Muddy Waters ndi munthu wotchuka komanso wachipembedzo. Woimbayo adayima pa chiyambi cha mapangidwe a blues. Kuphatikiza apo, m'badwo wina umamukumbukira ngati woyimba gitala wotchuka komanso chithunzi cha nyimbo zaku America. Chifukwa cha zolemba za Muddy Waters, chikhalidwe cha ku America chapangidwa kwa mibadwo ingapo nthawi imodzi.
Woyimba waku America adalimbikitsa kwambiri a British blues koyambirira kwa 1960s. Muddy adayikidwa pa 17th pakati pa 100 Greatest Artists of All Time pamndandanda wa Rolling Stone.
Ambiri amakumbukira Muddy chifukwa cha nyimbo ya Mannish Boy, yomwe pamapeto pake idakhala chizindikiro cha wojambulayo. Popanda mawu amphamvu a Waters, komanso zida zake zoboola gitala, mwina Chicago sakadakhala mzinda wanyimbo.
Ntchito ya wojambulayo ndithudi inalibe "tsiku lotha ntchito". Nyimbo za Waters zitha kumveka m'mafilimu ndi ma TV. Mitundu yambiri yachikuto yapangidwa kuti ikhale ndi nyimbo za oimba.
Matty Waters adalowetsedwa mu Blues Hall of Fame mu 1980 ndi Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mu 1987. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, adapatsidwa mphoto ya Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Kuwonjezera apo, US Postal Service inaika chithunzi cha woimbayo pa sitampu ya 29 cent.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa Muddy Waters
M'zaka zomalizira za moyo wake, woimbayo anabadwira ku Rolling Fork, Mississippi, mu 1915. Komabe, chidziwitsochi sichingatchedwe chodalirika.
Wodziwika bwino wamtsogolo adabadwira ku Jug's Corner kudera loyandikana ndi Issaquena County (Mississippi) mu 1913. Zolemba zapezeka zomwe zimatsimikizira kuti mu 1930s ndi 1940s Muddy adanena kuti anabadwa mu 1913. Tsiku limeneli lasonyezedwa m’chikalata chaukwati.
Zimadziwika kuti Maddy adaleredwa ndi agogo ake omwe. Amayi ake anamwalira atangobadwa mwana wawo wamwamuna. Agogo aakazi anatcha mdzukulu wawo Muddy, kutanthauza “wonyansa” m’Chingelezi, chifukwa cha chikondi chake chosewera m’matope. Kumanga ntchito kulenga, woimba wamng'ono anatenga kulenga pseudonym Muddy Water. Patapita nthawi, iye anachita pansi pa dzina lakuti Muddy Waters.
Ndi nyimbo, Muddy adazolowerana ndi harmonica. Ali ndi zaka 17, mnyamatayo anali atayamba kale kuimba gitala. Ndiye analibe njira yakeyake yoimbira nyimbo. Iye anatengera bluesmen a 1940s ndi 1950s.
Chikondi cha blues chinayamba atamvetsera nyimbo za Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, ndi Sun House. Chotsatiracho chinali fano lenileni la Muddy. Posakhalitsa, woimba wachinyamatayo adadziwa bwino masewera a gitala. Mnyamatayo anaika botolo losweka khosi pa chala chake chapakati. Ndinaphunzira “kuwakwera” ndi kulira m’zingwe za gitala.
Njira yolenga ya Muddy Waters
Mu 1940, Muddy anapita kukagonjetsa Chicago. Woimba wachinyamatayo adasewera ndi Silas Green. Patatha chaka chimodzi, adabwerera ku Mississippi. Siinali nthawi yabwino kwambiri m'moyo wa wojambulayo. Madzi amagwiritsa ntchito kuwala kwa mwezi, amakhala nthawi yambiri mu bar ndi jukebox.
1941 adasintha chilichonse. Chaka chino Alan Lomax adabwera ku Stovall, Mississippi m'malo mwa Library of Congress. Anapatsidwa ntchito yojambulira oimba amitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso oimba nyimbo. Alan adakwanitsa kujambula nyimbo yoimba ndi Waters Muddy.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, Lomax adabweranso kudzalembanso Muddy. Magawo onse awiriwa adaphatikizidwa pagulu la Down On Stovall's Plantation palemba lodziwika bwino la Chipangano. Zolemba zonse zitha kupezeka pa disc Muddy Waters: The Complete Plantation Recordings.
Patapita zaka ziwiri, Muddy anapitanso ku Chicago. Iye anayesa kupeza ntchito yanthawi zonse monga woimba. Poyamba, munthuyo anatenga ntchito iliyonse - ankagwira ntchito ngati dalaivala, ndipo ngakhale Loader.
Big Bill Broonzy adathandizira kuti Muddy asiye ntchito yosayenerera luso lake. Anathandizira talente yachichepereyo kupeza ntchito ku kalabu yaku Chicago. Posakhalitsa Joe Grant (Amalume Muddy) adamugulira gitala lamagetsi. Pomaliza, talente ya Waters idawonedwa.
Chaka chotsatira, woimbayo adatha kujambula nyimbo zingapo za Mayo Williams ku Columbia University. Komabe, nyimbozo sizinasindikizidwe panthawiyo. Mu 1946, woimbayo anayesa kugwirizana ndi Aristocrat Records.
Mu 1947, woyimbayo adasewera ndi woyimba piyano Sunnyll Slim pamadula a Gypsy Woman ndi Little Anna Mae. Tsoka ilo, sitinganene kuti kutchuka kwa Muddy kwawonjezeka. Anakhalabe osadziwika ndi mafani a blues.
Kufika kwa kutchuka
Zinthu zinasintha mu 1948 pambuyo poonetsa nyimbo za I Can’t Be Satisfied I Feel Like Going Home. Zolemba zomwe zatchulidwazi zidakhala zotchuka kwambiri. Kutchuka kwa Muddy kwawonjezeka kangapo. Pambuyo pake, chizindikiro cha Aristocrat Records chinasintha dzina lake kukhala Chess Records, ndipo nyimbo ya Muddy Rollin 'Stone idakhala yotchuka kwambiri.
Olemba zilembo sanalole kuti Muddy agwiritse ntchito gitala lake pojambula nyimbo. Kuti achite izi, adayitana oimba "bassist" awo kapena oimba omwe adasonkhana kuti ajambule gawoli.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa gulu
Koma eni ma label posakhalitsa anasiya. Muddy adalowa nawo limodzi mwamagulu odziwika bwino a blues padziko lapansi. Madzi ankasewera harmonica, Jimmie Rodgers ankaimba gitala, Elga Edmonds ankaimba ng'oma ndipo Otis Spann ankaimba piyano.
Okonda nyimbo anasangalala ndi nyimbo: Hoochie Coochie Man, I Just want to Make Love to You, I'm Ready. Pambuyo pa kuwonetsera kwa nyimbo izi, oimba onse, mosapatula, adadzuka otchuka.
Ndi Little Walter ndi Howlin 'Wolf, Waters analamulira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1950 ku Chicago blues scene. Matalente ena achichepere adalowa m'gulu la oimba.
Zojambula za gululi zinali zotchuka kwambiri ku New Orleans, Chicago ndi dera la Delta ku United States. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1950, gululi linabweretsa magetsi awo ku England. Kenako Muddy adapeza udindo wa nyenyezi yapadziko lonse lapansi.
Atayenda bwino ku England, Muddy adakulitsa chidwi cha omvera. Kuphatikizapo woimbayo adakopa chidwi cha gulu la rock and roll. Kuchita pa Newport Jazz Festival mu 1960 kunatengera ntchito ya Waters pamlingo wina. Woimbayo ankayendera nthawi, kotero kuti blues yake yamagetsi ikugwirizana bwino ndi mbadwo watsopano.
"Electro Witchcraft" ndi Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters ndiye "bambo" komanso wopanga ma electro blues amphamvu. Kusintha kumeneku kunakhudza kuwonekera kwa akatswiri ojambula nyimbo za rock zam'tsogolo. Zolemba zanyimbo za Mannish Boy, Hoochie Coochie Man, Ndili ndi Mojo Wanga Wogwira Ntchito, Ndine Wokonzeka Ndipo Ndimangofuna Kupanga Chikondi kwa Inu zomwe zinapanga mozungulira oimba chithunzi cha wojambula wodabwitsa komanso wogonana. Kwenikweni, chithunzichi chinapanga maziko a nyenyezi ya rock. M'badwo wotsatira unafuna kupanga njira yotereyi mozungulira.
Mu 1967, woimbayo adagwirizana ndi Bo Diddley, Little Walter ndi Howlin 'Wolfe. Posakhalitsa oimba anatulutsa magulu angapo oyenera.
Patapita zaka zisanu, Muddy anabwerera ku England kukajambula The London Muddy Waters Sessions ndi Rory Gallagher, Steve Winwood, Ric Grech ndi Mitch Mitchell. Otsutsawo ananena kuti kuimba kwa oimbawo sikunali kokwanira. Akatswiri ankaona kuti anthu sangakonde nyimbo zoterezi.
Mu 1976, Waters adasewera ulendo wotsazikana ndi gulu lake. Konsatiyi idatulutsidwa ngati filimu ndi The Last Waltz. Komabe, iyi sinali ntchito yomaliza ya wojambulayo pa siteji.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, Johnny Winter ndi gulu lake la Blue Sky adasaina mgwirizano ndi Muddy. Unali mgwirizano wopindulitsa. Posakhalitsa zojambula za wojambulayo zinawonjezeredwa ndi LP, Hard Again. Ngakhale zoyesayesa za woimbayo, adalephera kubwereza kupambana kwazaka 10 zapitazi.
Moyo wamunthu wa Muddy Waters
Pa November 20, 1932, woimbayo anakwatira Mabel Bury. Ngakhale adalumbira za chikondi, mkaziyo adachoka ku Maddy patatha zaka zitatu. Sanathe kukhululukira mwamuna wake chifukwa cha chiwembu.
Chifukwa cha chisudzulo chinali kubadwa kwa mwana wa mkazi wina, wazaka 16, Leola Spain. Anali m'modzi mwa zibwenzi zake komanso amasilira. Woimbayo sanamulonjeze mtsikanayo kuti akwatirane naye, anali mkazi wake wokhulupirika komanso bwenzi lake.
Posakhalitsa, mnzake wa Muddy anamwalira ndi khansa. Woimbayo anakhumudwa kwambiri ndi imfa ya wokondedwa wake. Anafunikiranso kupita kuchipatala.
Anakumana ndi mkazi wake wachiwiri ku Florida. Wosankhidwa wake anali Marva Jean Brooks wazaka 19, yemwe anamutcha kuti Sunlight.
Madzi a Muddy: mfundo zosangalatsa
- Imodzi mwa nyimbo zoyamba za Muddy za Rolling Stone idapatsa dzina ku magazini yotchuka yanyimbo. M'kupita kwa nthawi, pansi pa dzinali, gulu lomwe limadziwika padziko lonse lapansi linayamba kuchita.
- Nyimbo zingapo za oimba zidaphatikizidwa pamndandanda - Nyimbo 500 zomwe Shaped Rock and Roll.
- Mu 2008, kanema wa Cadillac Records adatulutsidwa, udindo wa Muddy Waters udasewera ndi Jeffrey Wright.
- Mawu odziwika bwino a wojambulayo akumveka kuti: "Blues yanga ndi blues yovuta kwambiri padziko lapansi yomwe ingathe kusewera ...".
Imfa ya Madzi Amatope
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1980, thanzi la wojambulayo linafika poipa kwambiri. Muddy adachita komaliza ku konsati ya gulu la Eric Clapton ku Florida kumapeto kwa 1982.
Pa Epulo 30, 1983, mtima wa Muddy Waters udasiya. Thupi la woimbayo linaikidwa m'manda ku Restvale Alsip Cemetery (Illinois). Maliro anali pagulu. Fans ndi anzawo pa siteji anabwera pa ulendo womaliza wa wojambula.
