Rodriguez released the solo album cold fact on the sussex label in 1970. In 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. However, his music found a resonance with a fanbase in south africa, where he became somewhat of a. Alfre woodard at an event for searching for sugar man 2012 tom bernard at an event. The bluesfunk style of his overtly sociopolitical lyrics gained him little popularity in the us, where he once performed onstage with hispanic activists the brown berets. Compra vinili, cd e altro di sixto rodriguez nel marketplace di discogs. With the songs registered to either jesus rodriguez rodriguez brother jesse or sixth prince his english alias derived from the spanish sixto diaz. Sixto diaz rodriguez, known professionally as rodriguez born july 10, 1942, is an american singersongwriter from detroit, michigan. Download sixto rodriguez sugar man download torrent.
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