The legend of Sugar Man – The Mail & Guardian
It was in the smoky bars of Detroit, where the downside of industrialisation burdened the air, that Rodriguez had started to tell stories
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It was in the smoky bars of Detroit, where the downside of industrialisation burdened the air, that Rodriguez had started to tell stories
The Detroit singer-songwriter was championed decades after his 1970 debut album by fans in Australia and South Africa, and became the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary.
The Detroit musician's rock anthems made him an unwitting folk hero in apartheid-era South Africa. His story was later chronicled in an Oscar-winning documentary.
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the Detroit-born singer-songwriter and subject of the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary Searching For Sugar Man, has died at 81.
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the Detroit-born singer-songwriter who found cult success in South Africa and Australia before becoming the subject of the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died. He was 81. The musician, known professionally as Rodriguez, died Wednesday, it was announced on his official website. No cause of death was revealed. The note …