Hey there Powdies

Last Saturday's Brisbane "Courier Mail" has a feature by Kathleen Noonan.  She writes (p.40) about the godfather of 70s and 80s rap Gil Scott-Heron, and Rodriguez:

"In the late '60s, (Rodriguez) recorded two albums that captured a unique brand of anti-establishment cool in countries other than his own (U.S.) - Australia and South Africa.

By the '70s and early '80s, his music was huge in South Africa, of all places.  At one time, his face was the second most popular on T-shirts of those protesting against the restrictions of apartheid and all things official.  Mandela was the first choice.

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After a 1981 tour of Australia with Midnight Oil, Rodriguez went home, did a degree in philosophy and sociology, and became a social worker".

He plays The Tivoli (31 March) and then the Byron Bay BluesFest, where The Break are also scheduled to play.

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