Concert Buddie | Talking on Sugarman - Reflecting on Sixto Rodriguez

Welcome back, Buddies! On this episode of Vinyl Community Podcasts, I'm joined by Rob (Northern Revolutions) to share our thoughts on the incredible story of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez - recording artist, father, and subject of the 2013 Academy Award Winning Documentary "Searching For Sugarman". Mr. Rodriguez passed away recently at the age of 81, leaving behind incredible music and a story even the best writers in Hollywood could not emulate. The film suggests that Rodriguez was lost to obscurity (in the music industry) - especially in his own country - only to shockingly learn about about a devoted following in South Africa. Yet that's not the entire tale. Rob and I discuss the documentary, Rodriguez' career and album output, plus share some notes not found in the documentary and developments following the film. An artist we both came to enjoy immensely due to the film, we both found it fitting that even on the day his passing was announced he was not given his full due with the unfortunate news of the passing of Robbie Robertson of The Band. Life still imitating art; art imitating life. Fitting, no? Perhaps just another example of those  "Inner City Blues"....

 

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