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“Sugarman” Resurrected: Rodriguez Appears Tonight | Oregon Music News

From Oregon Music News The resurrection of Rodriguez, the enigmatic singer-songwriter whose rediscovery is at the heart of the astounding Searching for Sugarman film, continues tonight at the Wonder Ballroom. His blend of biting lyrics and folk-rock songcraft cut in the 1970s disappeared in the United States but made him a hero to the middle-class anti-apartheid movement inContinueContinue reading ““Sugarman” Resurrected: Rodriguez Appears Tonight | Oregon Music News”

Rodriguez: The rock icon who didn’t know it – 60 Minutes – CBS News

A Detroit musician living in poverty didn’t know that in South Africa, he was more popular than the Beatles. Bob Simon reports. via Rodriguez: The rock icon who didn’t know it – 60 Minutes – CBS News.

From the Archives: Press Release for the 1998 South African Tour

“Dead Men Don’t Tour” – Konny Rodriguez RodriguezThe Cold Facts…South African Tour 1998 The Cold Facts … Cape Town Poster On 6th March 1998, when Sixto Rodriguez walks out on to the stage at the Bellville Velodrome for his first South African performance, a 25-year-old mystery will end and a new story will begin. This willContinueContinue reading “From the Archives: Press Release for the 1998 South African Tour”

Uriah Heep are Mieliepopping in October

Uriah Heep are headlining Mieliepop Festival 26-28 October 2012 FRIDAY LINEUP Phoenix Smith (JHB) Mechanics of Happiness (PTA) DADA FM (CPT) BCUC (JHB) Tenkai Pennies (PTA) Them Particles (JHB) SATURDAY LINEUP URIAH HEEP (UK) Naming James (JHB) The Country Conquerors (GREYTON) Howlin Shibanski (PTA) Greg Georgiades Big Band and Then Some (EVERYWHERE) Chiba Fly (PTA)ContinueContinue reading “Uriah Heep are Mieliepopping in October”

From the Vaults: Rodriguez live at Whale Hall, Hartenbos, Mossel Bay, 17 September 2001

What a wonderful evening! Rodriguez rocked the Whale Hall in Hartenbos and despite some comments to the contrary I think the new arrangements of his songs are stunning. The saxes really drive songs like ‘Climb Up On My Music’ and ‘Only Good For Conversation’ and that Rock and Roll medley (‘Shake Rattle & Roll’, BobContinueContinue reading “From the Vaults: Rodriguez live at Whale Hall, Hartenbos, Mossel Bay, 17 September 2001”

“Searching for Sugar Man” documents lost folk songs | CNN on Youtube

Filmmakers document one Detroit construction worker/songwriter who never knew he was the ‘Bob Dylan’ of South Africa.

Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock | Brian Currin

Almost all the recent fan messages on the Sugarman.org website are from people saying they have never heard of Rodriguez before. Many even apologize for not listening to him in the 1970s. I can’t remember when exactly I first heard ‘Cold Fact’. For me his music just always seemed to have been there. A numberContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock | Brian Currin”

The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue

Originally published on SugarMan.org, 28 September 2001 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Y0iZyngvwiGF15eLRttN7?si=6098aaea79da4719 HATE STREET DIALOGUE Woman please be gone You’ve stayed here much too long Don’t you wish that you could cryDon’t you wish I would die Seamy, seesaw kids Childwoman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss theContinueContinue reading “The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue”

Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock

I can’t remember when exactly I first heard ‘Cold Fact’. For me his music just always seemed to have been there. A number of the mixtapes from my teenage years show “Sugar Man”, “Rich Folks Hoax” and “I Wonder” as being from 1973/74 when I was about 14/15.

Cold Fiction by John Samson

‘Cold Fact’ by the artist simply known as Rodriguez was one of the world’s great lost albums. It is now gaining attention through the documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ which tells the remarkable story of this mysterious singer. ‘Cold Fiction’ is a book of 12 short stories, each inspired by the 12 tracks on Rodriguez’ContinueContinue reading “Cold Fiction by John Samson”

Sugar Man Coverage – Weekend reviews

Saturday Times – Review.pdf Saturday Telegraph – Review.pdf Financial Times Weekend – Lead Review.pdf The Guardian Guide – Review.pdf Independent Radar – Review.pdf The Sunday Times – Lead Review.pdf The Independent on Sunday – Lead Review.pdf Mail on Sunday – Review.pdf Sunday Express – Lead review.pdf The Observer – Lead Review.pdf Sunday Telegraph – Review.pdf

Who is Jane S. Piddy? | Brian Currin

Though Rodriguez personally denied this when I asked him, I believe ‘Jane S. Piddy’ is a deliberate misspelling of “Janis Pity” – a sort of tribute to Janis Joplin. Rodriguez said in March 1998: “The people [in my songs] are fictional. I tapped on the writer’s poetic licence giving them names and shape. Almost asContinueContinue reading “Who is Jane S. Piddy? | Brian Currin”

Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board

Entry #: 899 Entry Date: 2012-07-15 16:28:38 Name: mark taliana Visitor Comments: I have just retruned from seing and hearing, ‘Searching for Sugerman’ the documentry and at the age of 47 I thought I had seen and heard all that western popular music/culture has to offer.  I was wrong.  Put Dylan, Lennon and Cat StevensContinueContinue reading “Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board”

Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. In the late ’60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as oneContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy”