The Story of Saxsquatch, the Saxophone-Playing Sasquatch
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, he was a saxophonist for one of the world’s great touring bands, Marcus King Band, but felt called to create something entirely his own. What started as a playful persona became a bold leap into creative freedom.
Saxsquatch himself shares his story of leaving life as a sideman behind, building a new identity, writing original music, and connecting with millions as a saxophone-playing Sasquatch while redefining what it means to chase the American dream in music.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.1 | This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, |
| 0:18.5 | the show where America is the star and the American people. And we love |
| 0:22.8 | telling stories about music. And my goodness, this is one heck of a music story and about |
| 0:28.6 | reimagining your own persona. And the music business is notorious for this. We have Bono, |
| 0:34.4 | that's not his real name. We have Sting, not his real name. |
| 0:38.5 | And Prince was not his real name. |
| 0:41.3 | Up next, you're going to hear a story about Saksquatch. |
| 0:44.4 | You can go anywhere on the internet or YouTube or TikTok |
| 0:46.9 | and see videos of a saxophone playing Sasquatch. |
| 0:52.3 | Here is the story behind the story of the man and the legend, |
| 0:58.0 | Saxquatch. |
| 1:03.0 | There's a huge, like a man in my backyard. |
| 1:06.6 | He's just a huge. |
| 1:10.5 | I'm just so freaked out so freaked out right now. |
| 1:13.6 | Oh God! |
| 1:15.6 | He's bowing his sex! |
| 1:17.6 | He's falling out of the dang sex of bones! |
| 1:25.6 | I'm the artist Saxquatchatch and I was given that name pretty early on when I fell in love with the saxophone and I was just completely obsessed with it. |
| 1:37.3 | People called me Sacksquatch and it's definitely stuck. |
| 1:53.0 | I do come from a musical family. My grandfather was a musician. |
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