Sixto Diaz Rodriguez was born on 10 July 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Rodriguez became intrigued by music after picking up the family guitar at the age of 16.This aspiring singer-songwriter secured his first recording contract in 1967. It was only in 1969 that he entered a Detroit recording studio during August and September to lay down the twelve tracks that would comprise "Cold Fact".
Rodriguez the spent the last few months of 1970 in London recording a second full lenght album, entitled "Coming From Reality"."Cold Fact" was released in South Africa, in 1971, into a conservative society where oppression and censorship were the order of the day.Teenagers, students and national servicemen, disillusioned by these conditions, embraced Rodriguez's simple songs that used references to drugs, social decay, political apathy, depression and sex to point out what was wrong with the world."Coming From Reality", was released in South Africa in 1972. It was then reissued in 1976 as " After The Fact" to follow on the name of the debut album. His sound is timeless and doesn't date.. it still sounds fresh today. This appeal was evident on both South African tours, 1998 and 2001, when the audiences at the sold-out concerts included everyone from young children to over-the-hill burt-out hippies!