Kukonda nyimbo nthawi zambiri kumakhudza chilengedwe. Izi ndi chilengedwe, zokonda. Kukhalapo kwa talente yobadwa nako kulibe mphamvu zochepa. Eddy Grant, woimba wotchuka wa reggae, ali ndi vuto lotere. Kuyambira ndili mwana, iye anakulira mokonda rhythmic motifs, anakula m'dera lino moyo wake wonse, komanso kuthandiza oimba ena kuchita izi.
Zaka za ubwana wa woimba wamtsogolo Eddie Grant
Edmond Montague Grant, yemwe pambuyo pake adadziwika kuti Eddy Grant, adabadwa pa Marichi 5, 1948. Zimenezi zinachitika mu mzinda wa Plaisance, dziko laling’ono kumpoto kwa South America, ku Guyana. Pa nthawiyo linali koloni lachingerezi.
Pamene mnyamatayo zaka 2, banja anasamukira ku London. Ngakhale kuti sakanatha kudzitamandira ndi moyo wolemera, ankakhala m'gawo la ntchito la likulu. Uwu unali mwayi wabwino wokulitsa chidwi cha Eddy pa nyimbo. Kuyambira ndili mwana, iye anali m'chikondi ndi otentha Caribbean motifs, kuimba mosalekeza, kusewera ndi kutulukira nyimbo. Kwenikweni, monga abale ake awiri, omwe adakhalanso oimba.
Zochita zoyamba za Eddy Grant
Kale pausinkhu wa zaka 17, Grant, pamodzi ndi anzake a kusukulu a maganizo ofanana, anasonkhanitsa gulu lotchedwa The Equals. Ankaimba gitala, monganso Lincoln Gordon ndi Patrick Lloyd. John Hall ankagwira ng'oma ndipo Derv Gordon ankaimba.
Chidwicho chidakopeka ndi zolemba zapadziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zinali zisanachitikepo m'dziko la nyimbo. Anyamatawo ankachita m’makalabu komanso m’maphwando. Nthawi zambiri ankatsegula ma concert a anthu otchuka, kusangalatsa omvera. Mu 1967, oimira a Purezidenti Records adawonetsa chidwi cha gululo.
Gululo lidafunsidwa kuti litulutse imodzi yoyeserera. Nyimbo yakuti "Sindidzakhalapo" sinapezeke kutchuka kwakukulu, koma idalimbikitsidwa kwambiri pawailesi. Nyimbo zingapo zinatsatira. "Mwana, Bwererani" inali yopambana ku Germany ndi Netherlands. Pambuyo pake, gululo mwamsanga linayamba kutchuka. Anyamata amakopeka ndi maonekedwe awo owala, nyimbo zamphamvu.
Zochita zogwirizana
Eddy Grant sanali membala wokangalika wa Equals, komanso adalemba nyimbo za gululo. Anathandizidwa ndi Pat Lloyd ndi abale a Gordon. Mofananamo, Grant, pakuumirira kwa mamenejala a kampani yojambulira, adagwira ntchito ndi gulu la PYRAMIDS. Adalemba nyimbo za gululo, komanso adachitanso ngati wopanga ntchito zawo zoyambirira.
Zopinga zadzidzidzi pantchito
Mu 1969, pamene tikuyenda ku Germany, mamembala a Equals anachita ngozi ya galimoto. Grant adavulala kwambiri ndipo adakana kuchita nawo gululi. Woimbayo sanasiye gululo nthawi yomweyo, koma anapitiriza kuwalembera nyimbo. Eddy mwamsanga anaganiza zoyambiranso kukhala manejala.
Mu 1970 amatsegula situdiyo yake Torpedo. Woyimbayo amakopa achinyamata omwe amagwira ntchito ngati reggae kuti agwirizane. Nthawi yomweyo, Grant amalumikizana ndi Equals. Nyimbo imodzi "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys", yolembedwa ndi Eddy, mu 1970 idabweza kutchuka kwa gululi.
Mavuto anabweranso mwadzidzidzi. Kumayambiriro kwa 1971, woimbayo anapeza matenda aakulu. Ngozi yaposachedwapa yadzipangitsa kumva. Anagulitsa studio yake mwachangu, ndipo pamapeto pake adathetsa ubale wake ndi Equals. Gululo linasiya ntchito mwamsanga pambuyo pake.
Kuyambiranso ntchito
Atasintha thanzi lake pang'ono, Grant adabwereranso ku gawo la nyimbo. Mu 1972 adatsegula situdiyo yatsopano yojambulira. Poyamba, The Coach House ndi Ice label ankafuna kuti azigwira ntchito ndi oimba ena. Eddy anazengereza kwa nthawi yayitali kuti ayambenso ntchito zake. Pokhapokha kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 70 adayamba kupanga ntchito yakeyake.
Nyimbo zingapo nthawi yomweyo zidalanda ma chart aku Britain. Mu 1982, nyimbo ya "Sindifuna Kuvina" idatenga malo oyamba. Chaka chomwecho, mamembala a Equals adaganiza zoyambiranso ntchito yawo. Anyamatawo analembetsa mwalamulo ufulu wawo, ndipo Grant anakhala mwiniwake wa wolemba.
Eddy sanabwerere kugululo ndipo sanalembenso nyimbo zake. Gululi linali lapadera kwambiri pa zoyendera ndipo silinayambenso kuchita bwino lomwe anali nalo ndi Eddy Grant.
Kupambana payekha
Pobwerera ku siteji, woimbayo adalowa m'malo mwa reggae yakale, ska, calypso, moyo womwe ukhoza kutsatiridwa ndi ntchito yake ndi chinthu chakuda. Pambuyo pake kalembedwe kameneka kanatanthauzidwa pansi pa dzina lakuti "soca". Mu 1977, pamene Eddy anayamba ntchito yake payekha, anthu sanayamikire ntchito yake, koma mu 1979 zonse zinasintha. Grant adalemba, kujambula ndi kupanga zomwe adalenga.
Kusamuka, tsogolo la nyimbo la Eddy Grant
Mu 1984, ataona kuti anthu akuzizira ntchito yake, Eddy anaganiza zosamukira ku Barbados. Kumalo atsopanowa, adatsegulanso situdiyo ina yojambulira. Apa adathandizira kwambiri talente yakumaloko. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, adatenga utolankhani. Grant anasindikiza mabuku okhudza oimba a calypso. Eddy sanasiye luso lake. Nthawi zambiri, izi zinali zoyeserera ndi masitayelo.
Chifukwa chake, adadzifufuza, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale njira yatsopano, yomwe adayitcha "ringbang". M'zaka za m'ma 90, Grant adatulutsa nyimbo zingapo zatsopano zomwe sizinali zopambana. Anathera nthawi yochulukirapo pantchito yopanga, kuchita mofunitsitsa pa zikondwerero zosiyanasiyana. Mu 2008, Eddy Grant adakonza zoyendera koyamba m'zaka 25.
