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Saxsquatch
American musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dean Mitchell, better known by his stage name Saxsquatch,[3] is an American musician known for playing cover versions of songs on the saxophone while wearing a Bigfoot costume.[4] Mitchell is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and electronic music artist from North Carolina. He has appeared in a number of viral videos and amassed a large social media following.[5]
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Mitchell began uploading his Saxsquatch performances to YouTube in 2019 and his cover of Daft Punk's One More Time went viral.[6] His cover of You Don't Know Me was featured on Tosh.0.[7] By September 2020, his videos averaged 3–5 million views per day on social media and he became one the top solo artists on the Pollstar livestream charts.[8] His music has been described as "a full-on mash-up of live instrumental saxophone, upright bass, and funky electronic beats."[9]
Mitchell played saxophone with The Marcus King Band until 2020.[10]
In October 2020, Saxsquatch commenced the Saxual Healing Tour 2020, which featured outdoor concerts at multiple venues.[11] By early 2021, his "Live From The Woods" performances became Facebook's top recurring music stream.[12] In 2021, Saxsquatch and John Oates collaborated to create an electronic dance music cover of the Hall & Oates' 1982 song Maneater.[13] The duo live streamed the song together on March 20, 2021.[14] Saxsquatch and Half an Orange collaborated and released the single Moondance, which was featured in the videogame Rocket League in 2021.[15] On January 31, 2022, Saxsquatch appeared on episode six of That's My Jam hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon.[16]
In 2024, on the "Bigfoot Rave" tour added a laser show to an already dynamic set. In 2025, the "Footprints" tour sold out 27 shows across the United States, ending at a sold out show in Denver at Cervantes Ballroom. [17]
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In 2024, Mitchell worked with the town of Chapel Hill to create "Cryptids with a Cause", a free concert combined with a food drive benefiting PORCH, an organization that distributes food to local schools and over 700 families monthly.[18]
This event encouraged attendees to dress as "something they believe in", and costumes included cryptids, aliens, and merfolk. [19]
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