Brian at Ravinia Festival - July 6, 2015!

[Margarita]

http://ravinia.org/ShowDetails/Index?id=1000

Tickets go on sale 3/10 for Ravinia donors, 4/28 for the general public. 

[baseball95]

Hope Blondie and Al are on all the dates. Who's the Rodriguez guy? Hopefully just a one time opening act or something. I really hope now that Blondie's name is being advertised in the billing that he's on stage for the whole concert i mean why not he deserves to be. After hearing Hold On Dear Brother in Vegas i feel like anything is possible with Blondie on the tour! How exciting!

[guitarfool2002]

Cool news. Rodriguez is a musician named Sixto Rodriguez, who was a folk singer from Detroit who released a few albums that didn't go too far in America in the 70's, but unknown to him, his music became a major influence in South Africa, where his records sold so well they went platinum. He was very, very popular in South Africa, but hardly anyone knew what became of him to the point where many of his African fans believed a rumor that he had committed suicide, to explain why he never could be tracked down. And Sixto himself had no idea of his influence or popularity in Africa until the later 90's.

The whole story was the subject of a film called "Searching For Sugar Man" which won an Oscar a few years ago for best documentary. Fascinating story all around.

More info and links here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez

[Lowbacca]

[...] Who's the Rodriguez guy?

Try getting this out of your head.

[TonyW]

Cool news. Rodriguez is a musician named Sixto Rodriguez, who was a folk singer from Detroit who released a few albums that didn't go too far in America in the 70's, but unknown to him, his music became a major influence in South Africa, where his records sold so well they went platinum. He was very, very popular in South Africa, but hardly anyone knew what became of him to the point where many of his African fans believed a rumor that he had committed suicide, to explain why he never could be tracked down. And Sixto himself had no idea of his influence or popularity in Africa until the later 90's.

The whole story was the subject of a film called "Searching For Sugar Man" which won an Oscar a few years ago for best documentary. Fascinating story all around.

More info and links here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez

The problem with Searching For Sugarman, the documentary, is that it conveniently ignores the actual success Rodriguez had in Australia when in the late 70s and early 80s his albums including a best of compilation went double platinum and he continued to tour including recording a live album at Sydney's Regent Theatre.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga5aR0MwWOs

Searching For Sugarman is one hell of a fine documentary however it's loose with the truth in order to build suspense to an emotional climax of redemption.

Just how popular was Rodriguez in Australia? During his 1979 tour he was reported to have pulled larger crowds than Rod Stewart who toured at the same time.

All that said DO NOT MISS Rodriguez!

[Debbie Keil-Leavitt]

Cool news. Rodriguez is a musician named Sixto Rodriguez, who was a folk singer from Detroit who released a few albums that didn't go too far in America in the 70's, but unknown to him, his music became a major influence in South Africa, where his records sold so well they went platinum. He was very, very popular in South Africa, but hardly anyone knew what became of him to the point where many of his African fans believed a rumor that he had committed suicide, to explain why he never could be tracked down. And Sixto himself had no idea of his influence or popularity in Africa until the later 90's.

The whole story was the subject of a film called "Searching For Sugar Man" which won an Oscar a few years ago for best documentary. Fascinating story all around.

More info and links here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez

The problem with Searching For Sugarman, the documentary, is that it conveniently ignores the actual success Rodriguez had in Australia when in the late 70s and early 80s his albums including a best of compilation went double platinum and he continued to tour including recording a live album at Sydney's Regent Theatre.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga5aR0MwWOs

Searching For Sugarman is one hell of a fine documentary however it's loose with the truth in order to build suspense to an emotional climax of redemption.

Just how popular was Rodriguez in Australia? During his 1979 tour he was reported to have pulled larger crowds than Rod Stewart who toured at the same time.

All that said DO NOT MISS Rodriguez!

Thanks for that info - listened a bit on YouTube too - really looking forward to him.

[Lowbacca]

Cool news. Rodriguez is a musician named Sixto Rodriguez, who was a folk singer from Detroit who released a few albums that didn't go too far in America in the 70's, but unknown to him, his music became a major influence in South Africa, where his records sold so well they went platinum. He was very, very popular in South Africa, but hardly anyone knew what became of him to the point where many of his African fans believed a rumor that he had committed suicide, to explain why he never could be tracked down. And Sixto himself had no idea of his influence or popularity in Africa until the later 90's.

The whole story was the subject of a film called "Searching For Sugar Man" which won an Oscar a few years ago for best documentary. Fascinating story all around.

More info and links here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez

The problem with Searching For Sugarman, the documentary, is that it conveniently ignores the actual success Rodriguez had in Australia when in the late 70s and early 80s his albums including a best of compilation went double platinum and he continued to tour including recording a live album at Sydney's Regent Theatre.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga5aR0MwWOs

Searching For Sugarman is one hell of a fine documentary however it's loose with the truth in order to build suspense to an emotional climax of redemption.

Just how popular was Rodriguez in Australia? During his 1979 tour he was reported to have pulled larger crowds than Rod Stewart who toured at the same time.

All that said DO NOT MISS Rodriguez!

I didn't know that. Thanks!