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00:30Well it's still a bit of a mystery how the first copy of Cold Fact actually came to South Africa
00:33but it spread very quickly. To many of us South Africans he was the soundtrack to our lives. Everybody I
00:39knew had his records. The message it had was be anti-establishment. Really the first opposition to apartheid they'll tell
00:47you that they were influenced by Rodriguez. But nobody knew anything about him. He was a mystery. Then we found
00:53out that he had committed suicide.
00:55And a lot of people have different versions of the story. He set himself a lot on stage. He reached
01:01down and pulled up a gun. I thought it'd make a good story. Find out how Rodriguez died.
01:09There was nothing on the record to tell us who he was or where he was from. So we started
01:13looking quite deeply at the lyrics.
01:14I met a girl in Dearborn. We found him. We found him. These are the days of miracles and wonder.
01:20I heard he did like a little construction work.
01:22He was really doing the work that no one else wanted to do. Rich in a lot of things but
01:27perhaps not material things.
01:30I said in South Africa you are more popular than Elvis Presley.
01:33Next day he says Emerson I got to go on tour. I said why is that Rodriguez?
01:39This is really going to be Rodriguez. We'll only know if we can actually sing these songs.
01:44And the best part for Stoltecalf.
01:46Thanks for keeping me alive.
01:58We'll see you next time.
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