Lately I've been obsessed with this guy. I saw a trailer of the documentary "Searching for Sugarman" a while back while in a theater. Now I have heard every one of this songs I can find and read a lot of articles about him. It's quite an inspirational story. I don't need to say anything anymore, but here are some basic starting points -
1. Website that helped rediscover him: http://sugarman.org/
2. IMDB documentary review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/
3. A good (according to my flailing judgement) write-up: http://onequestiononly.com/2012/searching-for-sixto-rodriguez/
Here's a slideshow I quickly put together with one of his performances in Seattle at age 70:
Go to one of his concerts if possible while he's still at it.
1. Website that helped rediscover him: http://sugarman.org/
2. IMDB documentary review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/
3. A good (according to my flailing judgement) write-up: http://onequestiononly.com/2012/searching-for-sixto-rodriguez/
Here's a slideshow I quickly put together with one of his performances in Seattle at age 70:
