Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter who gained renewed fame thanks to the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man”, has died at age 81.
The news of his passing was shared on his official website, which posted, “It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today.”
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The statement added, “We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his family. Rodriguez was 81 years old. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.”
Rodriguez, who hailed from Detroit, broke onto the music scene playing in clubs around the city while working on a Chrysler assembly line during the day.
After attracting the attention of producers Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, he released his 1970 debut album Cold Fact.
Both his first and second album, Coming From Reality, were commercial failures,...
The news of his passing was shared on his official website, which posted, “It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today.”
Read More: John Gosling, Keyboardist For The Kinks, Dead At 75
The statement added, “We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his family. Rodriguez was 81 years old. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.”
Rodriguez, who hailed from Detroit, broke onto the music scene playing in clubs around the city while working on a Chrysler assembly line during the day.
After attracting the attention of producers Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, he released his 1970 debut album Cold Fact.
Both his first and second album, Coming From Reality, were commercial failures,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
On what should have been the biggest night of his life, the 70-year old singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez was, once again, nowhere to be found. Searching for Sugar Man, the blockbuster 2012 documentary that finally, miraculously introduced his music to the world, was about to win the Oscar for Best Documentary. But Rodriguez hadn’t just skipped the ceremony at L.A.’s Dolby Theatre. He was back home in Detroit, sleeping. “I missed the program,” Rodriguez says “We just came in the day before from South Africa. My daughter Sandra called toto tell me.
- 4/11/2013
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Searching For Sugar Man
Stars: Sixto Rodriguez, Steve Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore | Directed by Malik Bendjelloul
Documentaries are made to inform us, they teach us about things that we don’t know about and look to provide us with an insight into things that the makers think matter. The fact that they are based on real life issues make them all the more poignant, especially if you can relate to them. This is why Searching for Sugar Man may be one of the most inspirational films of 2012.
Searching for Sugar Man looks at the search for the truth behind a singer called Sixto Rodriguez. He had a small career but the music he created shone brightly, more than he’d probably ever realise. There is a legend of exactly how it all started but one of his albums made its way to South Africa which at that time was deep in the Apartheid era.
Stars: Sixto Rodriguez, Steve Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore | Directed by Malik Bendjelloul
Documentaries are made to inform us, they teach us about things that we don’t know about and look to provide us with an insight into things that the makers think matter. The fact that they are based on real life issues make them all the more poignant, especially if you can relate to them. This is why Searching for Sugar Man may be one of the most inspirational films of 2012.
Searching for Sugar Man looks at the search for the truth behind a singer called Sixto Rodriguez. He had a small career but the music he created shone brightly, more than he’d probably ever realise. There is a legend of exactly how it all started but one of his albums made its way to South Africa which at that time was deep in the Apartheid era.
- 12/14/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Searching for Sugar Man
This documentary film, ostensibly about obscure Michigan-based Mexican-American songwriter Sixto Rodriquez, is just as much about music geeks and the lengths to which they will go when the subject is their favorite artists. Oh, there's plenty about Rodriguez, who under his last name only made a pair of lush folk LPs for the Sussex label, released in 1970 (Cold Fact) and 1971 (Coming from Reality) and then faded from sight.
We're played a fine selection of his songs, and eventually we hear from the man himself, both speaking (though not much) and performing. That said, director Malik Bendjelloul structured the film around some South African superfans' search for their hero. Oddly, this artist who hardly sold any albums in his home country was quite popular in South Africa, something he was unaware of at the time. (Cold Fact in particular was held in high regard there.) The...
This documentary film, ostensibly about obscure Michigan-based Mexican-American songwriter Sixto Rodriquez, is just as much about music geeks and the lengths to which they will go when the subject is their favorite artists. Oh, there's plenty about Rodriguez, who under his last name only made a pair of lush folk LPs for the Sussex label, released in 1970 (Cold Fact) and 1971 (Coming from Reality) and then faded from sight.
We're played a fine selection of his songs, and eventually we hear from the man himself, both speaking (though not much) and performing. That said, director Malik Bendjelloul structured the film around some South African superfans' search for their hero. Oddly, this artist who hardly sold any albums in his home country was quite popular in South Africa, something he was unaware of at the time. (Cold Fact in particular was held in high regard there.) The...
- 8/29/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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