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Also known as Richard Elvern Marsh, Richard Marsh, Little Richie Marsh

American singer (1937–2009)

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Born Richard Marsh in Salt Lake City, Sky Saxon rose to fame for two years with hits like "Pushin' Too Hard" as the lead singer of the seminal garage rock band from Los Angeles, The Seeds. After failing to become a teenage pop idol in the early 60's, Marsh and some friends founded this band that was highly trippy two years before psychedelic music had a name and raw and trashy a decade before the punks. After leading The Seeds from 1965 to 1972, he joined the Family Sorce <a href="https://www.l

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Instance of
human
Given name
Richard
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Salt Lake City
Place of death
Austin
Occupation
bass guitarist
Instrument
bass guitar
Official website
www.skysunlightsaxon.com
Image
Sky Saxon.jpg
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date of birth
1937-08-20
date of death
2009-06-25
Commons category
Sky Saxon
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
myocardial infarction
start of work period
1962-00-00
birth name
Richard Elvern Marsh
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6 objects attributed to Sky Saxon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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