Sixto Diaz Rodriguez

Sugarman


Hate Street Dialogue


Establishment Blues


Inner City Blues


Crucify Your Mind


Jane S. Piddy

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (also known as Rodriguez or as Jesus Rodriguez) is an American folk musician, born in Detroit, Michigan on July 10, 1942(1942-07-10). He was named 'Sixto' (pronounced sees-to) because he was the sixth child in his family. Rodriguez's parents were middle-class immigrants from Mexico, who left in the 1920s. In most of his songs he takes a political stance on the cruelties facing the inner city poor.

In the 1980s I bought all of Rodriguez's albums on vinyl:

* Cold Fact (1970)
* Coming from Reality (1971)
* At His Best (Australia – 1977)

for around half a dollar each in charity shops around my hometown. Nobody listened to him except the hippies who lived in the hills. I lost two of them to an ex-girlfriend in Sydney in 1994, but bought them again on CD in Australia in 2003. I still listen to them often.