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Sixto Rodriguez: A Mini-Biography
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Sixto Rodriguez: A Mini-Biography

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Apr 17, 2025
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In the crumbling neighborhoods of post-1967 Riot Detroit, Sixto Rodriguez walked and sang.

He was strumming a guitar, channeling a poor man’s Bob Dylan in the smoky dives of neighborhoods where you’d clutch your wallet tight. By day, he hauled bricks and mopped floors; by night, he poured his soul into songs that echoed off the walls of forgotten bars. …

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