I’ll Slip Away … The Sixto Rodriquez story
ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ꜱɪxᴛᴏ ʀᴏᴅʀɪɢᴜᴇᴢ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘꜱ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ. When I was a soldier in the 80s humping my kit from ambush to ambush, from patrol to patrol, through interminable heat, sand, boredom and futility, Sixto Rodriguez (July 10, 1942, Detroit — August 8, 2023, Detroit) was our guy. […]