Salvador Sanchez is about boxers, and in particular boxers who died prematurely in and out of the ring. The titular Salvador Sanchez was a Mexican boxer who was the WBC Featherweight Champion from Feb 2 1980– Aug 12 1982, when he died in car crash. Other boxers mentioned in the song include Francisco Guilledo (aka Pancho Villa), Benny "Kid" Paret, and Ricky Gozo. This song originally appeared on 2003's Ghosts of the Great Highway, by Mark Kozelek's band Sun Kil Moon as a full electric version with a heavily distorted rhythm guitar dominating the mix. A studio-r… read more
Salvador Sanchez is about boxers, and in particular boxers who died prematurely in and out of the ring. The titular Salvador Sanchez was a Mexican b… read more
Salvador Sanchez is about boxers, and in particular boxers who died prematurely in and out of the ring. The titular Salvador Sanchez was a Mexican boxer who was the WBC Featherweight Ch… read more
Sun Kil Moon is the current project of San Francisco, California-based singer-songwriterMark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Anthony Koutsos (also an ex-member of RHP) on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. Tim Mooney also played drums with Sun Kil Moon until his death in June 2012. The band is named after Korean bantamweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon. Following the dissolution of Red House Painters after the tumultuous release of their last album Old R… read more
Sun Kil Moon is the current project of San Francisco, California-based singer-songwriterMark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and gu… read more