Sky Saxon 1946-2009
A little bit buried, for obvious reasons, is the sad news of Sky Saxon's death. His band The Seeds, were legendary - for their haircuts as much as their music. Mr Farmer had a regular slot on the playlist at Texas Fever, the first indie club I remember going to in Glasgow, and a number of the young men in attendance rocked that Sky Saxon look. I've noticed the odd young fella in similar garb lately. It's hard not to notice a giant bowl cut and some very tight trousers really.
More Seeds videos on YouTube:
- The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine
- The Seeds - Pushing Too Hard - a crazy clip of them performing on "The Mothers-In-Law" (whatever that is)
Comments
Sad news indeed! They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Posted by: Forever Foxed | June 26, 2009 10:52 PM
Oh, such very sad news.
By a strange turn of events he ended up coming to my birthday party a handful of years back. He took control of the record player, put the most recent Seeds album on repeat(Red Planet, I believe), and sang along to it for the rest of the night. It was the best dance party ever.
Posted by: renee | June 28, 2009 08:36 AM
What a great story, and a fine memory to have of your birthday.
Posted by: Anne | June 28, 2009 11:15 PM
Everybody's just up and dying lately. Sucks.
Posted by: Jannie Funster | June 30, 2009 08:17 PM
Thanks for covering this, Anne! I love those old Seeds records dearly and was very sad to hear of Sky's passing. None of the Stones, Beatles or Small Faces had a thing on ol' Sky: he was the coolest cat on the block!
Posted by: Dave Knapik | July 7, 2009 10:56 AM