Part of the joy of being a record collector and music lover is the discovery. Sometimes the whole thing feels like some sort of fantastic treasure hunt. Sure, you'll sometimes go awhile not finding anything new that shakes you up. Sometimes things will begin to feel stale. You start to think maybe you've reached the end, that there's nothing new to throw you into an electric frenzy. Then it happens. You get turned on to something new and it shakes you all up and you begin to remember why you're in it in the first place.
This happened to me recently and I'm still riding the afterglow. After being alerted to a show happening the same night and the blurb description of this guy, Sixto Rodriguez, sparking my interest I showed up to check it out. It couldn't have been better. The soft spoken, Michigan born Rodriguez managed to hold the attention of everyone in that little room from the first song until the last.
He only released two studio albums, Cold Fact in 1970 and Coming From Reality in 1971. If you can only pick up one of his albums (seriously try for both though!) I am already madly in love with Cold Fact. The following song, Sugar Man is from that album:
For more info on Sixto Rodriguez, visit: sugarman.orgjavascript:void(0)
Enjoy!
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You mentioned this guy to me and he had escaped my radar. I was sent into my curiosity mode that plagues those affected with chronic recorditis. How did this happen? I must rectify it soon. I delved into research mode and heard more of his music and loved it. I then was kicking myself for not being able to make the show. I thank you!
May this happen over and over again.
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