UJohn Paul WhiteUAllister Ann Iintsuku ngaphambi kokuya kukhenketho lwaseMelika, UJohn Paul White Ndikonwabela iKrisimesi yosapho eFlorence, Ala. Ndikwiikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukusuka apho ndazalelwa khona, ngaphesheya nje komlambo eTuscumbia kwisibhedlele saseHelen Keller. Wakhulela apho. Usengaya kubona iqula kunye ne-Ivy Green. UWhite uthetha ngedrayi yobusi, ngomdibaniso onomtsalane wokuthobeka nokuzithemba.
Uyindoda yosapho, onwabile emtshatweni kunye nabantwana abane, ophumelele iGrammys ezine. Ngaba ukuphumelela iGrammy kubutshintsha ubomi bakho?
Ewe, kuyahlekisa. Sithe sakuphumelela, umfana endandifunda naye wathumela umyalezo othi, ‘Siyavuyisana, ngoku wenze into engazange yenziwe nguLed Zeppelin noQueen.’ Yayibeka ngolu hlobo. Ngokuqinisekileyo liwonga kodwa andiliphathi eli khadi ndize ndilibonise ebantwini. Kukho loo mtsalane waseMazantsi kwakhona.
Umhlophe ufumene la mabhaso njengesiqingatha se Iimfazwe Zoluntu , ecaleni kwelizwi uJoy Williams. I-duo yase-Gothic yesiqhelo yabantu bakhupha ii-albhamu ezimbini ezibhiyozwayo ngaphambi kokuqhawuka kweqabaka. UMhlophe wayezakuzo ngozakuzo ngelo xesha kodwa ngoku ujonge kwikamva kuphela. Ndiziipesenti ezingama-100,000 ezijolise kule projekthi, usapho lwam, irekhodi yerekhodi, kunye nesitudiyo. Yinto entle kakhulu. Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndifuna ukuyenza le nto kwaphela kunika umdla ukuba ibe sisityebi.
Iqoqo elimangalisayo leengoma zomculi-wengoma, UBeulah I-albhamu emhlophe kaWhite, ikwayindlela yakhe yokuqala yokukhululwa ukusukela oko kwapheliswa iqela lakhe langaphambili.
Ukusuka kwindlela yakhe kaJeff Buckley ebalekayo ekupheleni kweThemba Ndiyafa kwi-yelps enobuchule kumlo wokulwa nawe, uvakala ekhutshwa. Umdlalo wokudibanisa udityanisiwe kwaye usepokothweni, kanye into onokuyilindela kwiqela labadlali beMiscle Shoals. Okwangoku, izinto ezintle, ezijika zibuhlungu kwaye ziqinisekisa ubomi, zibamba ukukhanya.
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U-White ufanisa inkqubo yakhe yokubhala nokuvula itompu. Xa izimvo ziqala ukungxama ujika kwisixhobo esilixesha. Ndibhala yonke into entle kwikatala. Ndizohlala ne noodle. Into eza kubamba umdla wam kwaye ndiyilandele. Okanye ndiza kuba ne-lyric entlokweni yam, ke kukho umxholo omncinci. Ukuncoma kwam ngamazwi, kodwa eyona nto ndiyithandayo ziingoma. Iingoma zithatha ixesha elide.
Kwinombolo eyoyikisayo efana nokuthiya indlela ondithanda ngayo, loo mazwi abonisa ukuzisola okungathandekiyo. UMhlophe akanangxaki nokuba abaphulaphuli bayazibuza ukuba ingaba iingoma zivela kwingcinga, amava, okanye ukudityaniswa kwezi zimbini.
Ndidla ngokungaze ndibhale buqu ngokupheleleyo. Kuyandidina ukumamela umntu ecula ngaye ngaphandle kokuba inendalo yonke. Xa befunda nje idayari yabo ayindenzi lukhulu kum. Andikwazi ukuhlala ngaphakathi kwengoma kwaye ndibengumlingiswa. Ndidla ngokudlala ikona nganye endinokuyifumana.
Kwi-King James Version yebhayibhile, uBeulah uguqulela abatshatileyo. UMhlophe uqhelekile ekuthetheni ngobomi bakhe basekhaya. Ndoda, ndingoyena mntu ungoyena unokunika iingcebiso ngayo nantoni na, singasathethi ke ngobudlelwane. Ndinethamsanqa kakhulu ndinomfazi ondithandayo nondihlonelayo. Ayikhathazi nokuba uyayithanda into endiyenzayo. Kuyinto entle xa unoluhlobo lwenkxaso ekhaya. Kwenza kube lula kakhulu ukuyila.
Obo buchule bumbeke emagumbini kunye no-Emmylou Harris, uRodney Crowell, noJason Isbell.
UJason, ndiyazi uninzi lobomi bam, sasihlala sikhuphisana ngokuchasene nomlo wamaqela eAlabama, ke yimeko eyahlukileyo kuye. Ndikunye noRoseanne noRodney noEmmylou, ndingena kuyo ngentlonipho enkulu nokuncoma… nokoyika. Kodwa emntwini, ziphantsi emhlabeni nangabantu. Akuzange kuthathe ixesha ukuba uzive ngathi unomoya wobuhlobo.
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U-White uthembisa ngesandi esiphelileyo kukhenketho lwakhe oluzayo, oluqala eNew Orleans kwaye lugubungele ilizwe elinesiqingatha ngaphambi kokuba aye e-UK i-jaunt yeeveki ezimbini ngoFebruwari. Ndidlala ezinye iingoma ngokwam kodwa liqela elipheleleyo. Ixesha lokugqibela ooSista beSecurity babenam. Iishedyuli zazingayi kulungelelana, ke ndaqesha umdlali wefiddle ovela eLafayette kunye nomdlali wegitare ovela eTuscaloosa. Bayazicula ezo ndawo, kodwa ngoku andibobunzima emagxeni am. Ndiyakwazi ukugxila ekukhuliseni endaweni yokuthandaza ndifumana yonke into efanelekileyo.
Iimfazwe zoLuntu zaziguqulela iingoma njengezahlukileyo njengePortishead's Sour Times kunye noMichael Jackson kaBillie Jean. Abaphulaphuli kufuneka balindele ukugquma, kodwa uMhlophe ubambe umlomo malunga nezihloko. Siza kwenza ezimbini okanye ezintathu. Abantu banokungayiqondi indlela enkulu ngayo ingoma xa imveliso imangalisa kangaka. Ndidla ngokuthambekisela ngakubo kwaye ndihlube ezantsi.
Ukuxabisa kukaMhlophe ngezandi ezahlukeneyo kuvela kwindawo yokunyaniseka njengomlandeli womculo kuqala. Njengomntu ofikisayo wayemthandaI-Metallica kunye neMegadeth (ndandingumntwana wama-80s, utshilo uWhite ngokuhleka), kodwa ngoku umamele kakhulu ilizwe le-bluegrass kunye nelizwe lokuvuna njenge-Moon Mullican kunye ne-Tex Ritter. Umculo omtsha uyathengisa ngakumbi. Ndibe nobunzima ekufumaneni izinto ezithi ziqhushumbe isiketi sam, ngenxa yokuswela ibinzana elingcono. Njengemvumi evela kwiiQuad-Cities, iliwa laseMazantsi lalikuyo yonke indawo. Uninzi lurekhodwe kwiMiscle Shoals. Kumgca welizwe laseTennessee-Alabama, kuya kufuneka ukwazi ukudlala loo nto.
Ibhongo lengingqi lazala Iirekhodi ezitshixwayo ezizodwa , ilebula yakhe namaqabane uBen Tanner waseAlabama Shakes kunye noWill Trapp. Sifikile kwisigqibo sokuba kukwazi ukuba nenkunzi yokwenza irekhodi elifanelekileyo kwaye uphume uye ukhenketho. Sigqibe kwelokuba senze i-Lock eyodwa ukufumana amabhanti esiwathandayo, sibancede benze irekhodi ngaphandle kwewotshi, kwaye bayifumane ezandleni ezilungileyo.
Ngaba itepu ivuliwe okanye icinyiwe? Kukwimo yokuvala okwangoku. Kodwa uyazi kwiikhathuni xa kukho ukudumba okukhulu kwipayipi yegadi, kwenza indlela eya esiphelweni? Yinto eyenzekayo ngoku. Kwaye nje ukuba ndifuna ukuyivula ndinoluvo lokuba irekhodi elandelayo izakuphuma ngokukhawuleza. Ndiye ndafikelwa zizinto ezijikeleza intloko yam ndicela ukuba zibekwe kwiphepha.
Kuvakala ngathi lixesha lokwakha kwakhona.
