A weather-beaten van pulled into downtown Raleigh and out stepped Saxsquatch in all his shag-rug splendor, a 7-foot rock star with highlights in his mane and feet that shake the sidewalk, a musical cryptid out to energize the world with saxophones and swamp love.
He pulled out his horn and blew a few bars from “Careless Whisper,” then “Epic Sax,” then the “Star Wars” cantina song while a lucky few pulled out their cameras to capture the rare sighting of a Bigfoot in the middle of a smooth jazz jam.
And as the last note drifted down Wilmington Street, he packed up his sax and promised more to come, offering this assurance to fans who are real, imaginary and somewhere in-between.
“I want people to know they can believe what they believe,” Saxsquatch said in a gruff voice, “and that I believe in them.”
The Bigfoot Rave US Tour
The shaggy and oversized performer from Chapel Hill stopped in Raleigh last week to offer a privileged glimpse of his first solo US Tour — titled Bigfoot Rave — which will soon bring his marathon house-music-sax dancing to Motorco in Durham .