Rodriguez

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Sixto Rodriguez
10 July 1942 to 8 August 2023

Rodriguez - Cold Fact (South African Pressing) — Rodriguez – Cold Fact (South African Pressing)

Rodriguez - Coming From Reality (US Pressing) — Rodriguez – Coming From Reality (US Pressing)

In August 1997, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman set up a website, called ‘The Great Rodriguez Hunt‘, with the intention of finding any information about the mysterious US musician of ‘Cold Fact‘ fame. In October the same year Brian Currin established ‘Climb Up On My Music‘, a tribute site to the life and works of Rodriguez. A memorial site to a dead artist, or so he thought.

When Rodriguez was discovered, alive and well and living in Detroit, by Sugar and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, the search was over and those two websites were combined into one central online source for all information about Rodriguez. This remarkable story is the subject of the Oscar-winning movie ‘Searching For Sugar Man‘.

Brian Currin & Stephen “Sugar” Segerman

The Original Websites in 1998

The Great Rodriguez Hunt, established August 1997

Climb Up On My Music, established October 1997

Rodriguez: Reality Revisited

“Coming From Reality” was the second album from Rodriguez, after the classic “Cold Fact”. It was released in November 1971.

I have revisited this album with mostly alternative versions of the songs including cover versions and live versions from the South African and Australian tours.

And yes, the original version of “I’ll Slip Away” from 1967, was credited to Rod Riguez.

Tracks

1. Climb Up On My Music (live in South Africa 1998) – Rodriguez & Big Sky
2. A Most Disgusting Song (live in South Africa 1998) – Rodriguez & Big Sky
3. I Think Of You – Susan Cowsill
4. Bus Tour Ride (Heikki’s Suburbia Bus Tour) – Ken Boothe
5. Silver Words – Richie Stephens
6. Sandrevan Lullaby / Lifestyles – Rodriguez feat Jimmy Horowitz: violin
7. To Whom It May Concern (live in Australia 1979) – Rodriguez feat José Guadiana: flute
8. It Started Out So Nice – Danica Manley
9. Halfway Up The Stairs – Delroy Wilson
10. Be’cause (2004 remix of Cause) – Zimbrowski vs Rodriguez
11. Can’t Get Away (live in Australia 1979) – Rodriguez
12. Street Boy (live in Australia 2014) – Rodriguez
13. I’ll Slip Away (original single version, 1967) – Rod Riguez