Uthando lomculo luvame ukulolonga indawo ezungezile. Lokhu kuwukuzilibazisa. Ubukhona bethalente abazalwa nalo alinawo umthelela omncane. U-Eddy Grant, umculi we-reggae odumile, unesimo esinjalo. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, wakhulela othandweni lwezisusa ezinesigqi, wathuthukisa ukuphila kwakhe konke kule ndawo, futhi wasiza nabanye abaculi ukuba bakwenze.
Iminyaka yobuntwana yomculi wesikhathi esizayo Eddie Grant
U-Edmond Montague Grant, kamuva owaziwa ngokuthi u-Eddy Grant, wazalwa ngo-March 5, 1948. Kwenzeka edolobheni lasePleasance, izwe elincane elisenyakatho yeNingizimu Melika, eGuyana. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyikoloni lamaNgisi.
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-2 ubudala, umndeni wathuthela eLondon. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi babengenakuziqhayisa ngokuphila okucebile, babehlala endaweni yesigaba sabasebenzi yenhloko-dolobha. Leli bekuyithuba elihle lokuthuthukisa uthando luka-Eddy lomculo. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, wayethanda izisusa ezishisayo zaseCaribbean, ehlala ecula, edlala futhi esungula izingoma. Ngokuyisisekelo, njengabafowabo ababili, nabo ababa ngabaculi.
Izimpumelelo zokuqala zokudala zika-Eddy Grant
Kakade lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, uGrant, kanye nabangane besikole abanomqondo ofanayo, bahlanganisa iqembu elalibizwa ngokuthi, Abalingani. Wayedlala isiginci, njengoba kwenza uLincoln Gordon, uPatrick Lloyd. UJohn Hall wayephethe izigubhu kwathi uDerv Gordon wacula izingoma.
Ukunakwa kwakhangwa ukuqanjwa kwamazwe ngamazwe, okwakungakaze kubonwe emhlabeni jikelele. Abafana badlala emakilabhini nasemaphathini. Babevame ukuvula amakhonsathi osaziwayo abaziwayo, befudumeza izethameli. Ngo-1967, abameleli bakaMongameli Records badonsela ukunaka eqenjini.
Ibhendi yacelwa ukuthi ikhiphe ingoma yesilingo. Ingoma ethi "Ngeke Ngibe Khona" ayizange ithole ukuthandwa abaningi, kodwa yakhuthazwa kakhulu eziteshini zomsakazo. Kwalandela ezinye izingoma ezimbalwa. "Baby, Buya" kwaba yimpumelelo eJalimane naseNetherlands. Ngemva kwalokho, leli qembu ngokushesha laqala ukuthandwa. Abafana bakhangwa ngokubukeka kwabo okukhanyayo, izingoma ezinomdlandla.
Imisebenzi ehlobene
U-Eddy Grant wayengeyena nje kuphela ilungu elisebenzayo le-Equals, kodwa futhi wabhala izingoma zeqembu. Wasizwa uPat Lloyd kanye nabazalwane bakwaGordon. Ngokuhambisanayo, uGrant, ngokugcizelela kwabaphathi benkampani yokuqopha, wasebenza neqembu PYRAMIDS. Ubhalele leli qembu izingoma, waphinde wasebenza njengomdidiyeli wemisebenzi yabo yokuqala.
Izithiyo zomsebenzi ongazelelwe
Ngo-1969, ngesikhathi evakashele eJalimane, amalungu e-Equals aba sengozini yemoto. UGrant uthole ukulimala kanzima, wenqaba ukudlala njengengxenye yeqembu. Umculi akazange asheshe ashiye iqembu, waqhubeka nokubabhalela izingoma. Ngokushesha u-Eddy wanquma ukuziqeqesha kabusha njengomphathi.
Ngo-1970 uvula esakhe isitudiyo iTorpedo. Lo mculi uheha abaculi abasebancane abasebenza ngendlela ye-reggae ukuthi babambisane. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Grant ulokhu ethintana nabakwa-Equals. Ingoma eyodwa ethi "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys", eyabhalwa u-Eddy, ngo-1970 yabuyisela ukuduma kweqembu.
Inkathazo yabuya ngokuphazima kweso. Ekuqaleni kuka-1971, umculi wabonisa izinkinga ezinkulu zempilo. Ingozi yakamuva izenze yazwakala. Ngokushesha wathengisa isitudiyo sakhe, ekugcineni wanqamula ubuhlobo bakhe no-Equals. Iqembu lasheshe laphuma ebhizinisini ngemuva kwalokho.
Ukuqaliswa kabusha komsebenzi
Ngemva kokuthuthukisa impilo yakhe kancane, u-Grant wabuyela endimeni yomculo futhi. Ngo-1972 wavula isitudiyo esisha sokuqopha. Ekuqaleni, ilebula ethi The Coach House kanye nelebula le-Ice kwakuhloselwe ukusebenza nabanye abaculi. U-Eddy wangabaza isikhathi eside ukuqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe. Kuphela ekupheleni 70s waqala ukuthuthukisa umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa.
Uchungechunge lwama-singles ngokushesha lwathatha amashadi aseBrithani. Ngo-1982, ingoma ethi "Angifuni Ukudansa" yathatha indawo yokuqala. Ngawo lowo nyaka, amalungu e-Equals anquma ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wawo. Abafana babhalisa ngokusemthethweni amalungelo abo, futhi uGrant waba umnikazi wombhali.
U-Eddy akazange abuyele eqenjini, akazange ambhalele izingoma. Ibhendi igxile kakhulu ekuvakasheni futhi ayizange iphinde ithole izinga lempumelelo eyayinayo ngo-Eddy Grant.
Impumelelo eyedwa
Ebuyela esiteji, lo mculi wathatha indawo ye-reggae yangaphambili, i-ska, i-calypso, i-soul, elandelwa emsebenzini wakhe, wathola okuthile okudabukisayo. Kamuva lesi sitayela sachazwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi "soca". Ngo-1977, lapho u-Eddy eqala umsebenzi wakhe wedwa, umphakathi awuzange ukwazise umsebenzi wakhe, kodwa ngo-1979 konke kwashintsha. UGrant uqambe, waqopha futhi wakhiqiza ezakhe izinto azidalile.
Ukufuduka, isiphetho esiqhubekayo somculo sika-Eddy Grant
Ngo-1984, ebona ukupholisa komphakathi emsebenzini wakhe, u-Eddy wanquma ukuthuthela eBarbados. Endaweni entsha, wavula esinye isitudiyo sokuqopha. Lapha ubeseka kakhulu ithalente lakuleli. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wathatha ubuntatheli. UGrant ushicilele izincwadi zabaculi be-calypso. U-Eddy akakulahlile ubuhlakani bakhe. Ezimweni eziningi, lokhu kwakuwukuhlolwa ngezitayela.
Ngakho-ke, wazifunela yena, okwagcina kuholele ekuveleni kwendlela entsha, yena ngokwakhe ayibiza ngokuthi "ringbang". Ngawo-90s, u-Grant wakhipha ama-albhamu amasha ambalwa abengeyona impumelelo emangazayo. Wanikela isikhathi esengeziwe ekukhiqizeni umsebenzi, ngokuzithandela enza emikhosini ehlukahlukene. Ngo-2008, u-Eddy Grant waqala ukuvakasha okokuqala eminyakeni engu-25.
