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Preview: Rodriguez

October 4, 2012 9:13 AM

Humble 70s singer-songwriter Rodriguez went from 40 years of obscurity to film and music fame. Bob Simon reports on his journey Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7:00 p.m. PT.

70-year-old musician learns he's famous overseas
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by Jeromecbs January 28, 2013 10:55 AM EST
I saw the movie and i confirm, it is a dream !! Beautiful and incredible story, a bit like Buena Vista Social Club, marvelous interviews and a great man, so peaceful after all these moneyless years ! A lesson.
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by Vezna13 November 15, 2012 3:14 PM EST
He was ahead of his time.Patty Smith was another one who also produced music ahead of her time.
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by jffbloc66 October 7, 2012 7:52 PM EDT
Find more about Rodriquez here - http://sugarman.org/rodman.html
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by AmyMDaws October 7, 2012 11:47 AM EDT
@ Transatlantique Rodriguez was a singer back in the mid-late 1960's and recorded a couple of albums but wasn't selling well. But decades later, someone brought one of his records, "Cold Fact", to Cape Town, South Africa and quickly became a superstar after several bootleg copies were made. One of the songs he recorded "I Wonder" became a theme during the apartheid period in South Africa. People thought that he was dead and there were several stories on how he died from setting himself on fire to killing himself on stage.

There is a documentary film out called "Searching For Sugarman" about finding Rodriguez. A group of music journalists were trying to find out the story on how he died but wound up opening a new chapter that he is alive. I saw the film last night and it's an amazing story. All of the songs in this film are Rodriguez's original recordings.
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by audemus October 6, 2012 4:10 PM EDT
Artists quite often labor and struggle sometimes for entire lifetimes just to remain Faithful to their Art and Purpose. It's gratifying to see such an Artist as this receiving the acclaim he's always deserved.
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