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applegrove

(118,651 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 07:15 PM Aug 2012

Just saw "Searching For Sugar Man". What a great documentary. What

A great soul.


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Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late '60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recording artist of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording ...

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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/searching_for_sugar_man/

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