I had never heard of him until a client from the Midlands of England came in to see me last Tuesday. We were talking about music -- The Who -- the first band I had ever seen, and the second
. Then I told him I had seen Bob Dylan 22 times, once with Santana back in august of 93 and Elvis Costello in 2007. The Stones never came up and I wasn't about to mention them. I have never seen them in concert and don't plan on it.
He asked me if I had ever heard of Rodriguez. No, don't know who the hell he was. He told me he was big in South Africa. "Look up Searching for Sugar Man", he told me. I'd be blown away as his lyrics and music were 10 x better that Dylan's. I did and I can't stop listening to him because the sweetest kiss I ever got, was the one I never tasted.
He lived in Detroit as a laborer, then my client told me he went back out on tour twice, either in South Africa or Australia - I don't remember. The client told me he made a load of money on both tours and gave it to his two daughters to live on for the rest of their lives and went back to being a laborer.
That's just what I was told. I probably should look it up.