Ram Jam ndi gulu la rock lochokera ku United States of America. Gululi linakhazikitsidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Gululo linathandizira kwambiri pa chitukuko cha rock American. Nyimbo yomwe imadziwika bwino kwambiri mpaka pano ndi nyimbo ya Black Betty.
Chochititsa chidwi, chiyambi cha nyimbo ya Black Betty sichikudziwikabe mpaka lero. Chinthu chimodzi ndi chotsimikizika, kuti gulu la Ram Jam linaphimba mokwanira nyimboyi.
Kwa nthawi yoyamba, nyimbo yodziwika bwino idatchulidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la XNUMX. Akuti nyimbo imeneyi inali m’nyimbo yoguba ya asilikali a ku Britain. Wolemba nyimboyo "adabwereka" dzina kuchokera kumfuti zamanja.
Mbiri ndi kapangidwe ka gulu la Ram Jam
Magwero a gulu la rock ndi Bill Bartlett, Steve Wollmsley (gitala la bass) ndi Bob Nef (organ). Poyamba, oimba adapanga nyimbo pansi pa dzina lodziwika bwino la Starstruck.
Patapita nthawi, Steve Wollmsley adalowedwa m'malo ndi David Goldflies, ndipo David Beck adatenga udindo wa piyano. Nyimbo ya Black Betty yojambulidwa ndi oimba poyamba idakopa mitima ya omvera amderalo, ndipo kenako idadziwika ku New York. M'malo mwake, Bartlett adaganiza zosinthanso gululo kukhala Ram Jam.
Kupangidwa kwa Black Betty kunakweza gululi pamwamba pa nyimbo za Olympus. Oimba m’lingaliro lenileni la mawuwa anadzuka otchuka. Koma komwe kuli kutchuka, pafupifupi nthawi zonse pamakhala zonyansa.
Kwa nthawi yayitali, nyimbo ya Black Betty idaletsedwa ku wayilesi yaku US. Chowonadi ndi chakuti okonda nyimbo adanena kuti nyimboyi imanyoza ufulu wa amayi akuda (mawu odabwitsa kwambiri). Makamaka mukaganizira mfundo yakuti gulu la Ram Jam "linaphimba" ntchito yomwe siili pansi pa kulembedwa kwawo.
Ma Albums a gulu la Ram Jam
Mu 1977, zolemba za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale chodziwika bwino cha Ram Jam. Album yoyamba inatsimikiza kukula kwa gululo. Anagwira ntchito pa album yoyamba:
- Bill Bartlett (gitala lotsogolera ndi mawu);
- Tom Kurtz (gitala ndi mawu);
- David Goldflies (gitala ya bass);
- David Fleeman (drums)
Zosonkhanitsa kwenikweni "kuwombera". Chojambulacho chinatenga malo a 40 pamatchati a nyimbo zaku America, ndipo nyimbo yomwe yatchulidwa kale Black Betty inatenga malo a 17 pa tchati cha singles.
Pochirikiza chimbale cha dzina lomweli, oimbawo anapita kukacheza. Jimmy Santoro adasewera pamakonsati ndi gulu laku America. Bartlett, atamvetsera nyimbozo, adaganiza kuti akusowa woimba wina.
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa nyimbo ya Black Betty, NAACP inali ndi chidwi chenicheni ndi gululo. Chifukwa cha mawu a nyimboyi, bungwe la Congress of Racial Equality linaitanitsa zionetsero. Ngakhale izi, nyimboyi idalowabe nyimbo 10 zamphamvu kwambiri ku United Kingdom ndi Australia. Patapita nthawi, Ted Demme adagwiritsa ntchito nyimboyi (monga nyimbo) mu kanema wake Cocaine (Blow).
Mu 1978, gulu la discography lidawonjezeredwa ndi chimbale chachiwiri. Album ya Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram inaposa zonse zomwe mafani amayembekezera.
Albumyi idayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi mafani komanso otsutsa nyimbo otchuka. Zinafika pamwamba pa 100 pamndandanda wa Martin Popoff wa "Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 1: The Seventies".
Mu nthawi yomweyo, Jimmy Santoro potsiriza analowa timu. Chimbale chachiwiri chinamveka chovuta kwambiri kuposa ntchito yoyamba. Chifukwa cha Santoro ndi mawu amphamvu a Skeyvon, omwe adalowa m'malo mwa Bartlett, tiyenera kuthokoza Santoro chifukwa cha mawu apamwamba. Panthawiyi, womalizayo anali atasiya kale gululo ndipo anali kuchita nawo ntchito yopanga payekha.
Kuwonongeka kwa Ram Jam
Fans sanazindikire kuti mkangano ukukula mkati mwa timu. Chifukwa cha kusagwirizanaku chinali kulimbana kwa utsogoleri. Kuonjezera apo, ndi kuwonjezeka kwa kutchuka, aliyense wa oimba nyimbo anayamba kufotokoza maganizo awo pa zomwe gulu la Ram Jam liyenera kudzazidwa.
Mu 1978, zinadziwika kuti gululo linatha. Oimba a gulu la Ram Jam adapita "kuyandama kwaulere". Aliyense anayamba ntchito yakeyake.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1990, oimbawo anasonkhana pamodzi. Kuyambira pano, akuchita pansi pa pseudonym yopanga The Very Best of Ram Jam. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, oimbawo adawonjezeranso zolemba za gululo ndi gulu la Golden Classics.
