Fan Messages From Around The World

Hello
Fortunately I finally saw Searching for Sugarman. It was a religious experience that moved me to tears. The Christ-like energy you embody is one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever witnessed. Thank you for giving me hope that humanity can transcend anything we are given and regardless of our situation, it’s what’s in our hearts that really matters.

God Bless

Roy Holland, America

Dear Rodriguez, my new soulmate

I just recently found you and your music after seeing the sugar man documentary on tv. It’s hard to put into words how this affected me. At the age of 77 I have to say to you, you are truly an angel on earth and a beautiful man. I will cherish the moment I discovered you and you will live on in my heart forever.

My very best wishes to you for a good recovery, and many more years of making music.

I was able to find one of your LP’s on line and ordered it immediately so I can groove with you forever!

God bless you my friend. . . .

Judy McCann
3/10/23

Hi there Mr Rodriguez

I am a South African fan living in Toronto. I am heading to Detroit in April. My husband and I are doing a road trip in your honour.

Thank you for all your beautiful music. Just genius and beautiful to listen to.

I would love to bring some of my banana bread and flowers to your door to wish you well when I am there.

All the best

Louise, Canada

Dear Sixto thank you for not giving up on us. đŸ’—đŸ’—đŸ’—
My wish is to meet you in the near future in concert. Sending my sincerest Love to you & fam.

🙏

Sincerely,
Tor Arild, Norway

Sr. RodrĂ­guez, les he descubierto, me ha impactado y me ha inspirado para el resto de mi vida..sus ojos han visto tanto.. y su alma ha sentido tanto….este mundo a veces tan cruel no merece una alma tan bella com la suya. Es usted una luz en la oscuridad. OjalĂĄ pudiera regalarnos otros discos, obras maestras del gran poeta RodrĂ­guez antes de dajarnos.

Mr. RodrĂ­guez, I have discovered you, it has impacted me and has inspired me for the rest of my life…your eyes have seen so much…and your soul has felt so much…this sometimes cruel world does not deserve a soul as beautiful as yours. You are a light in the dark. I wish he could give us other records, masterpieces by the great poet RodrĂ­guez before leaving us.

Sonia Guerrero Carmona, Spain

Sometimes, I’m walking with my headphones, listening to my Rodriguez playlist, and as I walk through the streets, I look at people, and see them acting, smiling, and then I realise that I just feel good. Especially when on comes ‘Inner City Blues’. Rodriguez always has a certain kindness in his melodies, with a touch of humour. His lyrics, I feel, tells it like it is..”just be yourself and laugh and forget it”. How is it even possible that a guy with just a pen, some paper, a guitar and some kind of mysterious thing that most call talent or genius can move so many hearts ? Like Dostoevsky said “art will save the world” and I have nothing else to say than: Long live the music of the Sugarman!

A. the Curious, France


My sister and I will be in Detroit tomorrow to visit our late father’s favourite haunts.
Wondering if Rodriguez is still performing locally? If so, please send us any information.
We LOVE him

Becky (Vancouver BC Canada)
Gail (Columbus Ohio)

Rodriguez captures our IMAGINATION! When we saw him in Tucson in 2013, he was so AMAZING! The crowd had all ages and was full of excitement the two hours before his concert started. And then Rodriguez DELIVERED!

Dave and Margie Davis, USA
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RODRIGUEZ RECOVERING WELL AFTER SURGERY

photo: Doug Seymour Photography

Rodriguez’s family in Detroit have asked us to let everyone know that Rodriguez is well and on the mend after being operated on, following the stroke that he had in February. The surgery to repair the damage caused by the stroke was successful, and Rodriguez is feeling strong, and, following the physical therapy that he is currently undergoing, as part of his post-op rehab, his family are hopeful that he will be returning home soon to continue and complete his healing process.

Rodriguez, who will be turning 81 in July, is strong and in good spirits and his family have asked all his South African fans, as well as all his fans around the world, to keep Rodriguez in their thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

His family have also told us that it will be wonderful if all his fans could post their well wishes, as well as their messages of love, support, and encouragement which they will pass on to him and which will be a source of great inspiration and positive motivation to him at a time when that is essential as a part of his recovery.

On behalf of all of us at Sugarman.org, we join all Rodriguez’s followers and fans around the world in wishing Rodriguez a full and complete recovery and in sending all our love and best wishes and support to Rodriguez’s Family.

We will continue to update everyone on Rodriguez’s recovery….

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Fan Message from the USA: Thank you for making music

Dear Mr. Rodriguez,

A teacher of mine made us watch Searching for Sugar Man when I was in highschool. Ever since then your music has been a constant in my life. I tell everyone I know about you, your story and your music. My favorite thing to do is blast your music in my car, full volume, on my way home from work. It brings me such immense joy every time. I guess I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for making music. Thank you for being alive! Thank you for just being you.

I will always be a fan! I hope this finds you well,


With love,

K.P.
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A Tribute Song For Rodriguez: “Sixto” by The Keramics from Italy

“Sixto” by The Keramics

‘The Keramics’ is a project born in Rome in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown! Five friends that study at the same music school, ‘Neuma Music School of Rome’, decided to create a band, just for fun.


The Band is composed of: Max M.. “The Grey” (Voice); Mick Pilastri “Blood Hand” (guitar); Francesco Iacovelli “Cesko” (guitar); Alessandro Tozzi “007” (Electric Bass); and Raffaele Marando “The Painter” (Drums). With the Help of the Vocal Coach Sara Facciolo, they started playing some covers in recording studios. The music grew and the passion too, and one day, in the spring of 2022, Max decided to write a tribute to Sixto Rodriguez, due to his love for his songs and his story after seeing the documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man‘ in 2014.


So the song ‘Sixto’ was written. With the help of Sara Facciolo, Max wrote the lyrics and together they played the first chords. After some practice the band recorded ‘Sixto’ at the ‘Studios Academy Recording’ of Rome.


Now ‘The Keramics’ have created their YouTube Channel, where you can hear ‘Sixto’ and ‘50 Percent’, another new original song. ‘The Keramics’ plan to create their first album at the end of 2023.

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Fan Message from South Africa: Remembering the ’80s

After “Searching for Sugar Man” suddenly popped up on Netflix I watched it again for the third time I think – again taking me back to when I was a young student at UCT, Cape Town back in the early 80’s when your music was so much part of the backdrop to our student years in a troubled country. One memory I want to share was remembering a musician called Josh who played your songs perfectly at a popular student pub in Observatory Cape Town (+- 1984 – 1988) – he was so good and played your music so well, he could have been your clone – long forgotten musicians like him also really helped in keeping and spreading your music in SA – linked to your story I often wonder what happened to him over the years as I listen to your tracks.

Patrick, South Africa
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Fan Message From Spain

Rodriguez at Folklore Festival | Paul Watson

Photo: Paul Watson

Sixto Rodriguez, tu historia me parece fascinante, he visto el documental hace unos dĂ­as y no puedo dejar de escuchar tu mĂşsica. Eres maravilloso y te mereces todo el reconocimiento del mundo. Te envĂ­o un beso y un abrazo inmenso. Gracias!!!

Carlota

Sixto Rodriguez, I find your story fascinating, I saw the documentary a few days ago and I can’t stop listening to your music. You are wonderful and you deserve all the recognition in the world. I send you a kiss and a huge hug. Thanks!!!

Carlota (via Google Translate)

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Fan Messages from Australia and Canada

Image from 1998 South African Tour Programme

Hi there,

I just wanted to let Rodriguez & his family know what an inspiration his music has been to so many people.

My husband and I discovered Rodriquez at Bluesfest, Byron Bay Australia. We have worked several years building the festival and was given a Rodriguez t-shirt by a good friend of ours. (It’s an XXL.. so I often wear it as a nightgown!)

We decided to discover the music and after watching the documentary recently, I was admired by the generosity of this wonderful man. The sorrow and the hardship but still so giving and positive. Incredible music and such a beautiful voice.

Thank you so much for being you.. I am sure your music will continue to inspire many people around the world 🙂

Tina, Australia

Hello, Mr. Rodriguez, my name is Michael Prieur. I live just across the river from you in Windsor Ontario Canada. I’ve been so fascinated with your life story, and what you have stood for. I’m wondering if there is anyway if I drove across the border, if you would autograph my arm in permanent black marker so that I can get it tattooed permanently having you with me. Yes you are that important to me your music and what you stand for. I’m hoping that this finds you in good health. I’m really hoping that this can happen. As well as meeting the incredible person you are.

Michael Prieur, Canada

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Searching for Sugarman (Nazim x Flying Fisher x Mercy)

Searching for Sugarman (Nazim x Flying Fisher x Mercy)

Cover Art by Maud
Instrumental Composed and Produced by Flying Fisher
Engineered and Produced by Mercyy
Additional Production by GuiLLm
Piano – James Bernard
Harp – Marie Kathleen Hamilton
Guzheng – Beryl Liu and Shirley Xu
Erhu – Yilong Sun
Additional Engineering by Ross Koopmans and Heonjoung Heilie Yang

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Fan Message: Just One More Song…?

Rodriguez

My father had this album (I’m 46 now), and for some strange reason, Side A was on both sides of the LP – will never forget.

I hope and pray that an artist of such poignancy and beauty, finds it in himself to release one more song. with Spotify and Youtube, releasing an album is no longer necessary.

Just one more song….. there are 25 songs we have (by my count)

God bless

Steve

Are you referring to “Cold Fact” or “Coming From Reality”, Steve, as the album you father had?

Actually Rodriguez has officially released 27 tunes (not counting live songs), if you include the 1967 single version of “I’ll Slip Away” (credited to Rod Riguez) and it’s b-side “You’d Like To Admit It”.

SugarMan.org
Rodriguez – All The Facts
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“Searching For Sugar Man” coming to Netflix this Friday!

Searching For Sugar Man
Searching For Sugar Man
Searching For Sugar Man
Searching For Sugar Man

Searching For Sugar Man is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez’s music, which had never achieved success in the United States, had become very popular in South Africa, although little was known about him in that country. On 10 February 2013, the film won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary at the 66th British Academy Film Awards in London and two weeks later, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood.

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Searching For Sugar Man
Searching For Sugar Man on Netflix
Searching For Sugar Man on Netflix

Set your reminder on Netflix now!

Read more at SugarMan.org

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