U-BB King wodumo, ngokungangabazeki odunyiswa njengenkosi ye-blues, wayengumshayi wesigingci sikagesi obaluleke kakhulu engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu lama-XNUMX. Isitayela sakhe sokudlala se-staccato esingajwayelekile sibe nomthelela kumakhulu wabadlali be-contemporary blues.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izwi lakhe eliqinile nelizethembayo, elikwazi ukuveza yonke imizwa evela kunoma iyiphi ingoma, linikeze umdlalo ofanelekayo wokudlala kwakhe okuthakazelisayo.
Phakathi kuka-1951 no-1985 U-King useshadi eshadini le-Billboard ye-R&B izikhathi ezingu-74. Uphinde waba ngowokuqala umculi ukuqopha ingoma edume umhlaba wonke ethi The Thrill Is Gone (1970).
Lo mculi usebenzisane no-Eric Clapton kanye neqembu le-U2, waphinde wathuthukisa umsebenzi wakhe ngokwakhe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wakwazi ukugcina isitayela sakhe esibonakalayo kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe.
Ubuntwana nobusha bomculi u-BB King
U-Riley B. King wazalwa ngo-September 16, 1925 e-Mississippi Delta, eduze nedolobha lase-Itta Bena. Esemncane, wagijima phakathi kwendlu kanina nendlu kagogo wakhe. Uyise womfana washiya umndeni iNkosi isencane kakhulu.
Umculi osemusha wachitha isikhathi eside esontweni futhi wahlabelela ngobuqotho izindumiso zeNkosi, kwathi ngo-1943 iNkosi yathuthela e-Indianola, elinye idolobha elisenkabeni ye-Mississippi Delta.
Umculo wezwe nowevangeli ushiye umbono ongenakucimeka ekucabangeni komculo weKing. Ukhule elalela umculo wabaculi beblues (T-Bone Walker noLonnie Johnson) kanye nezihlakaniphi ze-jazz (uCharlie Christian noDjango Reinhardt).
Ngo-1946, waya eMemphis eyolandelela umzala wakhe (umshayi wesigingci wezwe) uBukka White. Izinyanga eziyishumi eziyigugu, u-White wafundisa isihlobo sakhe esincane esinesineke amaphuzu amahle wokudlala isiginci esiluhlaza.
Ngemva kokubuyela e-Indianola, iNkosi yaphinde yaya eMemphis ngasekupheleni kuka-1948. Kulokhu wahlala isikhathi eside.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculi uRiley B. King
Ngokushesha uKing wayesesakaza umculo wakhe bukhoma esiteshini somsakazo saseMemphis i-WDIA. Bekuyisiteshi ebesisanda kushintshela kufomethi "emnyama".
Abanikazi bamakilabhu endawo bancamela ukuthi abaculi babo nabo bangawadlali amakhonsathi emsakazweni ukuze bathole imidlalo yabo yasebusuku emoyeni.
Ngenkathi u-DJ Maurice Hot Rod Hulbert ehla esikhundleni njengomholi oshintshayo, u-King wathatha isikhundla sokubamba irekhodi.
Ekuqaleni, lo mculi wayebizwa ngokuthi i-Peptikon Boy (inkampani yotshwala eyayiqhudelana neHadacol). Ngenkathi isiteshi somsakazo i-WDIA siyisakaza, igama likaKing laba yi-The Beale Street Blues Boy, kamuva yafushaniswa yaba nguBlues Boy. Futhi ngemva kwalokho kwavela igama elithi BB King.
INkosi yaba "impumelelo" enkulu kuphela ngo-1949. Uqophe amathrekhi akhe okuqala amane e-Jim Bullitt's Bullet Records (okuhlanganisa nengoma ethi Miss Martha King ehlonipha umkakhe) wabe esesayina nezelamani zakwaBihari's Los Angeles-based RPM Records.
"Impumelelo" ka-B.B. King emhlabeni womculo
Abazalwane bakwaBihari nabo banikele ekurekhodweni kweminye yemisebenzi yokuqala yeNkosi ngokumisa imishini yokuqopha ephathekayo nomaphi lapho bekhona.
Ingoma yokuqala eyangena ohlwini oluphezulu lwe-R&B lukazwelonke kwakuyi-Three O'Clock Blues (eyaqoshwa ngaphambilini ngu-Lowell Fulson) (1951).
Ingoma iqoshwe eMemphis eYMCA Studios. Abantu abavelele basebenze neNkosi ngaleso sikhathi - umculi uBobby Bland, isigubhu u-Earl Forest kanye nomdlali wepiyano we-ballad uJohnny Ace. Ngenkathi iNkosi ithatha uhambo lokuthuthukisa i-Three O'Clock Blues, yadlulisela umthwalo weBeale Streeters ku-Ace.
isiginci somlando
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iNkosi yaqala ukuqamba isiginci sakhe asithandayo "Lucille". Indaba yaqala ngokuthi iNkosi yadlala ikhonsathi yayo edolobheni elincane lase-Twist (Arkansas).
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umdlalo, kwaqubuka impi phakathi kwalaba bantu ababili abanomona. Ngesikhathi behilizisana la madoda agumbuqele umgqomo kaphalafini, uchitheka, kwaqubuka umlilo.
Ethuswe umlilo lo mculi uphume ephuthuma ekamelweni eshiya isiginci sakhe ngaphakathi. Ngokushesha wabona ukuthi uyisilima kakhulu wayesegijima ebuyela emuva. UNkosi wagijima wangena ekamelweni, evika amalangabi, ebeka impilo yakhe engozini.
Kuthe uma wonke umuntu esethule kwacinywa umlilo, uNkosi wathola igama lentombazane edale lolu thuthuva. Igama lakhe kwakunguLucille.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iNkosi ibe noLucille abaningi abahlukene. UGibson waze wakha isiginci sangokwezifiso esagunyazwa futhi savunyelwa iNkosi.
Izingoma eziphezulu zeshadi
Ngawo-1950, uKing wazisungula njengomculi owaziwayo we-R&B. Uqophe izingoma ikakhulukazi eLos Angeles kwaRPM Studios. I-King yenza amarekhodi aphezulu eshadi angu-20 phakathi naleli shumi leminyaka lomculo nesiyaluyalu.
Ikakhulukazi, izingoma eziqavile zangaleso sikhathi zazithi: You Know I Love You (1952); Ngivuke Ekuseni Ngicela Ungithande (1953); Lapho Inhliziyo Yami Ishaya Njengesando, I-Whole Lotta' Love, Futhi Ungicasula Baby (1954); Nsuku zonke ngiba namaBlues.
Ukudlala isiginci sikaKing kwaba sezingeni eliphezulu, kwashiya bonke abancintisana nabo kude.
1960s - isikhathi sethu
Ngo-1960, i-LP Sweet Sixteen ye-King ephumelele emaceleni kabili yaba umthengisi ohamba phambili, kanti eminye imisebenzi yakhe ethi, Got a Right to Love My Baby kanye ne-Partin' Time nazo zazingekho kude.
Umdwebi wathuthela ku-ABC-Paramount Records ngo-1962, elandela ezinyathelweni zikaLloyd Price noRay Charles.
NgoNovemba 1964, isigingci sakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ebukhoma, ehlanganisa ikhonsathi yaseshashalazini yaseChicago.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, wajabulela inkazimulo yethi How Blue Can You Get. Kwakungenye yezingoma zakhe eziningi zokusayina.
Izingoma ezithi Don't Answer the Door (1966) nethi Ukukhokha Izindleko Ukuze Ube Isikhulu zaba amarekhodi aphezulu ayi-XNUMX e-R&B eminyakeni emibili kamuva.
U-King wayengomunye wama-bluesmen ambalwa ayebhala umsebenzi ophumelelayo njalo, futhi ngesizathu esihle. Wayengesabi ukuzama umculo.
Ngo-1973, umculi waya ePhiladelphia ukuyoqopha izingoma ezimbalwa ezithengiswa kakhulu: Ukwazi Ukuthanda Wena kanye nokuthi Ngithanda Ukuphila Uthando.
Futhi ngo-1978, wahlanganyela nabanye abaculi be-jazz ukwakha ingoma emnandi emnandi ethi Never Make Your Move Too Soon.
Kodwa-ke, ngezinye izikhathi ukuhlola okunesibindi kwakuthinta kabi umsebenzi. I-Love Me Tender, i-albhamu ezwakala njengezwe, ibe yinhlekelele kwezobuciko nokumaketha.
Nokho, i-disc yakhe ye-MCA Blues Summit (1993) yayiwukubuyela efomini. Okunye okuphawulekayo okukhishwe kulesi sikhathi kufaka i-Lethe Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan (1999) kanye ne-Riding with the King (2000) ngokubambisana no-Eric Clapton.
Ngo-2005, u-King wagubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-80 nge-albhamu ye-co-star 80, equkethe abaculi abahlukahlukene njengo-Gloria Estefan, u-John Mayer no-Van Morrison.
Enye i-albhamu ebukhoma ikhishwe ngo-2008; ngawo lowo nyaka, iNkosi yabuyela ku-blues ehlanzekile nge-One Kind Favor.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-2014, uKing waphoqeleka ukuthi akhansele amakhonsathi ambalwa ngenxa yokugula, kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi walaliswa kabili esibhedlela wangenela inkonzo yabagulela ukufa entwasahlobo. Washona ngoMeyi 14, 2015 eLas Vegas, Nevada.
