https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlBvUT8OpYA&list=OLAK5uy_nyDfUElNgsWAtIEshhazPSCNWhhxN-VZw&index=5 https://open.spotify.com/track/6zBx6DAFFWtjtZxuHiOtfn?si=787c709c41fd4386 An organ-driven jazzy instrumental version of “Sugar Man” released by Joe Tatton Trio with Lucas De Mulder on guitar in July 2024. Off the album “Galáctico”. A random and incomplete selection of versions of Sugar Man available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47ibZn5Q4x0LTpRT9YJzws?si=e3b658bdfd5c44f6
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Rodriguez Tributes From Around The World
Artwork by Jack Stone Design Sixto Rodriguez – 10 July 1942 to 8 August 2023 Dear Stephen, I hope this e-mail finds you well, in accordance with what the recent events allow. First of all, I am still in shock, in times like these, I reflect on the importance of living life before it slips away –ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Tributes From Around The World”
Rodriguez at Find A Grave
Photo added by Marta Norton Photo added by Shubham Singer-Songwriter and Musician. Sixto Rodriguez, commonly recognized as Rodriguez, rose to prominence during the late 1960s and early 1970s with his signature song “Sugar Man” and his folk and rock albums, “Cold Fact” and “Coming from Reality.” Despite being relatively unknown in the United States, his musicContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez at Find A Grave”
Ampersand Mixtape: The Sixto Special | Mixcloud
Rodriguez was bigger than The Beatles in 1970s apartheid South Africa. In this special tribute to the Mexican-American singer-songwriter who died recently, Charles Leonard explores the politics, mores and sounds that made him massive then, and also what makes him still relevant today.
Sixto Rodriguez Has Passed Away
It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today.
10th July 2023: Happy Birthday Rodriguez!
It is with great pleasure that we at Sugarman.org join all Sixto Diaz Rodriguez’s Family and many, many fans around the world in wishing him a Happy and Healthy and Peaceful 81st Birthday.
‘Sugar Man’ the book is now available on eBook!
Sugar Man: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez In September 2015, ‘Sugar Man: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez’ by Craig Bartholomew-Strydom and Stephen Segerman, was published by Penguin in response to the demand for more information behind the Oscar-winning documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ by Malik Bendjelloul. For all thoseContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ the book is now available on eBook!”
Happy 80th Birthday Rodriguez!
Rodriguez & Dave Matthews 21 June 2022 Please join us in wishing Rodriguez a Happy Birthday on the occasion of his 80th Birthday which falls on July 10th! On behalf of all of us at the official Rodriguez website, Sugarman.org, we send our warmest wishes to Rodriguez and we hope that he has a wonderful dayContinueContinue reading “Happy 80th Birthday Rodriguez!”
It Was 24 Years Ago Today… That I Saw Rodriguez Play! | Brian Currin
Rodriguez and Brian Currin on the 7th March 1998… with just autographed, rolled-up set list clutched in his hand! The Set List I WonderOnly Good For ConversationCan’t Get AwayCrucify Your MindJane S. PiddyTo Whom It May ConcernLike JanisInner City BluesStreet BoyA Most Disgusting SongI’ll Slip AwayHalfway Up The StairsI Think Of YouRich Folks HoaxClimb UpContinueContinue reading “It Was 24 Years Ago Today… That I Saw Rodriguez Play! | Brian Currin”
The Songs of Rodriguez
“…Climb up on my music and my songs will set you free…” Originally appeared on SugarMan.org Sugar Man https://www.youtube.com/embed/esG4gK-pieA Probably Rodriguez’s most well-known song. Rodriguez himself is also often referred to as The Sugar Man. A great song with superb instrumentation. This slow bluesy rock song is a paean to his drug dealer, however RodriguezContinueContinue reading “The Songs of Rodriguez”
Yul & Baz – Sugar Man (Sixto Rodriguez Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RESpJDdTjZo « Sugar Baz », newly released by French electro producer Yul with Baz, a young Ukulele-playing singer, is a modern and sensuous cover version of the classic Sugar Man, Sixto Rodriguez’s jewel rediscovered less than a decade ago. Single released July 17th 2020 on Résiste records.
Ozaka Bondage – Sugar Man (Sixto Rodriguez) Cover feat. Karate Kick, Birds View & Markus Oeffinger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCmwjJnQE4 Thank you for your music. 50 years later a new generation of musicians is still influenced by your beautiful songwriting and is rediscovering your songs, that fit perfectly in the crazy world we live in. No matter what happened in the past – your music is immortal. Ozaka Bondage
Early ‘Sugar Man’ cover version by Ronnie Jones
Our thanks to Lee Shaw in London who alerted us to this rare cover of ‘Sugar Man’ by Ronnie Jones, off his 1975 4-track 7” single, which was (apparently) only released in Brazil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a20XGVjVzg&w=500
Sugar Man song featured in trailer for “Moffie” film
https://youtu.be/sr4SaDufN5o The year is 1981 and South Africa’s white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over the age of 16, Nicholas Van der Swart (Kai Luke Brummer) must complete two years of compulsory military service to defend the Apartheid regime. The threat of communism andContinueContinue reading “Sugar Man song featured in trailer for “Moffie” film”
Sugar Man by Rebekah Thompson & Ben Ludik For Moffie Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6FThT8wqoQ From the 2019 South African-British biographical war romantic drama film Moffie, co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus.
Oscar-winning documentary gets extended-play treatment | Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/oscar-winning-documentary-gets-extended-play-treatment-367083501.html The story of Sixto Rodriguez as depicted in the Academy Award-winning 2012 documentarySearching for Sugar Man was one that intrigued the world. The plot centred around Rodriguez, a musician based out of Detroit in the ’60s and ’70s, who was never able to gain traction in the United States despite numerous industry professionals comparingContinueContinue reading “Oscar-winning documentary gets extended-play treatment | Winnipeg Free Press”
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