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SugarMan. org: Rodriguez - The Myth Rodriguez, the fifty-something folk musician who flies into South Africa tomorrow to begin his first concert tour in 15 years, is a real mystery man Despite wild rumours of his imprisonment (allegedly for killing his lover), death and demise, he's alive and well and on the comeback trail
SugarMan. org: Rodriguez - The Myth Local Rodriguez music promoter Louis van Wyk said there was a "100 percent chance" the singer would tour South Africa "When I spoke to (record company) Polygram they couldn't stop laughing because everyone there thought he was dead," Van Wyk said Rumours of his death circulated after the release of Rodriguez's last album, After The Fact
SugarMan. org: Rodriguez - The Music Rodriguez's strange and beguiling 'Sugarman' is an out-and-out paean to a broad smorgasbord of controlled substances and the ache experienced whilst, ahem, waiting for the man It is imbued with such a post-Vietnam atmosphere of lost innocence that it brings new heights to a certain brand of Californian wistful alienation
SugarMan. org: Rodriguez - South Africa 1998 Rodriguez has not released new material in over 25 years, he has no chart-topping singles, yet he opens to a standing ovation - and everybody sings along to all the songs Colin Taylor from KFM radio opened the show by shouting with great enthusiasm: "Cape Town, put your hands together and welcome a true legend on stage - Rodriguez!"
Rodriguez - The Music - sugarman. org Home News Introduction The Man The Myths The Music The Magic The Memories The Forum: Only Good For Conversation
SugarMan. org - The Official Rodriguez Website. An unpublished draft of an article written in June 1997 that eventually became Looking For Rodriguez published in Directions magazine in October 1997 " Climb up on my music ", exclaims the folk artist known as Jesus Rodriguez, " and my songs will set you free " When Cold Fact was released in SA in the early seventies, no-one was free
SugarMan. org: Rodriguez The artist known simply as Rodriguez was born Sixto (pronounced "Seez-toe") Diaz Rodriguez in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1942 He was the sixth child (the Sixth Prince) of immigrant Mexican parents He recorded the classic album Cold Fact in Detroit in 1969, but it sank without a trace
SugarMan. org: Rodriguez - The Myth A query about Rodriguez recently appeared in Q magazine A search on the Net has been underway for some time now as to any information about Rodriguez but none's been forthcoming Still, as with all musical mysteries and taste disputes, the bottom line is the music and you'll just have to judge this for yourselves by buying and listening to
Rodriguez - The Man - sugarman. org THE RODRIGUEZ STORY SO FAR by Nils van der Linden Rodriguez is an unlikely icon He is 60 years old, has only recorded 25 songs and has not released any new material in the past 30 years Yet, his music has influenced and affected scores of South Africans growing up during the past 3 decades