It's sometimes funny the way you hear about things. I was grabbing some food at my local farmers market and I heard someone talking about a music movie that came out called "Searching For Sugar Man." That was it, I had no other information to go off of. So I added it to my Netflix and waited for the DVD to show up at my house. When it did finally arrive I had already forgotten all about it and had no expectation. What a great movie. After the movie was over I just hit repeat a few more times to try and digest everything that I had seen.
Searching for Sugar Man is a documentary film directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, 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 never took off in the United States, had become wildly popular in South Africa, but little was known about him there.
Now you are really in luck, because you don't have to wait like I did to watch the movie on DVD, you can wait, but I'll give you another option. I found the movie on youtube. I'm pretty sure you'll get sucked into the movie before the first eight minutes is up. Check it out:
Searching for Sugar Man Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Documentary HD
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
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Sixto Rodriguez #Cold Fact - Full Album
His lyrics are explosive, it's no wonder that he has such a huge following...
Cold Fact Tracks:
- Sugar Man
- Only Good For Conversation
- Crucify Your Mind
- This Is Not A Song,It's an Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues
- Hate Street Dialogue
- Forget It
- Inner City Blues
- I Wonder
- Like Janis
- Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
- Rich Folks Hoax
- Jane S. Piddy
This classic album was recorded in Detroit during August & September 1969. It was released in the USA on the Sussex label in March 1970.
I'll Slip Away
I'll Slip Away · Rodriguez
Coming From Reality Tracks:
- Climb Up On My Music
- A Most Disgusting Song
- I Think Of You
- Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour
- Silver Words
- Sandrevan Lullaby - Lifestyles
- To Whom It May Concern
- It Started Out So Nice
- Halfway Up The Stairs
- Cause
- Can't Get Away
- Street Boy
- I'll Slip Away
Recording sessions for Coming From Reality were held over 3 weeks at Lansdowne Studios in London during mid-to-late 1970.
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