ROCKNROLL LEGEND SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON'S MEMORIAL SCOOT INN 07/05 AUSTIN, TX OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
-- For Immediate Release --
- Austin, Texas -
Richard Marsh otherwise known to the rocknroll world as SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON will find tribute & love visualized at a memorial in his honour to be held Sunday, July 5th, 2009 at the Scoot Inn in East Austin, Texas. The service gathering will begin at 6pm sharp, with a personal invitation by Sky's surviving wife Sabrina Saxon for guests with dogs to bring their pets to the service. Beyond being a tireless creator of music, Sky was a sincere lover of animals, most especially dogs. In honor of his love for dogs, guests are free to bring their pets, on leashes only please. Memorials are also being held in Los Angeles, Northern California, & a private family gathering in Sky's home state of Utah.
In lieu of flowers at this time, friends & fans of Sky are asked to help give Sky wings to fly. His wife Sabrina Saxon will be making a pilgrimage in the coming months to the Hawaiian Islands to spread her husband's ashes in the tradition of YaHoWha Father Yod & the Source Family who have been honored. So we ask in lieu of flowers to donate to assist in the cremation expenses & other costs due to this tragedy. This is an unexpected crisis & any offering is appreciated greatly. Please go to http://www.skysaxon.com to donate.
SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON of the psychedelic garage rock legends THE SEEDS passed away at 9:10am Thursday, 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 & his spiritual brother in YaHoWha Joshua Aquarian by his side. He died, in his words, at the age of "eternal".
SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON fell ill as early as Thursday, June 18th in his new home in Austin. Despite feeling under the weather Saturday, he performed a short set of SEEDS classics at the local night club Antone's with his local collective WORLD SPIRITS, his favourite local Austin band SHAPES HAVE FANGS. After continuing illness, he was rushed to St David's South Austin Hospital Monday morning & was immediately placed in ICU. He remained in critical condition in ICU until his passing several days later. 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.
Sky had many projects in the works that will undoubtedly still be completed & released in the coming months if not years due to his wealth of creative material left behind. 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!"
Learn more about SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON & his world beyond THE SEEDS,
please visit:
http://www.skysaxon.com
http://www.myspace.com/theseeds
http://www.yahowha.org/
The Scoot Inn is located at:
1308 E 4th St
Austin, TX 78702-3806
(512) 524-1932
http://www.scoot-inn.com/
Jennifer Marchand
Publicist :: Sky Sunlight Saxon
"Pushin' Too Hard" by THE SEEDS - Top 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Bleu French Laundry Rocknroll Promotions
Austin, Texas
bleufrenchlaundry@hotmail.com
http://www.skysaxon.com
