Hey music lovers,


If you saw the documentary, "Searching for Sugarman" you have heard about Sixto Rodriguez.  He was an extremely unknown singer before someone picked him up and gave him a record deal.  He wrote songs about that time period, the 70's.  People in South Africa loved him.  You could go into a record store, and the records on the wall would be Elvis, The Beatles and Sixto Rodriguez.  In other words, he was as famous as the top singers, but only in South Africa.  He was pretty much unknown to other places.  He had two records and was working on a new one when the record company let him go.  In one of his songs, he says he lost his job three weeks before Christmas, not knowing he actually would lose his job three weeks before Christmas.  It was a sad time for him.  He gave up the idea of singing and would write songs only in solitude.  He went to work in construction and forgot all about the life he used to live.  He didn't reveal anything about himself for a while.  People said he shot himself and others said he burned himself while he was still alive!  He didn't know anything about this until about 20 years later.  His daughter saw a website on the computer saying, "FIND THIS MAN" with a picture of her dad on the front of a milk carton.  She called the editor and told him, first off, that this wasn't a prank call.  She then declared to be Sixto Rodriguez's daughter.  Which then solved all of the worlds problems.  This is a great movie about hope, music, love, music, wishing to forget, and great music.  You should definitely check the movie out.  Below is the link to his official website.


http://www.sugarman.org/