Sixto Rodriguez: 'It's a typical rags-to-riches story'

Forty years after recording his first album, Sixto Rodriguez, 70, is on the cusp of international stardomThe first thing Sixto Rodriguez asks me to do when I sit down to interview him in a film distributor's office in London is to tell him all about myself. He's eager to know everything: who I am, where I'm from. ("Is that an Irish accent? Erin go bragh!") The Observer's photographer is also required to give a potted history of himself before Rodriguez submits to having his photo taken. He looks...

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