Sixto Diaz Rodriguez was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA on the 10th July 1942, and shares his exact birthdate with the late Ronnie James Dio.
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I like to tell people that I was born on Michigan Avenue, five blocks from the centre of Detroit.
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Long may your children & grandchildren carry on without you Rodriguez. You were a spirit of love and life that began touching my soul as the movie Searching for Sugarman one lazy Sunday in 2014 serendipitously began playing on Cable TV. My youngest child had just arrived to Cape Town S.A. for study abroad semester, so the location caught my eye.. Initially i was captivated by how gorgeous the sweeping mountain & churning South Atlantic scenes were but almost as quickly I was hooked on the story of your music & subsequent obscurity as told by he filmmaker and the S.A. music community that was searching for information about you and what happened to you. Loved the movie. Followed your music from that moment on. Such a blessing of a human you were. Thanks for sharing your love & light with this world. RIP Rodriguez.
“I wonder I do” too.
COG
Absolutely inspirational music listening to I wonder tright now plus the albums crying, a great loss to the world .thank you for your music….
Happy Birthday Rodriguez! (from an old neighbor)
Hello and an early Happy birthday, good sir. I’m listening to your music as I type this. Your music never gets old. Ahhh, “I Think Of You”. A great song. Peace be with you.
The highlight of my music journey was playing my Rodriguez covers to him at then Darbies, a pub in the Elangeni Hotel, in Durban 1997 or 1998. What an honor it was to do this for my inspiration only having discovering his music in my late teens when I started playing guitar. I started playing guitar so I could sing his song. I met his daughter, maybe Sandra. She and I chatted after I gave him a 40-45 minute set only playing his music. I remember him saying that I played his song in a different key. I replied, “You’ve just been playing it wrong all this time.” We had a shooter together, took some photos, gave him a hug and left him with his enterage of fans. Funny thing, 2 years later he was doing a show at Greyville Race Course. After the show I waited to see him so he could sign the photos I took of us together 2 years previously at the Elangeni Hotel. My heartfelt sympathies to his daughters. If anybody wants the pics, don’t hesitate to reach out. Thanks for your time. Blessings. 🙏🏼❤️☮️
Where can I find tickets to Rodriguez’s 81st birthday show?
Happy Birthday Rodriguez! Thank you for sharing your beautiful songs with the world. We were able to see you in Concert in Montreal, Canada, It was a great show. We loved your story and will continue to watch it over and over. You are a blessing! May the Creator bless you with many good years to continue to share your gift with us all!
Very sad. Thank you for the wonderful music and deep words. A great talent has departed.
My offer stiill goes, if you’re ever in NH we have a place for you to stay.
Happy Birthday!
Cómo me gustaría poder asistir. Pero complicado desde Madrid en esas fechas y por el trabajo.
The highlight of my music journey was playing my Rodriguez covers to him at then Darbies, a pub in the Elangeni Hotel, in Durban 1997 or 1998. What an honor it was to do this for my inspiration only having discovering his music in my late teens when I started playing guitar. I started playing guitar so I could sing his song. I met his daughter, maybe Sandra. She and I chatted after I gave him a 40-45 minute set only playing his music. I remember him saying that I played his song in a different key. I replied, “You’ve just been playing it wrong all this time.” We had a shooter together, took some photos, gave him a hug and left him with his enterage of fans. Funny thing, 2 years later he was doing a show at Greyville Race Course. After the show I waited to see him so he could sign the photos I took of us together 2 years previously at the Elangeni Hotel. My heartfelt sympathies to his daughters. If anybody wants the pics, don’t hesitate to reach out. Thanks for your time. Blessings. 🙏🏼❤️☮️