UGeorge Harvey Strait ungumculi wezwe laseMelika obizwa ngabalandeli ngokuthi "iNkosi Yezwe". Ngaphandle kokuba ngumculi, uphinde abe ngumlingisi nomdidiyeli womculo amakhono akhe aqashelwa abalandeli nabagxeki ngokufanayo.
Waziwa ngokuba neqiniso emculweni wendabuko wezwe, ethuthukisa isitayela sakhe esiyingqayizivele somculo wasentshonalanga nomculo we-honky tonk.
Wathola isithakazelo sakhe emculweni we-rock ne-roll ngesikhathi esafunda esikoleni esiphakeme lapho eqala ibhendi yasegaraji.
Uhambele imidlalo yomculo wezwe ebukhoma evame ukubanjelwa emadolobheni aseTexas, futhi ngokushesha intshisekelo yakhe yashintshela kulolu hlobo.
Ubheka uLefty Frizzel, uHank Williams, uMerle Haggard noGeorge Jones njengezibonelo zakhe.
Umsebenzi wakhe womculo waqala lapho esebenza e-US Army.
Ngemuva kombutho wamasosha, wajoyina iqembu lezwe iStoney Ridge, kamuva aliqamba kabusha ngokuthi “Ace in the Hole” lapho esengumholi walo. Ibhendi yakhe yadlala kuma-honky-tonk namabha kulo lonke elaseTexas futhi ngokushesha yazuza abalandeli abazinikele.
Kuze kube manje, usethengise ama-albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-70 e-US futhi uphethe irekhodi lomhlaba lamaculo amaningi anamahithi ahamba phambili kakhulu emlandweni womculo.
Ubuntwana kanye nomsebenzi wakuqala George Strait
Umculi odumile uGeorge Harvey Strait wazalwa ngoMeyi 18, 1952 ePotit, eTexas.
Uthathwa njengomunye wabaculi bomculo wezwe abaziwa kakhulu.
Uyaziwa ngokuhlala eqinisile emsindweni wezwe lendabuko.
Lo mculi ukhulele epulazini elisePearsall, eTexas, lapho afundela khona ezolimo eSouthwest Texas State University.
Kamuva wahlukana nesithandwa sasesikoleni esiphakeme (unkosikazi wesikhathi esizayo) uNorma, kodwa ngokushesha wagcina esebuthweni. Ngenkathi eseHawaii, waqala ukucula eqenjini elixhaswe ngamasosha iRambling Country.
Kwathi lapho ebuyela eTexas, wasungula eyakhe ibhendi, i-Ace in the Hole, eyazuza abalandeli bendawo abakhangayo.
Ngemuva kweminyaka yokuzama ukuthola isivumelwano sokuqopha, lo mculi wasayina isivumelwano eseyedwa ne-MCA Records ngo-1981.
Ngengoma ethi "Unwound", i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, iStrait Country (1981), yaba nomthelela ekwandeni kwesidingo somculo wezwe.
Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, i-Strait yakhipha uchungechunge lwama-albhamu angu-No. "(1) kanye "Beyond the Blue Neon" (1982), iplatinum ngayinye eqinisekisiwe noma i-multi-platinum.
Ngo-1989, iStrait yaqanjwa ngokuthi “I-Artist of the Year” yi-Country Music Associations, okuyisenzo asiphinda ngo-1990.
UGeorge Straight: ifilimu yokuqala
Ngo-1992, uStrait wenza isici sakhe sokuqala sefilimu kuPure Country futhi washaya izingoma eziningi kumculo othi I Cross My Heart, Heart, Where The Sidewalk Ends kanye neKing of Broken Hearts.
Ngo-1995, umculi wakhulula ama-disc amane abizwa ngokuthi "Strait Out of the Box", athengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezinhlanu.
Kuze kube manje, "I-Strait Out of the Box" ibambe umehluko ophawulekayo wokuba ibhokisi elithengiswa kakhulu elibekwe emlandweni womculo wezwe.
UStrait ukhiphe ama-albhamu ambalwa aphawulekayo ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1990, okuhlanganisa iBlue Clear Sky (1996), Carry Your Love With Me (1997) kanye ne-One Step In Time (1998).
Ikhishwe ngoSepthemba 2000, i-albhamu enesihloko esithi "George Straight" yakhiqiza izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ezithi "Qhubeka", "Uma Imvula" kanye nethi "Wathatha Umoya Kuseyili Wakhe".
George Strait: ama-albhamu
Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka, iStrait yahlala idumile kubalandeli bomculo wezwe. Amaculo amabili avela ku-The Road Less Travelled (2001) - "Uzokushiya Ngokumamatheka" kanye nethi "Live And Live Well" - athathe indawo yokuqala kumashadi ezwe, futhi i-albhamu yahamba nge-platinum.
2003 Amahithi njengokuthi "Ngitshele okuthile okubi ngo-Tulsa" kanye "nama-Cowboys Like Us." Ngawo lowo nyaka, umculi wathola iNdondo Kazwelonke Yezobuciko kuMongameli uGeorge W. Bush.
Kwenye indawo Phansi eTexas (2005) bekungenye i-albhamu enkulu, eqhutshwa ngokwengxenye impumelelo yezingoma ezinjengokuthi "Uzoba Khona" kanye "Uyiyeke Ihambe".
Ingoma ethi "Izindaba Ezinhle, Izindaba Ezimbi", i-duet no-Lee Ann Womack, nayo efakwe ku-albhamu, yawina indondo ye-CMA ye-Musical Event of the Year ngo-2005.
I-albhamu ethi Just Comes Natural (2006) yayihlanganisa ingoma enesihloko esithi "Give It Away". IStrait ithole imiklomelo emibili ye-CMA yale albhamu futhi yangeniswa eHholo Lodumo le-CMA.
Izimpumelelo nemivuzo
I-Sight iyaqhubeka kuze kube yilolu suku ukuze idume ngesitayela sezwe. Ngo-2008, lo mculi wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe ethi Troubadour futhi waqala phezulu emashadini e-albhamu yezwe.
Ingoma yokuqala yerekhodi ethi, "I Saw God Today", ifinyelele endaweni yokuqala kumashadi ezwe.
NgoSepthemba 2008, iStrait yaklonyeliswa ngezindondo ezimbili ze-CMA. Iwini eyodwa bekungeye-albhamu Yonyaka kanti enye ngeyeSingle of the Year.
Ngo-2009, uthole indondo ye-Grammy ye-albhamu ethi Troubadour waphinde wathola nendondo ye-Artist of the Decade Award evela ku-Academy of Country Music. Uphinde waqanjwa ngokuthi “I-Artist of the Year” kuma-CMA Awards izikhathi ezintathu, muva nje ngo-2013.
Ngo-2014, iStrait yawina ukuqokwa kwe-Academy of Country Music Artist of the Year.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, uStrait waqala uhambo lwakhe lokugcina, i-Cowboy Rides Away. Wenza ikhonsathi yakhe yokugcina eDallas, eTexas ngoJuni 2014.
Bangaphezu kuka-100 abalandeli abahlanganele umbukiso we-AT&T Stadium. Bambalwa abantu abazi ukuthi uStrait unamanye ama-albhamu amahlanu ngaphansi kwenkontileka yakhe ne-MCA Records.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu UGeorge Straight
Ngo-1971, washada nentombi yakhe yasesikoleni esiphakeme uNorma. Laba babenezingane ezimbili, indodakazi nendodana.
Ngeshwa indodakazi yabo yashona. UJennifer washona engozini yemoto ngo-1986.
Ngokuhlonishwa kwakhe, umndeni wasungula i-Jennifer Lynn Strait Foundation, ephakamisa imali yezinhlangano ezisiza izingane.
Lo mculi waba umkhulu ngo-2012. Ujabulela imisebenzi ehlukahlukene yangaphandle njengokuzingela, ukudoba, igalofu, isithuthuthu, njll. Yena nendodana yakhe bangamalungu e-Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).
Ubuye ahlotshaniswe ne-Wrangler National Patriot Programme, umkhankaso wokuqwashisa nokuxhasa ngezimali omakadebona bezempi base-US abalimele nabafile kanye nemindeni yabo.
