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Background information | |
Birth name | Dean Mitchell |
Origin | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. [1] |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | saxophone, keyboard, double bass, programming, sampling, drum machine |
Years active | 2019–present |
Labels | Monstercat [2] |
Website |
saxsquatch |
Dean Mitchell, better known by his stage name Saxsquatch, [3] is an American musician notable for wearing a Bigfoot costume and playing cover versions of popular songs on the saxophone. [4] Mitchell is the former saxophonist for The Marcus King Band. [5] [6] He gained notoriety for a number of viral videos and has amassed a large social media following. [7]
Saxsquatch began uploading his performances to YouTube in 2019 and gained viral notoriety with his cover of One More Time by Daft Punk. [8] His cover of You Don't Know Me was featured on Tosh.0. [9] By September 2020, he averaged 3–5 million views per day on social media and became one the top solo artists on the Pollstar livestream charts. [10] His music has been described as "a full-on mash-up of live instrumental saxophone, upright bass, and funky electronic beats." [11]
In October 2020, Saxsquatch commenced the Saxual Healing Tour 2020, which featured outdoor concerts at multiple venues. [12] By early 2021, his "Live From The Woods" performances became Facebook's top recurring music stream. [13] In 2021, Saxsquatch and John Oates collaborated to create an electronic dance music cover of the Hall & Oates' 1982 song Maneater. [14] The duo live streamed the song together on March 20, 2021. [15] Saxsquatch and Half an Orange collaborated and released the single Moondance, which was featured in the videogame Rocket League in 2021. [16]
On January 31, 2022, Saxsquatch appeared on episode six of That's My Jam hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon. [17]
Saxsquatch | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Dean Mitchell |
Origin | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. [1] |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | saxophone, keyboard, double bass, programming, sampling, drum machine |
Years active | 2019–present |
Labels | Monstercat [2] |
Website |
saxsquatch |
Dean Mitchell, better known by his stage name Saxsquatch, [3] is an American musician notable for wearing a Bigfoot costume and playing cover versions of popular songs on the saxophone. [4] Mitchell is the former saxophonist for The Marcus King Band. [5] [6] He gained notoriety for a number of viral videos and has amassed a large social media following. [7]
Saxsquatch began uploading his performances to YouTube in 2019 and gained viral notoriety with his cover of One More Time by Daft Punk. [8] His cover of You Don't Know Me was featured on Tosh.0. [9] By September 2020, he averaged 3–5 million views per day on social media and became one the top solo artists on the Pollstar livestream charts. [10] His music has been described as "a full-on mash-up of live instrumental saxophone, upright bass, and funky electronic beats." [11]
In October 2020, Saxsquatch commenced the Saxual Healing Tour 2020, which featured outdoor concerts at multiple venues. [12] By early 2021, his "Live From The Woods" performances became Facebook's top recurring music stream. [13] In 2021, Saxsquatch and John Oates collaborated to create an electronic dance music cover of the Hall & Oates' 1982 song Maneater. [14] The duo live streamed the song together on March 20, 2021. [15] Saxsquatch and Half an Orange collaborated and released the single Moondance, which was featured in the videogame Rocket League in 2021. [16]
On January 31, 2022, Saxsquatch appeared on episode six of That's My Jam hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon. [17]