Tom Waits ndi woyimba wosayerekezeka wokhala ndi masitayelo apadera, mawu osayina ndi mawu achipongwe komanso machitidwe apadera. Zaka zoposa 50 za ntchito yake yolenga, watulutsa ma Albums ambiri ndipo adachita nawo mafilimu ambiri.
Izi sizinakhudze chiyambi chake, ndipo anakhalabe ngati kale wosakonzekera komanso wochita momasuka wa nthawi yathu.
Pamene ankagwira ntchito zake, sanaganizirepo za kupambana kwachuma. Cholinga chachikulu ndikupanga dziko la "eccentric" kunja kwa ma canon ndi machitidwe okhazikika.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wopanga Tom Waits
Tom Alan Waits anabadwa pa December 7, 1949 ku Pomona, California. Wopanduka kuchokera pachibelekerocho anabadwa mphindi zochepa pagalimoto kuchokera ku chipatala cha amayi.
Makolo ake ndi aphunzitsi wamba omwe amagwira ntchito pasukulu yakumaloko, ndipo makolo ake ndi aku Norwegian ndi Scots.
Pamene mnyamatayo anali ndi zaka 11, makolo ake anapatukana, ndipo Tom ndi amayi ake anakakamizika kupita kum’mwera kwa California. Kumeneko anapitirizabe kulandira maphunziro ake a pulaimale ku San Diego School. Kale ali wamng’ono, anayamba kulemba ndakatulo ndipo anayamba kuchita chidwi ndi kuimba piyano.
Ndili wamng'ono, ndinawerenga Jack Kerauka ndikumvetsera Bob Dillan. Sanaiwale za classics ndi kusirira Louis Armstrong ndi Cole Porter. Kupanga kwa mafano kumapanga kukoma kwa munthu payekha, kuphatikizapo jazi, blues, ndi rock.
Iye sanali wophunzira wakhama m’kalasi ndipo atamaliza maphunziro, mosazengereza, anapeza ntchito mu pizzeria yaing’ono. Kenako adzapereka nyimbo ziwiri pa gawo ili m'moyo wake.
Asanayambe ntchito yake yolenga, Waits ankagwira ntchito ku Coast Guard ndipo ankagwira ntchito ngati mlonda wa usiku ku Los Angeles.
Woimbayo nthawi zambiri amakumbukira nthawi imeneyo, chifukwa ndi pamene analemba "zokambirana" zopanda kanthu za alendo m'buku lake. Zidutswa zachisawawa za mawu okhala ndi mawu omveka anyimbo zinamusonkhezera ku lingaliro la kudziimba.
Nyimbo ndi Tom Waits
Chiwonetsero choyambirira cha zilandiridwenso chinayamikiridwa nthawi yomweyo, ndipo Tom adasaina pangano lake loyamba ndi wopanga Herb Cohen.
Mu 1973, woimbayo analemba nyimbo yoyamba Yotseka Nthawi, koma siinali yotchuka. Kugonjetsedwa kwakung'ono kuli ndi mbali ina - otsutsa odziimira okha adayang'anitsitsa woimbayo ndikumunenera za tsogolo lowala.
M'chaka chotsatira, woimbayo adatulutsa Albums 7, zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi wafilosofi woledzera, zomwe zimachitira umboni za moyo wofanana mu motels wotchipa komanso ndi ndudu yamuyaya mkamwa.
Kusuta kunakhudza mawu a "sanding", omwe adakhala chizindikiro cha woimbayo. Mu 1976 kunabwera kutulutsidwa kwa Small Change. Chifukwa cha kusintha kumeneku, adalandira malipiro abwino ndipo anali wotchuka kwambiri.
Ngakhale izi, Tom anapitiriza kunena za oyendayenda ndi otayika kutsagana ndi saxophone ndi bass awiri. Mu 1978, kupambana kudaphatikizidwa ndi diski ya Blue Valentine, yomwe ikadali ndi mizere yonyansa komanso nkhani zambiri.
M'zaka za m'ma 1980, ulaliki unasintha kwambiri - mitu yatsopano ndi zida zidawonekera. Kusintha kumeneku kunali kogwirizana ndi malingaliro aakulu omwe anasesa pa mwamunayo.
Anakumana ndi chikondi - Kathleen Brennan, yemwe adasintha moyo wake komanso kalembedwe kake. Mu 1985, adatulutsa chimbale cha Rain Dogs, ndipo akonzi adachiphatikiza pamndandanda wa zolemba 500 zodziwika bwino nthawi zonse.
Mu 1992, chikumbutso (10) kutulutsidwa kwa Bon Machine linatulutsidwa, chifukwa iye analandira mphoto yake yoyamba ya Grammy, ndipo mu 1999 anasankhidwa kukhala "Best Modern Folk Album".
Digiri ya Waits imaphatikizapo zolemba khumi ndi ziwiri, zomaliza zomwe zidatulutsidwa mu 2 ndipo zimayembekezeredwa ndi mafani. Keith Richards ndi Flea adatenga nawo gawo pojambula.
M'chaka chomwecho, adatchuka ndipo adalowa mu Rock and Roll Hall, komwe anthu otchuka komanso otchuka amayenera kufika.
Ntchito ya wojambula
Kalelo kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970, mnyamatayo anali ndi chidwi ndi mafilimu. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, ankadziyang'anira yekha ngati wosewera komanso wolemba mafilimu.
Otsogolera Jim Jarmusch ndi Terry Gilliam agwirizana nawo mafilimu monga Outlaw, Coffee and Cigarettes, ndi Mystery Train. Kotero ubwenzi wolimba unayambika, pamene Jim anajambula mavidiyo a bwenzi lake, ndipo analemba nyimbo za kanema.
Mu 1983, Francis Ford Coppola (wodziwika bwino wa ku Hollywood wakale) adawona luso la wolemba nyimboyo ndipo adamupempha kuti achite nawo filimuyi Cast Away. Kenako anakumana kangapo mu ntchito filimu "Dracula", "Nsomba Rumble".
Munthu akadali sasiya mafilimu a kanema ndi mndandanda wa mafilimu ndi kutenga nawo mbali mukhoza kuona: "The Ballad wa Buster Scruggs", "Seven Psychopaths", "The Imaginarium Doctor Parnassus".
Moyo wamunthu wa Thomas Alan
Kukumana ndi Kathleen kunasintha moyo ndi dziko lamkati la wosewera. Asanayambe chibwenzi, iye anali ndi akazi, koma palibe amene akanakhoza kumvetsa moyo wake kulenga.
Posadziŵa za msonkhanowo, iye anadziona ngati munthu wodwala chiwindi ndi wosweka mtima, ndipo anatha kusintha chirichonse. Iwo anakumana mu 1978 pamene Tom anayesa dzanja lake monga wosewera filimu Hell Kitchen, ndipo mkazi wake wam'tsogolo anali screenwriter.
Tsopano ali ndi ana atatu opanga - Casey, Kelly ndi Sullivan. Banjali limakhala m'nyumba yabwino ku Sonoma County (California).
Mosayembekezereka kwa aliyense, Waits adakhala wachitsanzo chabwino pabanja yemwe ankakonda kukhala ndi banja lake m'nyumba yodzaza ndi kuseka ndi phokoso. Tom wasiya kumwa mowa mwauchidakwa.
Kateley ndiye wopanga komanso wolemba nawo nyimbo zambiri. Koma chofunika kwambiri ndi chakuti mwamuna kapena mkazi ndiye wothandizana naye komanso wotsutsa, yemwe maganizo ake amakhalabe ofunika komanso ofunika kwambiri kwa iye.
