Posts Tagged: The Source Family
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The Man Who Was Richard Elvern Marsh, Sky "Sunshine" Saxon and Arelich Aquarian: An Appreciation

On the day Michael Jackson met his untimely cardiac arrest, another wacky musician lost his wings. Sky Saxon, lead singer of The Seeds, the 1960's free love-infused rock band that Muddy Waters once proclaimed to be "America's own Rolling Stones," passed away from heart failure. He was of questionable age, because he believed age to be irrelevant (the Times guess-pegged him 71). Saxon had a bad boy persona not unlike a bizarro Sasha Fierce-his hit single Pushin' Too Hard was essentially a predated retort of "I ain't never puttin' a ring on it." But time evidently mellowed him to the concept of matrimony, as news of his death arrived via [...]