I’m from South Africa….. dude Bob Dylan had nothing on Rodrigues …. Great songs from a humble man

@fukkar4545

10 ай бұрын

True statement I'm from Australia, he was the true peoples poet

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

I’m from the US and comparing him to Dylon is absolute rubbish, the dude had 2 records, never even tried to write a new song after he was “rediscovered”, Dylon, would wipe his ass with the R. His time ended in 72, Dylon, still makes shit happen....and I really like Rodriguez, but think before you type.

@sistersuetube

9 ай бұрын

That's not true. There would be no Rodriguez or anyone without Bob Dylan. Dylan changed music. Before Dylan nobody said anything. Dylan wrote folk, protest, country, gospel, rock, blues etc.

@LoyalOpposition

9 ай бұрын

I think most just think they're supposed to like Bob Dylan. It's pretty pathetic. I think Roger Waters is a better measure, but I think Rodriguez is great. A part of songwriting is also the cadence, rhythm, how you phrase. I'm guessing his daughters are working to release those unreleased songs at this moment.

@user-fr9wq1ed8z

8 ай бұрын

I’m from Australia Rodriguez was great but better than Bob Dylan……..come the F on…………..dude

He was an Icon of all of us South African soldiers fighting in the Angolan/SWA war and youth of the day because his songs represented a wave of rebelliousness to the Conservative narrative of the National Party government. His music always brings me to tears with remembrance of how we revered him and his music.

He inspired revolution, yet his music was pirated for decades and he never saw any money. May Sixto Rodriguez Rest In Peace (he died like 7 months ago)

Here in Australia everyone had a rodriguez album back in the 70s I can’t believe he had no following in his home country , he should be a national treasure

@detroyt232323

10 ай бұрын

I grew up 5 Mike's from Sixto. Let that sink in 😎🎸

Sixto Rodríguez first words in his first south Africa concert were "thanks for keeping me alive"

It's wild Joe mentioned Rodriguez and he passed away same day August 8th.

@gifted8458

10 ай бұрын

The universe tends to tie things together it’s trully a mystery how it happens

@detroyt232323

10 ай бұрын

I grew up 5 miles from Sixto in Detroit. Let that sink in 😎🎸

@mattaylor8935

10 ай бұрын

Coincidence life is unfair you either put out or get eaten by the wolfs

@detroyt232323

10 ай бұрын

This is dated 4 days ago on the 10th....

@elusion23one41

10 ай бұрын

What that is wild.

i cant believe he made it through living in the toughest neighborhood in Detroit and not getting into drugs and being a gangster, he truly was a loner and lived by a moral code, he is a true legend and a hero, so humble and generous.

@dutch2168

10 ай бұрын

he was a legend. But he definitely dabbled with drugs a bit lol. seeing as the Sugarman he is singing about is his dealer. But he was fantastic. "i wonder " is my favourite Rodriquez sond

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

He was a junkie, not a true hero. As much as I respect Sixto, his character when he recorded these 2, I mean 2 records only, shows you his habits hindered his success. Another “hero” you might have missed who ruined their careers with Heroin, Paul Peña, Townes Van Zandt, Baby Huey. You’re welcome....

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

@@dutch2168 naaa, Street Boy or Climb up on this music. I wonder, is a drag man....

As a South African who wasn't even born when Rodriguez released Sugar Man, I'm shocked it wasn't well known in the states. My friends and I knew that song in high school and used to sing it like it was a classic everyone knew.

We were at the concert in Cape Town. Until he came out to perform, nobody knew if it was really him. There will never be anotner concert like that EVER!!

I served in the South African military in the early 80's and remember his music as the guys played his songs non stop. He died on my son's birthday

He missed the best part while explaining the story. That his music inspired the rise of a whole generation that went on and overthrew apartheid.

I still have his albums and I still listen to them. The humblest man on this planet. We love him, to this day, in South Africa. We will keep his memory alive.

Sugarman was famous in Australia. Our LSD was being supplied at the time in sugar cubes. I am 72 now & I remember it so well lol

Interesting that the Godfather of Black Music, Clarence Avant that ripped off Sixto Rodriguez just died August 13, 5 days after Sixto died. The 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man also won an Oscar for Best Documentary. When Sixto played in South Africa for the first time he got a 10 minute standing ovation before he even sang a note because everyone there thought he had suicided on stage in America back in the 70's.

I'm South African and I know every single word of that album. I've been listening to it for about 40 years

He was just as huge in Western Australia. HUGE! Was lucky enough to see him live, 40 years too late, in kings park Perth wa. The only concert I've ever been to ❤

He was huge here. You couldnt go anywhere without hearing his music in the late 80s and 90s. Every drunken birthday and barbeque had to play the whole album at least twice seems like.

You finally got what you truly deserved, Sixto. A legend born in the last minute. “Thanks for keeping me alive!”

I'm from South Africa. We grew up listening to Rodriguez. I'm now in my fifties and I still have his "Cold Fact" album. We used to learn to play his songs on the guitar and his songs were always played in any meet up or party in those days. He was a legend and his music will live on forever.

I just discovered the documentary and it moved me immensely. What a wild and eerie strory. And then to find out Swedish film-maker Malik Bendjelloul - who had won an Oscar for his debut, the stunning Searching for Sugar Man - shocked everyone by taking his own life.....creates even more of an enigma surrounding this legacy.

I discovered Ridriguez story 10 or 15 years ago and was totally amazed by it.. I purchased the documentary and been watching it every time i feel like it and it gets me ever time..i've been telling everyone i can about this incredible story and his fantastic music.. Now that j Rogan did this podcas Im certain rodriguez legacy will continue to grow as more people will continue to discover Sixto..RIP Mr. Rodriguez🙌❤️✌️

We grew up with his music in South Africa! We made him a star eventually!

I am from the UK and worked in South Africa for a few months in 1998/9. I found Rodriguez in th local record shops and listened to nothing else. When I told my SA colleagues I had discovered this great artist they laughed and told me how important he was there. National service meant sitting round a campfire, smoking dope and listening to Rodriguez. They also told me he was dead, and the various crazy stories as to how he had died. They obviously didn't believe these stories but did think he was dead. Only years later did I find out, not only was he alive but our planes had crossed. As I was leaving SA, Rodrighez was flying in, having been rediscovered, to do a wonderful tour. I bought more albumns to take home for my friends and saw him play in the Royal Albert Hall. It is a mystery to me why he wasn't as successful as Dylan etc. It was just the latino name I guess.

@djjerome

3 ай бұрын

Oh you mean like Carlos Santana? I don't think anybody's heard of him. According to the documentary, you didn't hit it big because the record company did not promote him . Don't always assume racial discrimination for someone not making it in the US. If that were the case Motown would have never existed.

As a teen in the 90’s in South Africa we constantly listened to his music. He never saw the money, labels took it so he never benefitted. Post really needs to listen to that album- it’s amazing

Makes you wonder how many undiscovered artists are out there.

@leewhieldon4299

9 ай бұрын

I’m 1

@leewhieldon4299

9 ай бұрын

All my songs are on sound cloud but I’m quite and happy my songs are undiscovered..I know my place in the universe

He had a big following in Australia and New Zealand as well.

He was and is huge in Australia definitely a must have album.

Joe, I was a kid in the 70s , listening to my elder brother play this. It was big in South Africa. Greetings from South Africa. Xx

Crazy how they're both discovering Sixto ...I grew up listening to Sugarman bc my grandpa showed me him

Was big in Australia as well, toured a few times after he was found again, great music .

The USA failed this man dismally. It's not that his music didn't take off, it was suppressed because they didn't like what he was saying. Ask Buffy Sainte-marie. She knows what that was like as well. Here in Australia and in South Africa and New Zealand where free speech actually exists, he was a legend. Shame on the USA.

@LoyalOpposition

9 ай бұрын

yeah, apartheid SA

@dingodancer

9 ай бұрын

@LoyalOpposition bullshit reply. Had no impact on his music. As opposed to white, racist, redneck, conservative USA politics at the time. Still there today actually.

@sistersuetube

9 ай бұрын

It was not suppressed because they didn't like what he was saying. They just decided not to promote him. Just like they do every day with hundreds of records. That's the music business. Rodriguez at the time had no stage presence. He was awkward and would turn his back on the audience. It's a BUSINESS. Rodriguez was very philosophical about this and says it in the film there are no guarantees.

@LoyalOpposition

9 ай бұрын

There are so many amazing albums on KZread from the 70s. Carol of Harvest being a great example. @@sistersuetube

@dingodancer

9 ай бұрын

@@andany854 WTF are you on about.

Estoy aquí por Franco Escamilla

@JoseDiaz-kj7vh

3 ай бұрын

Yo tambien 😅

As a South African it is crazy for us that Rodriguez was essentially unknown elsewhere He was intrinsic to our cultural experience growing up here

@seandunn6406

9 ай бұрын

Yeah man, I was flying back home from Ireland when I saw the movie on the plane and it blew me away, how big he was in S.A. but nowhere else.

He was huge in New Zealand Australia and South Africa. In New Zealand all the surfers used to zone out to his music

@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia

5 ай бұрын

Did he manage to tour for concerts in New Zealand and Australia?

I think many of us South Africans only believed it is really him when he spoke on that stage and his voice was so undeniably the one we know so well.

I still remember my parents playing his songs in the car again and again.

Massive in Australia, New Zealand and many European countries

From SA...during middle and high school we listened to Rodriguez often...

To my knowledge he didn't give it away, the loyalties were stolen

Rhodesian - this album was the soundtrack to our lives through the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s ❤

@spooky_boi4329

9 ай бұрын

you can't be from a country that doesn't exist anymore buddy you lost

@LaoWatsonSmith

9 ай бұрын

@@spooky_boi4329 well it’s now called Zimbabwe and I still live there. And I didn’t lose. Hence I still live here. But in the time I’m referring to it was known as Rhodesia.

Post Malone should do a cover to this song.

@robertoclemente5512

3 ай бұрын

important clarification: this ONLY happened because of the internet, not before it. It was through the internet that they were able to reach Rodriguez's kids, who then found him and set up the first shows in South Africa.

@vamoneygroup

9 күн бұрын

He was sampled in hip hop like 20 years ago

I was hoping to see Rodriguez when I visited Detroit in '22. No such luck. I used to date a South African who introduced me to his music. The documentary is not to be missed. An incredible story. I am saddened to find out through this posting that Rodriguez has passed away. Hearts are breaking all over South Africa I'm sure. He was clearly a special soul.

I live in SA. The guy RR is A fkn legend! Thanks for covering him (RIP), and bringing some well deserved recognition his way! ❤️

I was raised in Johannesburg and was 21 when they found him and brought him out to South Africa, I watched the Johannesburg show at The Wanderers Cricket Grounds...it was such a surreal situation but such a great gig!

@Venomroos

8 ай бұрын

Met him in 2003 at a festival when they did a braai for the bands and crew, he made sure every crew member got food before he dished up for himself. Some of the SA bands wouldn't even talk to the crew.

Joe bringing a new audience to the man on the day he passes.Thats crazy! RIP

Im from Ireland, we passed around one album of his between each other for years..never soo happy to find his stuff again in youtube ..soo happy he was found and realised how much joy he brought

They had him on 60 Minutes too. A very special person that just didn't care about money. He worked as a construction laborer most of his life and one of his co workers said that R liked to rock up at the job site in a three piece suit and then quietly goes about his day making the work his reward. I'm from South Africa and in the late 70' to early 80's, everyone and his dog could sing all of R's songs word for word. That was part of the charm...you could listen to it once and the next time you could sing along.

@woiowoiow190

9 ай бұрын

It's not that he didn't care about money, they did him wrong and he did what he had to to survive.

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

@@woiowoiow190 who did him wrong? Sussex? He was a junkie....did demo his entire life until the dots were connected.

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

Your commentary is most entertaining....like you knew the dude. 😂

My cousin was a drinking buddy of his and he (Heikki) is mentioned in 2 of his songs (Cause (Estonian arch angel) and Heikki's Suburbian bus tour (based on a true story)).

@hessuh2380

Ай бұрын

Really? It's finnish name. My name.

there are so many things i would have never heard of if Joe didn't exist

Thanks to Joe Rogan, I am now a Johnny Thunder and Sixto fan!!!! Good job guys!!!

Not only was he a star but GENERATIONS knew his music, every word.

Was well known in Australia. I had both of his LPs in the mid 70s, and saw him when he toured Aus in the late 70s. He was a poet, and I would rank him up there with Dylan.

He got ripped off badly. Take note post

@oaktowngrrl6809

8 ай бұрын

Somebody was making money off of him. See the documentary!!!! Did see him around 2006, as well as Paolo Nutini, both in SF. Both mutually admired each other as it now turns out.

BLOWN AWAY! He died the same day Rogan mentioned him.

After his first concert in south africa he went on to do concerts in Australia Germany France England and no did not stop playing.

From Safrica this guy was my soul.

You couldn't walk past a bungalow when i was in the army without hearing Rodriguez blasting somewhere

Sixto was also really massive here in Australia. Amazing artist.

@sparkytas

13 күн бұрын

My mum was a big fan from the 70's (Tasmania - Australia).

He was big in Australia as well, I heard him playing over the speakers at Woolworths the other day

He was massive in Australia ,we loved him cold fact was so big

Only heard about him today and to make it worse I found he passed in August of 23. Heartbroken is not even a word I can use.

Great to see Joe covering the Rodriguez story, but you should have viewed the clip showing him at his first concert in South Africa, that was really moving.

We grew up listening to this on my parents playlist. My folks are 74 and 73. Silver magic ships ... LSD, marijuana music ... love it❤

Yeah! Watched it this morning. WILD! I wonder is a great tune. 🙏

Dave Matthews Band played a show in Cape Town and played a cover of Sugarman. Hearing a South African audience completely lift the rafters, drowning out the band... that song has pure cult status here.

@martinsmith852

5 ай бұрын

I think Just Jinjer sings the song the best

@danienelphoto

5 ай бұрын

@@martinsmith852 Yes, their cover is pretty solid.

I wonder who was getting all the royalties from his album? Incredible story, so glad he got to know how his music affected people before he passed. RIP Sixto Rodriguez

@hannesjakobsson765

8 ай бұрын

They talk about it in the documentary. The South African publishers sent royalies to Rodriguez' label in the USA, but apparently the money never reached him. I guess they never told him that the albums were selling, so they just pocketed it and kept quiet.

@rogerday6184

8 ай бұрын

Sadly the crooked label folk/s took the cash…. The bit of this story that got me was that SR was not bitter… His first words on stage were ’thanks for keeping me alive’. An amazing story!

Grew Up in RSA listening to him in the 80/90s. Still do...RIP...for real this time.

'Cause' hands down for me. Sixto has been in my playlist since time immemorial. A beautiful human being.

@rickybaker2827

5 ай бұрын

Cause and Crucify Your Mind are my top two

@frankstared

4 ай бұрын

@@rickybaker2827 Crucify, Cold Fact, Inner City Blues, Cause, Wonder-many greats!

I watched searching for sugar man about 6 year's ago and fell in love with his music! I now own both of his vinyl records that get played regularly

Searching for Sugar man one of the best movies everyone should see. His music is really good as well.

Im from South Africa, in 1985 a friend borrowd me a cassette of Rodriguez, I was hooked instantly. The album Cold Fact is the soundtrack to my youth. Thanks for covering this legend Joe. 🇿🇦🇺🇸😎🎤

One of the first albums I bought was Cold Fact in 1973 in a Johannesburg record store. Interestingly, my friends and I had heard (around 1975) that he had quit the music industry and had gone into construction - so just why later generations in South Africa reportedly did not know this, is a bit of a puzzle. We also knew he was popular in Australia. I went to his 1998 Jo'burg concert which was really great. His death was a bit of a surprise... A great poet and artist. He finally got the recognition he deserved.

@sistersuetube

9 ай бұрын

He was 81 and worth millions as he finally got paid royalties owed.

Rodriguez was also huge in Australia and New Zealand as well.

@joelabraham6834

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think it was spread by rugby fans travelling between.

Fucking love Rodriquez man, met him at the Enmore theatre in Sydney, great show

He songs will live for never. So cool 😢

This documentary was amazing and when I first saw it… it blew my mind. Since then I have listened to his records and still have them on my iTunes playlist.

Inner city blues and Cause...best tracks

It was a great childhood. Great memories thanks for this

It’s really criminal how I’ve now just heard of this man. As a 33 yr old American it’s really odd he never had any recognition here

I've been listening to Sugar Man now for almost 30 years. Amazing stuff. Was introduced to him by a man that was in Africa back in the ealy 70's. Great to see he finally getting some credit for his great works.

Wow Nas has a song on Stillmatic called “You’re Da Man” that samples 2:49

@LaWdHaveMercy4

10 ай бұрын

Yup classic

He got screwed by the original manager/record exec. That's what happened.

Lost my heart when I found it it had turned to dead black cold

@joker62698

2 күн бұрын

Dead black coal*

@user-ut5ld7ri6g

2 күн бұрын

@@joker62698 even better

The question that I have is, Who profited from his music? That’s the issue that nobody is covering. 🤔

The days before the internet you could be a successful artist and not even know it.

Jane S. Piddy is one of the greatest songs ever made!!!

Was the soundtrack to my late teens in the 80s. Thank you for the memories❤

On giving his money away he said: "I invest in people."

I hope post looks him up. Rodriguez is a fucking gem. A brilliant musician/songwriter

RIP Mr Rodriguez. We will spread the word if your music

Love this, thanks Joe!

Sixto Rodriguez is a legend, R.I.P. big man

16th Jan 2016, saw the Legend live in Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 41 years to see the MAN

Rodriguez was also big in Rhodesia at the same time. He was liked more, and sold more albums in Africa than Elvis Presley. The documentary is not public, you have to purchase it, I think. It is truly an incredible story. Like a fairy story. He became huge in Australia as well. Rodriguez didnt know about this, and didnt receive 1 penny from the hundreds of thousands of LP's sold, because the record label did not tell him anything and did not pay him. Not even 1 penny. Congrats to Joe Rogan for knowing about this. Good on you Joe. (even though you wont read this). Rodriguez is an American citizen, and 99.9 % of Americans have never heard of him. Everyone in Rhodesia and South Africa (and probably Australia) knew of him.

@LivingNomad

6 ай бұрын

Can agree as an Australian I knew the words when Joe played the song and I'm my 20s

His music is incredible!

He was big in Australia in the early 80s .

I’m so happy he knew about sugar man it’s such a crazy story

@detroyt232323

10 ай бұрын

I grew up 5 miles from Sixto. Let that sink in 😎🎸

It would be interesting to know where the money for those album sales went.

@judemitchell9410

3 ай бұрын

They were all illegal copies then. Almost all music sold in south africa was not legit because the government banned so much music

@TurKishsoulja

3 ай бұрын

no where since it was pirated lol

Mr. Rodriguez, have away most of his money to his daughters and family, friends and charities. He only kept enough to live modestly after his success

Was a great hit in Rhodesia, I still.have the masters 2 vinyls, a win