when the 'Seeds' played in Hoboken back in 2003? What a great show. I got Sky to autograph one of my Seeds CD's and he just scribbled jibberish all over it with a silver paint pen!
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