“He had never played a concert before, just bars and clubs.” He played to 15,000 people in Sydney, almost as many fans as Rod Stewart drew a few weeks earlier. “He was just stunned by what we put together for him,” promoter Michael Coppel told Billboard at the time. He arrived in Australia with his two teenage daughters for a 15-date tour in early 1979. “We’d play Bruce Springsteen’s The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, Billy Joel’s first album and Cold Fact.”īy the late 1970s, Australian concert promoters tracked down Rodriguez in Detroit. “Every single one of my friends had Cold Fact,” says Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst. Record stores started selling Cold Fact for upwards of $300, and Blue Goose records eventually released it to huge sales all across the continent. One wound up in the hands of Australian radio DJ Holger Brockman, who began playing “Sugar Man” on 2SM radio in Sydney. ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Documentary Uncovers Rodriguez’s Secret SuccessĪustralia discovered him before South Africa.Ī handful of copies of Rodriguez’s 1970 debut LP, Cold Fact, reached Australia months after the album bombed in America. “I was asleep when it won, but my daughter Sandra called to tell me. “We also just came back from South Africa and I was tired,” Rodriguez says. Searching for Sugar Man director Malik Bendjelloul begged Rodriguez to attend the Oscars, but he refused, feeling it would take the attention away from the filmmakers. Not only did he skip the Oscar ceremony – he was asleep when he won.
Here are 10 things you may not know about Rodriguez: But while Searching for Sugar Man ( soundtrack and DVD now available) is a fantastic film, it only grazes the surface of Rodriguez’s life story.
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Sixto Rodriguez had no idea he was a legend there until a group of fans found him on the Internet and brought him to the country for a series of triumphant concerts. On the website, they can watch the trailer, start the conversation by downloading a discussion guide, and find educational resources to help improve diabetes management.The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man tells the almost unbelievable story of a Mexican-American songwriter whose two early Seventies albums bombed in America, but who wound up finding a huge audience in Apartheid-era South Africa.
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People can learn more about A Touch of Sugar and how to make a difference in their communities by visiting. Merck spearheads a program, America’s Diabetes Challenge: Get to Your Goals to promote living a healthier lifestyle. With this documentary, Merck is dedicated to increasing awareness and inspiring action to ultimately confront America’s type 2 diabetes epidemic head on – one community and one patient at a time.” “Although the disease is a result of a combination of genetics, lifestyle, and environment, there are steps we can take together to help reduce its impact on individuals and their families. “ A Touch of Sugar is an honest depiction of life with type 2 diabetes that puts a much-needed spotlight on the real people affected by it firsthand,” said Conrod Kelly, Executive Director, Diabetes Franchise at Merck. Can’t wait for the debut tomorrow during #Tribeca2019! Learn more here: #sponsored /YfFVtZGiII I’m working with as the narrator of #ATouchOfSugarFilm, which dives into the #T2D epidemic that affects people in every community in the U.S., including my family. It’s not something to be taken lightly – we need to take it seriously if we’re going to get it under control.” I want people to know that type 2 diabetes can have consequences. “It’s not something I talk about because it’s a disease a lot of us simply accept – growing up my family just called it ‘sugar.’ But, this must change. “I’m one of the 84 million American adults living with prediabetes and I’m sharing my story for the first time in an effort to inspire others to take action against the type 2 diabetes epidemic.” My great-aunt suffered from complications of the disease, two of my sisters are currently living with it, and a few years ago, I was diagnosed with prediabetes,” Davis said. “Type 2 diabetes has taken a toll on my family. Davis narrates the project, which is personal to her, as several members of her family have been diagnosed with the disease. Viola Davis has teamed up with pharmaceutical company Merck on A Touch of Sugar, a documentary film which addresses the health epidemic surrounding Type 2 diabetes, particularly among African-Americans.Īccording to PR Newswire, the film will debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival today. Viola Davis (photo: ) A Touch of Sugar ( via )
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