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Rodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 81
(pitchfork.com)
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Classic tail of an great artist who got fucked by the music industry...
Did he get fucked or just didn't take off in the states initially?
Much of success is about luck, just because you're good and work hard doesn't ever mean youll "make it".
Lucky of the bootleg copies, otherwise many of us probably wouldnt have got to hear him. Great artist!
@beeng
By "luck" I'm assuming you mean "nepotism", yes?
It doesn't matter how lucky, talented, or hard working you are. We've known that the American music "industry" is an oligopoly for decades, now. Let's not nurture the notion that it's open for talented people to join off their merits.
Bit too much of a generalisation for me that one, but I get your underlying point.