Have you heard a very interesting story lately?

Interesting stories happen all the time I guess, the strange, the unusual, the types of stories that bring a tear to your eye or make you laugh, think twice or even at times haunt you.

Like for e.g. this story.

The singer Sixto Rodriguez released an album in 1970 called ‘Cold Fact’ which received a less than enthusiastic response in the USA. I believe it sold only 6 copies.

Rodriguez, thinking his career aspirations were a waste of time went back to his job as handyman and laborer. Many that knew him said he reminded them of a ‘homeless guy’.

Unbeknown to him, his album was hitting the charts in two other countries, South Africa and Australia. He was famous for many years in these two countries.

The happy ending was that a South African fan, went about finding him and he was later brought out to SA and Australia to sing to adoring crowds some 25 years later. He was totally unaware of his fame and thought it all a joke when they found him and called him.

He had spent his life as an unknown in his own space and mind, living a frugal life and very much a hard life too, yet somewhere else he was famous and loved. How strange is that?

the documentary ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ was recently aired and won some awards too.

I’d love to hear any interesting stories you have experienced lately, it could be in your own life or something you read about that you found interesting.