It’s amazing to see how something can fail one place and be so resonate in another. Nowadays its hard to think someone wouldn’t notice, but in the days before the internet, it is something that probably happened all the time. Sixto Rodriguez becomes a folk hero from just the mythos behind him. One of the most interesting things is how the South African people attached themselves to him during Apartheid in the same way Americans attached to Elvis and the Beatles. I feel like if this was made today Reddit would have been very much involved in the tracking down the information about Rodriguez as it was in the docs THE THREAD, DON’T FUCK WITH CATS, and I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK. A lot of the elements in the film also reminded me of the fantastic FINDING VIVIAN MAIER. I loved every song in this and I can’t wait to listen to these albums. He is a true contemporary of Bob Dylan, with all the clout that comes along with it. The scene where he walks the streets of Detroit reminded me of Jack White — the wardrobe and the snow and Detroit, just felt very Jack White. I bet the two of them have met at this point.
