Sixto Rodriguez @ Cigale, show N°3, Paris June 05 2013

Sixto Rodriguez @ Cigale, show N°3, Paris June 05 2013

  SIXTO RODRIGUEZ : Résurrection à la Cigale.Hallelujah !!!

 

Hard to believe, after probably the worst shows I've been to this year 2013, that RODRIGUEZ will be alive & kicking tonight !

8:30 pm and Rodriguez is getting on stage. He has a voice, the band is playing better, the atmosphere is religious with real fans attending and not some of the posh bitches I saw at the Zénith for both shows.We even had a couple of youngsters getting on stage to sing with him and thank him. That was fun and harmless but not very respectful to a 70 year old man !

Ok he's still asking for wine between songs , but his valet was reluctant giving some to him so he had to be patient to have a glass... for the better.

His voice was a bit weak after a few songs but much better than yesterday.

Still lots of cover songs tonight: "La vie en rose","c'est si bon",  "I only have eyes for you", Carl Perkins' "Blue suede shoes", Bob Dylan's" Like a rolling stone"and a couple of ohers, some of his own songs are edited but we had a VERY GOOD SHOW. It was night & Day compare to the Zénith shows !

70 min show

Hallelujah !!!

 

anyone has the complete setlist ?


review for show N° 1 @ Zénith June 03 2012, Show N° 2 @ Zénith June 04 2013
 

Sixto Rodriguez @ Zénith , show n°2, Paris June 04 2013

Sixto Rodriguez  @ Zénith , show n°2, Paris June 04 2013

Another sold-out show for RODRIGUEZ @ the 6500 seats capacity Zénith in Paris.
Another sad show: the voice is weak, songs are under-rehearsed (in fact not at all I've been told), Rodriguez is editing songs, constantly asking for more wine between songs.
Sometimes I was wondering if I was not at a Peter Doherty show.
So sad.
Many people left before the end, and after talking to many people They all thought it was pathetic and that his family should leave him alone now that he's successful and has money.
Couldn't be more true.

 review for his show yesterday is here
Show N°3 @ Cigale June 05 2013 HERE

 60 min show

Searching For Sugar man

"Searching For Sugarman"

 Probably of the the best documentary on music we have sen in a long time

It's out in France in movie theatre and it is a MUST SEE whether you know the man or not.

Of course we have both of his records and they are great, two lost gems that has been re-discovered and available everywhere on cds.

The incredible story of American musician from Detroit Sixto Rodriguez who released a couple of great albums in 1969- 1970 that failed but the guy sold hundreds of thousands of albums in South Africa and became a legend down under without knowing it and of course without getting a penny.

@ Cinéma in St Germain des Pres