Enkulu ULeon Russell wasweleka ebuthongweni bakhe ngempela veki eneminyaka engama-74- kwaye ngubani phakathi kwethu oza kuwukhumbula umculo wakhe? Iseshoni yomdlali wepiyano oguqukileyo-ojika-umphathi-oguqukayo ongumculi wedwa, intshatsheli yesandi seTulsa, ukunxiba umnqwazi ophezulu, inkosi yexesha kunye nendawo eqhotsiweyo iya kuhlala ikhunjulwa ngabo babelana ngeqonga kunye naye. ULeon Russell wayeyimvumi yokwenene yemvumi.
Kodwa ngelixa Umculo kaLeonard Cohen Uthethe ngothando, isondo kunye nokufa, ngelixa uPhife Dawg ehamba ngesandi sezopolitiko ngexesha elifanelekileyo, ngelixa iingcinga zikaPrince ngesini kunye nokuzazisa zifumana isandi xa sele edlulile, ngelixa iifilosofi zikaB Bowie zolwazi lwasezulwini zithe thaca kwi-cosmos, njani Ngaba ukufa kubeka isaphetha esihle kwilifa likaRussell? Kwindoda eyadlala phantse wonke umntu okwi-'60s kwaye irekhodisha ii-albhamu zakhe ezingama-31 kunye ne-boogie-woogie yobomi belizwe, ayinakuba njalo.
Ke mhlawumbi kungcono ukuba uqonde indlela iinzame zikaLeon Russell ezingene ngayo kwibali lomculo waseMelika.
Ungayiva ipiyano yakhe yombane kwiqweqwe leThe Byrds Mister Tambourine Man, nanjengoko uGene Clark wayecula kwenye ingoma exhaswa nguRussell, wayenathi kuhambo lwakhe kwasekuqaleni. Ipiyano kaRussell igcina ilungu eliqaqambileyo kunye nesingqi esixhasayo sibotshelelwe kunye kwingoma encinci yaseBeach Boys ebizwa ngokuba yiCalifornia Girls, nayo. U-Elton John, uBarbara Streisand, uFrank Sinatra, uGlenn Campbell, uSuku lukaDoris, uWillie Nelson, uBadfinger, iRolling Stones, uluhlu luyaqhubeka. Wonke umntu kumdlalo wayemazi uRussell, kwaye bonke babewuva amandla ahlaziyayo nanini na xa ehlala phantsi ezitshixo.
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Umyalelo kaRussell omkhulu kunaye wobomi kwisixhobo sakhe wenza ukuba umntu azimisele kakhulu kangangokuba iingoma zakhe kunye neengoma zakhe ezazidlalela. Njengombhali-mbhali kaGary Lewis kunye neThe Playboys 'Wonke umntu uyayithanda iClown, ingoma yakhe evuthayo yadibana ne-tragi-comedy yomculo ngokulula.
Kodwa xa kufika ixesha lokudlala i-bandleader, uRussell akazange ahlasele. Wafunda ubunzulu kunye nesitayile kwiiklabhu zasebusuku zaseTulsa, eOkla., Edlula e-Oklahoma City njengenkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-14 ubudala ukwenza uhambo, emva koko elele malunga nobudala bakhe ukuze akwazi ukudlala. Apho wasika amazinyo akhe noJ. UCale kwiqela lakhe lokuqala, iThe Starlighters, kunye noJerry Lee Lewis bamzisa kutyelelo. URussell wadibana noRonnie Hawkins eTulsa. Njengomcebisi, i-Hawk yamfundisa ukwenza i-jam iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba ancede ukwenza i-Band. Eqiniswe lelinye iqhawe elingadibananga elidibanisa indawo enkulu yentliziyo yaseMelika kunye ne-psychedelic grooves, uRussell wayenganqandeki.
Loo mfanekiso kaRussel njengoMad Hatter wawenziwe ikristale ngexesha lakhe njengebhanti eyintloko kwiJoe Cocker enkulu Izinja eziMdaka kunye namaNgesi ukhenketho, oluthe ekugqibeleni lwakhokelela kwicwecwe lomculo eliphilayo elalithetha ngokulinganayo nolawulo lukaRussel lweculo elikhulu laseMelika njengoko lenzayo uCocker. Mamela i-Cocker kunye ne-Russell groove nge-Bird ka-Leonard Cohen kwi-Wire ukuze uthathe iVangeli ngokukhethekileyo.
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URussell urekhode irekhodi elihle kunye neseshoni awayekunye noMarc Benno njenge-The Asylum Choir ngo -688, kodwa ukuba utyelelo lukaJoe Cocker lubeke uRussell kwisikhundla esiphambili sokukhulula igama lakhe lokuqala azenzele lona.
Abasebenzi kwi-70 yakhe yokuqala, wabiza abahlobo bakhe-uCocker, Jagger, Clapton, Winwood, zonke iiBeatles kodwa uPaul. Kwiimvumi ezixhasayo, uboleke ezinye zeIkettes zikaIke Turner. Oko kuvulwa kwetyala lokuqala, Ingoma yaKho, yaqhubeka yaba yinto yokuqala kaRussell, kwaye iye yagqunywa ngabaninzi, mhlawumbi edume kakhulu nguRay Charles.
Iinguqulelo zakhe zokuthi ndibeka isipelingi kuwe kwaye ndinike uxolo ithuba elivelileyo kwirekhodi yayingengomaqweqwe, kodwa iigroovy original, phantse ingxelo ehlekisayo malunga nobungakanani bomsebenzi wakhe awuchithe edlala umculo wabanye abantu. Ukumamela ubulungisa obumangalisayo beHummingbird engena eDelta Lady kukufumana izipho ezipheleleyo zezipho zikaRussel njengomqambi-iingoma ezinomtsalane nezinyanisekileyo njengoko zinemincili. Amatye agiqekayo wabiza umculo wakhe ecaweni.
Olo dliwanondlebe kunye Amatye agiqekayo ityhila ukuba uRussell ubaluleke kangakanani kwisizwe sakhe kumculo wakhe, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba kutheni ekulungele ukugcina ibhendi kwiphepha elinye. Abaphulaphuli yiyo loo nto banamakhonsathi e-rock kunye ne-roll, kuba kuphela kwento elahlekileyo kwinkcubeko yesizwe, utshilo. Ewe, ukufaniswa kweenkcubeko zamandulo kunokuba yile - 'eyona nto ilahlekileyo ngamagubu.' Banomlilo wenkampu, banesangqa, kodwa abanabo nje ababethi, kwaye kulapho iliwa kunye neebhendi zokuqengqeleka zingena.
Ekuphela kwento enelishwa ngayo kukuba ngesizathu esithile okanye esinye, akukho siko. Ndiyathetha, isithethe sikwinqanaba lokwakha ngoku. Isizwe siqala nje ukuqaphela iipateni ezikhoyo. E-Indiya umculo waseIndiya ngokwenyani ukwimo efanayo neeblues, kuba kukuzenzekela ngaphakathi kwifomathi ethile ethintelweyo. Kodwa e-India yinkolo, kwaye izithintelo ziyaziwa ngumntu wonke kwaye bayazi ukuba yintoni inxaxheba yabo kwaye injengendlela yokuphila nje. Apha wonke umntu usafuna iipateni, njengeminyhadala yeyona nto ikufutshane endiyibonayo kwimpucuko yethu yanamhlanje kuba yindlela yabantu yokuchitha amandla angangqalanga.
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URussell wayebonakala ngathi ungumnikazi wale midlalo ngo-1972 UCarney Ingqokelela yeengoma ezikhululekileyo ezamqhekeza kwindawo yesi-2 yelicwecwe elinomkhondo wokuvula, iTightrope— Ndiphakamile kwi-tightwire / edibene nobomi kunye nomngcwabo / ukubeka umboniso ukuze ubone.
Njenge-albhamu, UCarney luhlobo lwayo yonke indawo, kodwa istylistic jumble sihambelana nomxholo. Phaya eWoods uxola uGqirha John udlidliza ngaphezulu kweCajun Love Song, ngelixa iManhattan Island Serenade amajelo eRandy Newman — ungamva uRussell emamele abantu bexesha lakhe ngelixa esenza iingoma ezimangalisayo kwisikhunta sabo.
Dlula kwimizuzwana engama-30 okanye evula izandi zemvula eManhattan Island Serenade kwaye uhlafune ngendlela elula ngayo loo mazwi— Sittin 'kuhola wendlela kwiveni eyaphukileyo / Thinkin' yakho kwakhona.
Njengoko uRussell wayeqhubeka nokukhupha iirekhodi, uqhubeke nokuzicelomngeni njengomdlali weqonga okwazi ukwenza izinto ezininzi kunye nezitayile, hayi nje ukubhiyozelwa komkhosi. Ukubuyela kwi-alias yakhe uHank Wilson emva konyaka kwi-1973 Umva kaHank Wilson , waphinde wahlangana noJ. Cale kwaye wakhumbuza abo wakhula nabo ukuba angakwazi ukukhaba ilizwe lakudala ngokulula.
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Yindlela endenza ngayo umculo wam, kwaye yindlela endikhetha ukuhlala ngayo, uxelele Amatye agiqekayo , endaweni yokuhlala ndijikeleze ukungunda-bendisenza loo nto kakhulu ebomini bam.
Ngexesha lokurekhoda i-albhamu yakhe yesibini ngo-2010 no-Elton John, UManyano , Impilo kaRussell yayimkhathaza kwaye wayekhe wangabikho ndawo okwethutyana, ekhulula umculo obandayo kunye nongacacanga we-MIDI. UJohn, owayethatha uRussell njengomnye wabacebisi bakhe abakhulu, wabuyisela inceba kumfundisi-ntsapho wakhe. Ukusebenza njengethambo lokudibanisa elizayo phakathi kukaJohn Unxibelelwano lweTumbleweed kunye nomsebenzi kaRussell obizwa ngokuba yi-masterwork UManyano ibethelele indawo yakhe kuluhlu lwemibhalo engcwele. Kunyaka kamva, uJohn wamngenisa Iliwa kunye neHolo yoLwazi loLwazi .
Ke kwakhona kufuneka sibuze, ngubani oza kukhumbula uLeon Russell? Ngokuqinisekileyo abo badlale naye, kwaye isabelo esifanelekileyo sabantwana boomers bayazi ngomlingo oze nazo zonke izitshixo indoda eyichukumisileyo.
Kodwa ngaba isizukulwana sam siya kuthatha ixesha lokufumanisa amabali kunye nobudlelwane obubeka le ndoda kwiziko leminye imibutho emikhulu yomculo waseMelika?
Kwaye ukuba akunjalo, ithini loo nto malunga nomoya wobuzwe?
Ewe, lelo lithemba, uRussell uxelele Amatye agiqekayo phakathi udliwanondlebe lowe-1970 . Umhambuma ozibuzayo. Yiyo yonke ibhegi-iingoma, ukusebenza, yonke indlela yokuphila. Yenza abantu bazibuze. Ndenze ndizibuze, nam. Kwaye kuhle.
