Rest in peace, Stooges saxophonist Steve Mackay

Oct 12, 2015 at 12:06 am

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The Stooges' second LP Fun House is arguably the greatest rock and roll record ever made. Yesterday we learned that Steve Mackay, the monster of a sax player on the thing, passed away in Daly City, Calif. from sepsis at the age of 66. If you need us, we'll be blasting "L.A. Blues" — and no, we're not crying. That's Fall allergies.

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Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...