Sugar
Man
 What
would you think if you suddenly starting seeing advertisements
for a live music concert featuring John Lennon, or possibly
Jimi Hendrix? You'd probably think it was
a huge scam, that an imposter was attempting
to make a few bucks off the good name of a rock legend.
That's the same feeling the people of South Africa had
back in 1998 when it was announced that Sixto Rodriguez
was coming to
town.
Who's Sixto Rodriguez?
He's an American folk musician who made two critically-acclaimed
albums
back
in the early seventies, albums that, sadly, failed to garner an audience. He
then
promptly
disappeared from the public eye.
Some years later the people of South Africa discovered his albums and became
wildly enthusiastic fans. It's even said he was more popular than Elvis, selling
over a half-million albums in South Africa alone.
However,
his admirers
all
thought
that he was dead, a victim of any number of rumored
suicides.
Eventually, two Cape Town fans decided to seek the truth about him and
thereby hangs the tale of the movie Searching For Sugar Man, one of
the most
heart-warming
documentaries I've seen in a long time. It is a film of joyous redemption, and
the
music
is excellent, too. Look for it at your local rental box.
=Lefty=
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