Opening his 1970 debut, Cold Fact, with the deeply seductive lure of “Sugar Man”, a tripped-out blues ode to his drug dealer, Sixtoo Rodriguez illustrates the working class, counter-culture of late 60’s with a tongue that was dipped in Dylan lyricism. With heavyweight fuzzed out guitar work provided by Dennis Coffey (that’s him on the Temptation’s “Cloud Nine”), and catchy psych-folk songs that stick to the inside of your brain after a single listen, this album, unfortunately, tittered on lip of the obscurity, despite being a sensation in foreign countries. In 2002, producer David Holmes re-introduced Rodriguez’s gem “Sugar Man” with its inclusion on his curated compilation “Come Get It, I Got It” and caught the attention of listeners world wide, which finally culminates in this re-issue. Rodriguez shuffles personal alienation with societal critiques as Marvin Gaye did on What’s Goin’ On, and like that classic, it still is refreshing enjoyable, and unfortunately, quite topical.
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