Check out the new King Dunn cover of Sidewalk Begging by the Dicks. “The Dicks were one of the best bands ever and it was sad hearing of Gary Floyd’s passing,” King Buzzo shares. “Sidewalk Begging was recorded completely live in one take!”

The track is available exclusively on a tour-only flexi-disc on the merch table of the King Dunn US tour that’s starting around about right now…

Have to admit the news of Gary Floyd’s passing didn’t reach us until today’s news from King Buzzo passed our way. Seems Gary left us back in May. There’s an excellent peice to be found on the Austin Chronicle website…

“Gary Floyd, the multiformat artist who helped define the Austin punk scene as the outspoken frontman of rowdy punks the Dicks, has died at 71. He was taken off life support after a stay in the hospital with congestive heart failure. Floyd grew up in Palestine, Texas and spent two years in Houston – where Floyd, a conscientious objector, worked as a janitor at a state hospital in order to avoid the draft – before he moved to Austin in 1974. By 1980, he, bassist Buxf Parrott, drummer Pat Deason, and guitarist Glen Taylor had formed the Dicks… read on

“Believe me, Gary took on a whole new dimension in drag that was more alarming than anything I’ve seen him do since. My God, a 300-pound communist drag queen who can sing like Janis Joplin.” said Jello Biafro

The last time we encountered Gary was sometime back with the excellent Sister Double Happiness, a band that showed him off as a lot more than just a punk rock shouter… R.I.P Gary and nice tribute King Dunn…