(Bottom row, from left) Pavement: Mark Ibold, Steve West, Scott Kannberg, Bob Nastanovich, Stephen Malkmus; (Top row, from ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") SIXTO RODRIGUEZ: (Singing ... SIMON: Later in the 1990s, Sixto Rodriguez would tour South Africa, and he was received rapturously. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") SIXTO RODRIGUEZ ... SIMON: Later in the 1990s, Sixto Rodriguez would tour South Africa, and he was received rapturously. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST ...

Rodriguez – the subject of Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man – passed away on Tuesday ... played a successful 1998 South African tour. “I told him, ‘In South Africa ...

Photos: sugarman.org Rodriguez presents ‘Cold Fact ... Rodriguez back in 2016 during his final South Africa concert tour, he summed up his decision to quit and return to the daily grind ...

He then headlined a tour of the country in 1979 ... remained undetected (and was not mentioned in "Searching For Sugar Man"). Rodriguez's record was released by a South African label, and a ...

Rodriguez toured Australia in 1979 tour before disappearing from the spotlight ... His most popular song, Sugar Man, was covered by Paolo Nutini and South African band Just Jinger.