For a Little Listening Pleasure

As I had promised from the very beginning of this blog, I was gonna post some MP3s for a little listening pleasure. I know i have slacked off from the very beginning, but I'm here to try and right the train. So as to keep the four loyal readers of this blog satisfied, here is my next contribution.

"Sugarman" by Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (more commonly known as simply Rodriguez) is a deliciously eerie song that does well for both it's simplicity as well as it's political statements. Rodriguez is known for singing about the troubles of inner city life, himself a product of such upbringing. This song is a statement about the false friend that drugs can become to a person, offering a temporary answer to life's problems.

Rodriguez himself has a pretty interesting story. Growing up in inner city Detroit, he tried to emerge in the music world in the late 60's, early 70's to little critical success. After fading away by the mid-70's, his music somehow caught on in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Unbeknownst to him, he had become somewhat of a cult icon in those countries, even achieving platinum status for one of his re-released albums. It wasn't until the late 90's that he accidentally discovered (by way of his daughter's discovery of a fan site on the Internet) that he had a following in these countries and began touring again.

Jumpers coke, sweet Mary Jane!