Blog: The Decibel Tolls

The NYT reported Friday that Sky Saxon (born Richard Elvern Marsh), lead singer and bassist for LA psychedelic band, The Seeds , had left this mortal coil. His death was apparently due to heart failure and was "thought to be 71." Anyone with a Nuggets compilation is likely to have heard "Pushin' Too Hard" or "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" with the latter ditty featuring Sky's gruff warble and a trademark bent guitar lick. Apparently the celebrity death rule of threes is in force with MJ, Farrah and Sky all passing during the [...]

• The Seeds - Pushin Too Hard » The_Seeds_-_Pushin_Too_Hard.mp3