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Home News Introduction The Man The Myths The Music The Magic The Memories The Forum Motel Moza que, Rotterdam, 14th April 2007 Listen to streaming audio from this gig at: Rodriguez - Live op Motel Moza que 14-4-2007 courtesy of 3Voor12 VPRO Rotterdam Motel Moza que festival
SugarMan.org: Rodriguez - The Myth Rodriguez - The Myths and The Mystery
SugarMan.org: Rodriguez - The Myth
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.
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 Music
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!"
In the early seventies Hillbrow was becoming quite fashionable as a cosmopolitan haunt. Words like zol, dagga and buttons made their entry into everyday language and so did the need to smoke some. Then along came a man called Rodriguez who was able to mirror this need to be free. A man who sang praises to his drug dealer in the song, " Sugarman ...
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 these CDs and that, as Rodriguez says is "A concrete ...
