1. Skerik was born on November 19,1964 and is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington.
16 Facts About Skerik
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Skerik is a founding member of Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois, Ponga, Tuatara, and Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet.
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Skerik is an original member of both Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Frog Brigade.
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Skerik, born Eric Walton, began playing saxophone in the fifth grade.
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Skerik played saxophone, keyboards and percussion in a rock band called Uncle Jam.
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Skerik has cited The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd as bands from that time period who brought saxophone into rock music well.
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Skerik returned to Seattle in the late 1980s where he played with Sadhappy.
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In 2001 Skerik played the Pacific Northwest portion of Roger Waters' tour, reproducing the sax lead in "Money".
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In 2002, Skerik formed Syncopated Taint Septet with fellow Seattle musicians.
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Skerik won the award of "Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year" at the 2003 Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards.
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Skerik has expressed support of music education for young people and support for activism such as the voting project HeadCount.
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Skerik is a founding member of Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois, Crack Sabbath, and The Dead Kenny G's.
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Skerik is an original member of Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Frog Brigade, Bobby Previte's Ponga and Coalition of the Willing and Joe Doria's McTuff.
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Skerik has toured with Fred Wesley, Mike Clark and The Headhunters, Wayne Horvitz, Mad Season and Roger Waters.
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Skerik has performed with Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, The Meters, Galactic, Dumpstaphunk, Johnny Vidacovich, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and Ween.
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In Seattle, Skerik leads Seattle-based punk-jazz band Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet.