With all the talk about longtime riders leaving Blueprint skateboards as of late, it was a cool coincidence to come across this copy of Rodriguez's 1st album from 1970, Cold Fact, at Red Cat only yesterday. As soon as I saw it on the wall I remembered Danny Brady's part from Blueprint's 2005 video, Lost & Found.... which features Rodriguez's most well known track, "Sugar Man", as the soundtrack to the tail end of Danny's section.
Rodriguez's brief, and then re-ignited years later, career makes for an interesting read.... this album came with a bonus booklet inside featuring the story of his unlikely road in music. Really happy to have found this 2009 re-issue .... I've never seen an original.
"Sugar man" appears at 3:26
Sad to hear about names that were so synonymous with Blueprint leaving the iconic UK brand, but times are changing in skateboarding.... you can find some of the rider's own words on the situation online if you're up for the search. Still excited as ever to see new things from Paul Shier, Danny Brady, Nick Jensen and the other blokes wherever they end up settling down.
Danny's whole part was sick... and then he just grew into his style for the second song.... solid and smooth like black pudding and mushy peas. Right then...
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