Ifoto: Matt Cardy / Getty Izithombe UMat Cardy / Getty Izithombe URobert ‘Mack’ McCormick, ugqirha wezomculo, isazi ngembali kunye nembali egcina iingxelo, iifoto kunye nodliwanondlebe-ziqokelelwe kuphando olwenziwa kumazantsi eSouth-ziye zadumisa ababhali-mbali amashumi eminyaka, wasweleka kwiveki ephelileyo kwikhaya lakhe eHouston. Wayeneminyaka engama-85, kwaye unobangela yayingumhlaza womqala.
Kuhleli kungacaci ukuba yintoni eza kuba kwindawo yokugcina izinto kaMnumzana McCormick ngoku (wayethanda ukuyibiza ngeMongomkhulu). Asikafiki kude kangako, intombi yakhe, uSusannah McCormick, owazuza njengelifa izinto zikayise, uxelele uMbonisi kudliwanondlebe ngomnxeba. Siza kwenza into ngayo, kodwa asikulungelanga ukutsho.
Umnumzana McCormick, owayekhe wanengxaki yokudakumba, wayehlala enenjongo yokubhala incwadi malunga noRobert Johnson, obomi bakhe wayegrumba kwiinkcukacha ezimangalisayo, kodwa akazange afike kuyo.
U-Alan Govenar, umbhali kunye nomlando-mbali, uthe ngoku usebenza ngokubhala incwadi uMnu McCormick kunye nomlando waseBrithani uPaul Oliver abangazange bayigqibe. Kwi-blues yaseTexas, isekwe kuphando olwenziwe nguMnu McCormick kunye noMnu Oliver ngeminyaka yoo-1960, kwaye iya kunika ii-blues aficionados kunye nabaqokeleli beerekhodi ezibukhali ngengqondo yoko bekufihlwe kwi-Monster. Uthe le ncwadi iya kupapashwa ngo-2017.
Okwangoku, sacela uluhlu lweentatheli, ababhali bembali kunye nabanini beerekhodi ukuba bacinge ngelifa likaMnumzana McCormick.
UMARUS KAKHULU
Umgxeki kunye nombhali
Ngaphandle kodliwanondlebe oluninzi kunye nobomi obuninzi bophando obungakaboni ukukhanya kwemini, amabali angachazwanga, iMelika kunye nehlabathi batyebe kakhulu kunokuba bebeya kuba bengekho ngaphandle kukaMack McCormick. Kukho amagcisa amnandi ahlala kwimbali yanamhlanje kuphela ngenxa yokuba uMack wawafuna, wawafumana okanye umkhondo wawo, kwaye wawongwa ngokumamela into ababeza kuyithetha.
TED UVUYO
Umgxeki, umbhali-mbali kunye nombhali we IDelta Blues
UMack wayenesisa ekundincedeni kuphando lwam kwiiblues zakuqala, kunye naphakathi kwabantu abanomdla endakha ndadibana nabo kwicandelo lezemfundo yomculo. Kuyihlazo ukuba akazange azipapashe iziphumo zamashumi eminyaka ophando-ndinokungqina, kwiincoko zam noMack, ukuba wayenolwazi oluninzi lokwabelana kunye nenani elikhulu lolwazi olwahlukileyo kwizifundo ezininzi.
Ngexesha elinye, ndizamile ukweyisela uMack ukuba andivumele ndichithe iintsuku ezininzi sincokola naye ekhayeni lakhe eHouston, emva koko sizakupapasha ingxelo yengxoxo zethu. Ndiqinisekile ukuba le ncoko yeencoko noMack McCormick ibiya kuba yinto ekhethekileyo. Mhlawumbi ukunikezelwa ngokungacwangciswanga kwengxoxo kuya kuba yindlela yokudlula kwibhloko yombhali eyaphazamisa ikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi amaxesha ngamaxesha. Kodwa njengokuba uninzi lweeprojekthi ezinokubakho zikaMcCormick-ikakhulu into engazange ipapashwe ngobomi bukaRobert Johnson-le ayizange ifikeleleke.
Ndiziva ndinethamsanqa ngokumazi. Ndiyathemba ukuba uvimba wakhe uya kuhlala kwilayibrari yaseyunivesithi, apho abaphengululi bexesha elizayo banokuwugqiba umsebenzi angazange akwazi ukuwugqiba eyedwa. Wayengumntu onobubele, kwaye andinakumangaliswa ukuba ilifa lakhe lokufa emva kokuba likhulu likhulu kunoko wakuphumezayo ebomini bakhe obude.
AMANDA PETRUSICH
Umgxeki, intatheli kunye nombhali we Musa ukuthengisa ngalo naliphi na ixabiso
Njengentatheli, bendisoloko ndincoma into endicinga ukuba yayiyindlela engapheliyo, enobuchule, inja epheleleyo yokufumana ibali, okanye ubuncinci bokufumana ukuya ibali. Ngaba la mabali ayesoloko evakala? Andazi. Akukho mntu owaziyo. Ingaba unomsebenzi? Ekugqibeleni, iintlobo zeenkcukacha uMcCormick wayejongana nokubaluleka kwembali, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa kum-kwaye mhlawumbi le yeyona ndlela yokucinga icinga ngayo-iimpendulo zokwenyani zihlala emiqolombeni. Iingoma zibalisa awabo amabali.
ALAN GOVENAR
Umbhali-mbali kunye nombhali
Ithemba lam luphando alwenzileyo luya kufumaneka ngokubanzi. UMack wayengumphandi okrelekrele kunye nomsebenzi wasentsimini. Wayenobunzima ekubhaleni nasekuyibeka ngendlela edibeneyo, yiyo loo nto xa esebenzisana noPaul, wanika amanqaku akhe endle kunye noPaul wabhala isicatshulwa.
Sivame ukujonga abantu kunokuba isizukulwana, kwaye uMack wayeyinxalenye yesi sizukulwana sabantu ababenomdla ngokwazi yonke into abanokuyenza ngoku malunga nomculo we-blues. Owona mthombo wabo yayizirekhodi, kwaye ke xa befumana ukurekhodwa, babesabelana nabo kwaye babebhala malunga nabo kwiimagazini ezirekhodiweyo kwaye baphande ngazo. Ngoko, ndicinga ukuba, ukuqonda ngokwenene ukubaluleka kukaMack, umntu kufuneka ambone kwimeko yeSam Charters, uChris Strachwitz, uPaul Oliver. Aba ngoontanga bakhe, aba yayingabantu bexesha lakhe, yayingabalingane bakhe. Kwaye babebaninzi abanye ababesenza olu hlobo lophando ngelo xesha. Kwakukho oku kuhamba kolwazi phakathi kunye naphakathi kwabo. Abanye babo baphumelela ngakumbi kunabanye, kwaye bonke benza uphawu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.
Kangangendlela awayelusizi ngayo, ndandicinga ukuba yilento abantu babhala ngayo kwizigcino, kodwa ewe, ndithetha ukuthi, ngandlela ithile, umntu uhlala enqwenela ukuba abantu bazenzele ngokwabo ngokupheleleyo, kodwa oko akusoloko kunokwenzeka. Ndiyathetha, uMack wayenenye imidla. Ukugqibela kwam ukuthetha naye, wayefuna ukugqiba imidlalo awayesebenza kuyo.
Intlungu yayo inokugqithiswa kwaye ithande kakhulu. U-Mack kufuneka abhiyozelwe ngento ayenzileyo kunye negalelo alwenzileyo.
I-LANCE LEDBETTER
UMsunguli woThuli lweDijithali
Ndikhumbula xa sasiqala ukuvelisa i-Goodbye, Babylon, kwaye saqokelela iqela lamaphupha leengcali zomculo ukuba zincedise kuphando lwabazobi, uninzi lwabo lwalungaziwa. Ngokurekhodwa okupheleleyo okungama-160, ndikhumbula ukumba nzulu kakhulu ukufumanisa naluphi na ulwazi olufanelekileyo kwiimvumi ezininzi ezingaziwayo. Ixesha elingaphezulu, iingcali ezininzi zaqala ukuthumela kwizichaso kunye neenyani endingenakuqinisekisa kwenye indawo, kwaye xa ndiza kubuza ngemvelaphi yolwazi, iingcali ezininzi ziya kuthi zikhankanye uMack McCormick. Ukuba uMack wayedlulisele ibali kubo, yayinyani. Wayengumthombo othenjiweyo wezona ngcali zomculo ziqondayo kwaye waba ngumthombo wolwazi othembekileyo nonokuthenjwa wolwazi lweprojekthi kunye nelebheli yethu kwiminyaka elandelayo.
UPETROS GURALNICK
Umgxeki, umbhali kunye nembali
UMack wayenobuqaqawuli kunye ne-idiosyncratic - kwaye kwinto endiyiqondayo kwabanye ubungqina kunokuba nzima - njengoko beza. Kodwa wayengumphefumlo wesisa kum, esabelana ngophando lwantlandlolo, ukuqonda kwakhe okuguqukayo, kunye nokubhala kwakhe okupapashiweyo (njengobuciko njengokubhalwa kwakhe nabani na endimaziyo kwizifundo zakhe ezininzi kunye nezinto anomdla kuzo) ngaphandle kokuthandabuza, ukubekisa okanye ukuthintela. Ndiza kuhlala ndinombulelo kuye ngomzekelo awawumiselayo, ubuhlobo awabunikelayo, kunye nesisa awasoloko esibonisa. Wayeyinyani yenyani (kugxininiswa ukuwa ngokulinganayo kuwo omabini amagama).
UELIYA WALD
Imvumi yeBlues kunye nombhali
Ndathetha noMack kube kanye kuphela, kodwa wawuthanda umsebenzi wakhe. Wayengumntu okhethekileyo kunye nomphandi omangalisayo, kwaye wayengenakuthintelwa kwi-blues. Incoko yethu ubukhulu becala yayimalunga nokwenzeka kokwenza ukuba uphando lwakhe lugcinwe kwenye indawo, kwaye wayegxininisa kakhulu ukuba umdla mawungagcini kublues, kuba umsebenzi wakhe wokuluka ibhaskiti yamaNative American ubuncinci ubalulekile njengophando lwakhe lomculo.
Olunye udliwanondlebe luye lwaxolelaniswa kwaye lwahlelwa.
