Detroit folk singer Rodriguez is playing Los Angeles Nov. 21 and San Francisco Nov. 23. That's great news, as Rodriguez has never played west of his hometown, Detroit.

However! Rodriguez's legendary 1970 LP Cold Fact was reissued by Light in the Attic this year. So, wouldn't it make sense to have Señor Rodriguez play in the city (i.e., Seattle) where the label that so magnanimously rescued his classic opus from oblivion is based? Yes, it would. But it's not happening.

One, two, three: ARGH!

I asked LITA boss Matt Sullivan why there's no Seatown booking. I'll update this post when/if I hear from him. (You can read the press release after the jump.)

UPDATE: Sullivan, who is in LA attending to Rodriguez's transportation needs, responds: "For Seattle, it was too difficult to pull off due to the Thanksgiving holidays. However, in May 2009, we'll be re-releasing Rodriguez's brilliant second album entitled Coming From Reality (originally released in 1971) and hope to bring him to Seattle around the release." Awesome news.

Here's a video of a little-heard Rodriguez track not on Cold Fact, "Climb Up on My Music":

Rodriguez, the mastermind behind the absolutely awesome Cold Fact, is ditching the cold streets of Detroit and making a cross-continental trek to the sunny climes of Southern California and beyond. This Friday, November the 21st, Rodriguez will hit Los Angeles' famous The Echo, with Connie Price and The Keystones as his backing band, to perform the classic psych-folk he's become so renowned for. San Francisco's Sleepy Sun will open the show.

Two days later, Sunday the 23rd, Rodriguez will be in San Francisco co-headlining the Great American Music Hall with local favorites The Entrance Band. The Matt Baldwin Electric Band and Sleepy Sun will open. Prior to this, Rodriguez will be performing an in-store at the Haight Street Amoeba Music at 2 pm. If you can catch one, two, or all three of these shows, we promise it'll be worth above and beyond the price of admission.

The info, right here:

Los Angeles:

(((folkYeah))), Dublab, Wax Poetics, and KCRW Present...
RODRIGUEZ (backed by Connie Price & The Keystones)
w/ Sleepy Sun, DJs Dublab
Fri, Nov 21st, 2008
@ The Echo, Los Angeles
(1822 Sunset Blvd)
Tickets: www.ticketweb.com

San Francisco:

(((folkYEAH!))) presents in San Francisco, CA!
Great American Music Hall, Sunday, November 23, 2008
Doors @ 7:00 Show @ 8:00
RODRIGUEZ performing songs from his LOST CLASSIC LP "COLD FACT"
With THE ENTRANCE BAND Sleepy Sun, Matt Baldwin Electric Band plus DJ sets
info @ www.folkyeah.com & www.gamh.com
adv. tixs @ www.gamh.com