Jimmy Reed adapanga mbiri ndikusewera nyimbo zosavuta komanso zomveka zomwe mamiliyoni amafuna kumvera. Kuti apeze kutchuka, sanafunikire kuyesetsa kwambiri. Chilichonse chinachitika kuchokera mu mtima, ndithudi. Woimbayo adayimba mwachidwi pa siteji, koma sanali wokonzeka kuchita bwino kwambiri. Jimmy anayamba kumwa moŵa, zomwe zinasokoneza thanzi lake ndi ntchito yake.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa woimba Jimmy Reed
Mathis James Reed (dzina lonse la woimba) anabadwa pa September 6, 1925. Banja lake panthawiyo linkakhala m’munda wina pafupi ndi mzinda wa Dunleath (Mississippi), m’dziko la United States. Apa anakhala ubwana wake. Makolo anapatsa mwana wawo yekha "Mediocre" maphunziro kusukulu. Pamene mnyamatayo anali ndi zaka 15, bwenzi lake linayamba kuchita chidwi ndi nyimbo zake. Mnyamatayo adaphunzira zoyambira kuimba zida zoimbira (gitala ndi harmonica). Choncho anayamba kupeza ndalama zambiri pochita maholide.
Ali ndi zaka 18, James anapita ku Chicago, kuyembekezera kupeza ndalama. Poganizira msinkhu wake, mwamsanga anam’lowetsa m’gulu lankhondo, ndipo anatumizidwa kukagwira ntchito ya usilikali. Patapita zaka zingapo wodzipereka ku dziko lakwawo, mnyamatayo anabwerera kumene iye anabadwira. Kumeneko anakwatira Mariya. Banja lachinyamata nthawi yomweyo linaganiza zopita ku Chicago. Iwo anakhazikika m’tauni yaing’ono ya Gary. Bamboyo adapeza ntchito pafakitale yopangira nyama zamzitini.
Nyimbo m'moyo wa munthu wamtsogolo
James adagwira ntchito yopanga, zomwe sizinamulepheretse kuchita nawo makalabu amzinda wake panthawi yake yopuma. Nthawi zina zinali zotheka kulowa m'mawonekedwe olimba ausiku ku Chicago. Reid adasewera ndi a John Brim a Gary Kings. Kuphatikiza apo, James adachita mofunitsitsa m'misewu ndi Villie Joe Duncan. Wojambulayo adasewera harmonica. Mnzakeyo anatsagana ndi chida chachilendo chamagetsi chokhala ndi chingwe chimodzi. Jimmy ankaona kuti anali ndi chidwi chenicheni ndi ntchito yake, koma sanayesetse kupeza ntchito.
Jimmy bango sitepe ndi sitepe kuti apambane
Mamembala a John Brim a Gary Kings adamuuza kale kuti azigwira ntchito ndi makampani ojambulira. Reid adayandikira Chess Records koma adakanidwa. Anzanu analangiza kuti asataye mtima, kuyesa kulankhulana ndi makampani ochepa odziwika bwino. Jimmy anapeza chinenero chodziwika bwino ku Vee-Jay Records.
Pa nthawi yomweyo Reed anapeza bwenzi, amene anakhala Eddie Taylor, bwenzi lake kusukulu. Anyamatawo adalemba nyimbo zingapo pa studio. Nyimbo zoyamba sizinapambane. Omvera adawona buku lachitatu lokha lomwe simuyenera kupita. Zolembazo zidalowa m'ma chart, pomwe zidayamba nyimbo zingapo zomwe zidatenga zaka khumi.
Jimmy Reed pa kutchuka kwake
Ntchito ya woimbayo inakhala yotchuka mwamsanga. Ngakhale kuti nyimbo zake zinali zosavuta komanso zosavuta, omvera ankafuna nyimboyi. Aliyense ankatha kutengera kalembedwe kake, n’kubisa mosavuta nyimbo zake. Mwina muzoyambira zotere munali chithumwa, chifukwa chomwe chikondi chodziwika chidawuka.
Kuyambira mu 1958, mpaka imfa yake, Jimmy Reed analemba chimbale chaka chilichonse, ankaimba ndi makonsati ambiri. M'mbiri yonse ya ntchito ya wojambulayo, nyimbo 11 zinalowa mu chati ya nyimbo zotchuka za Billboard Hot 100, ndipo nyimbo 14 zinagunda nyimbo za blues.
Mowa ndi matenda
Woimbayo nthawi zonse amakhala ndi chidwi ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa. Atangozindikira kuti wakhala wotchuka, zinali zosatheka kusiya moyo wa "chipwirikiti". Sanali ndi chidwi ndi maphwando aphokoso ndi akazi, koma sanathe kukana mowa. Zoletsa za achibale ndi mamembala a gulu lake sizinathandize.
Jimmy anatulukira njira zosiyanasiyana zopezera komanso kubisa mowa. Polimbana ndi uchidakwa, woimbayo adapezeka ndi khunyu. Kukomoka nthawi zambiri kumasokonezeka ndi kugunda kwa delirium tremens. Mbiriyo inaipanso chifukwa cha khalidwe losayenerera. Anzake adaseka wojambulayo, koma omvera adakhalabe okhulupirika ku "blues icon" yapakati pa zaka za zana.
Kutenga nawo mbali kwa abwenzi ndi okwatirana pantchito ya Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed sanasiyanitsidwe ndi malingaliro apadera ndi maphunziro. Amatha kusaina autograph komanso kuphunzira mawu ake. Apa ndi pamene luso lake linathera. Kumwa mowa mopitirira muyeso kunangowonjezera mkhalidwewo. Mu studio, ndondomekoyi inatsogoleredwa ndi Eddie Taylor. Anayambitsa malembawo, kulamula komwe angayambire kuyimba, ndi malo oti aziyimba harmonica kapena kusintha nyimbo.
Pa zoimbaimba ndi woimba, mkazi wake nthawi zonse anali pafupi. Mayiyo ankatchedwa kuti Amayi Reed. Anayenera "kusokoneza" mwamuna wake, monga mwana. Anathandiza wojambulayo kuima pamapazi ake, akunong'oneza mizere kuchokera ku nyimbo m'makutu mwake. Nthawi zina Mary ankangoyamba yekha kuti Jimmy asasiye kuimba. Kumapeto kwa ntchito yake, woimbayo anakhala chidole chenicheni. Ngakhale mafani ayamba kumvetsetsa izi.
Jimmy Reed: Kupuma pantchito, imfa
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1970, kutchuka kunayamba kuchepa. Jimmy Reed anapitirizabe kujambula Albums ndi kupereka zoimbaimba, koma pang'onopang'ono anthu anasiya kumukonda. Ntchito ya woyimbayo inkatchedwa yotopetsa komanso yosayerekezereka. Mbiriyo inaipiraipira chifukwa cha uchidakwa ndi khalidwe lotayirira. Wojambulayo adajambula chimbale chomaliza pogwiritsa ntchito nyimbo za funk, wah.
Fans sanayamikire kuyesetsa kwamakono kulenga. Jimmy wasankha kusiya ntchito yake. Iye ankasamalira thanzi lake. Maphunziro a mankhwala uchidakwa ndi khunyu sanapereke zotsatira. Woimbayo anamwalira pa August 29, 1976. Asanamwalire, wojambulayo anali wotsimikiza kuti posachedwa adzachira ndi kuyambiranso ntchito yake yolenga.
