Igama lomculi uJohn Denver lilotshwe kuze kube phakade ngezinhlamvu zegolide emlandweni womculo wesintu. U-bard, oncamela umsindo ophilayo nohlanzekile wesiginci se-acoustic, ubelokhu ephikisana nezitayela ezijwayelekile zomculo nokuqanjwa. Ngesikhathi lapho abantu abavamile "bememeza" ngezinkinga nobunzima bokuphila, lo mculi onekhono futhi owayexoshwa wacula mayelana nenjabulo elula etholakala kuwo wonke umuntu.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaJohn Denver
UHenry John Deutschendorf wazalelwa edolobhaneni elincane laseRoswell, eNew Mexico. Ubaba womculi wesikhathi esizayo wanikela impilo yakhe ku-US Air Force. Ngokuvamile umkhaya kwakudingeka uthuthe, ngemva kokumiswa kwenhloko yomkhaya. Umsebenzi onjalo waba nethonya elihle kumfana. Wakhula ethanda ukwazi futhi ekhuthele, kodwa wayengenaso isikhathi sokwakha ubungane bangempela nontanga yakhe.
UJohn ukweleta ithalenta lakhe lomculo ngokuyinhloko kugogo wakhe, owanaka kakhulu umfana okhulayo. Ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwe-11, wamnika isiginci esisha se-acoustic, esanquma ukukhetha emsebenzini wesikhathi esizayo womculi. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, le nsizwa yanquma ukuqhubeka nemfundo yayo futhi yangena eTexas Tech University.
Phakathi neminyaka yokufunda, uJohn wakwazi ukujwayelana nabantu abaningi abadumile, phakathi kwabo uRandy Sparks (umholi weThe New Christy Minstrels) wagqama. Ngokweseluleko somngane, umculi wathatha i-pseudonym yokudala, eshintsha isibongo sakhe, i-dissonant yesiteji, yaba yi-Denver, ekhumbula inhloko-dolobha yaseColorado eyanqoba inhliziyo yakhe. Ukuthuthukisa ithalenta lakhe lomculo, lo mfana wajoyina i-Alpine Trio, lapho aba khona umculi.
Ukuqala nokukhuphuka komsebenzi kaJohn Denver
Ngo-1964, uJohn wanquma ukushiya izindonga zesikhungo semfundo futhi azinikele ngokuphelele emculweni. Ngemva kokuthuthela e-Los Angeles, lo mculi wajoyina ukulahlekelwa ukuthandwa kwe-Chad Mitchell Trio. Iminyaka engu-5, iqembu lavakashela izwe futhi ladlala ezindaweni zemikhosi, kodwa iqembu lehlulekile ukuzuza impumelelo ebalulekile yezohwebo.
Ngemva kokuzenzela isinqumo esinzima, uJohn walishiya iqembu. Ngo-1969, waqala ukusebenza eyedwa. Uqophe i-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo iRhymes and Reasons (RCA Records). Ngenxa yengoma ethi Leavingon A Jet Plane, umculi wathola ukuthandwa kwakhe kokuqala njengombhali nomculi wezingoma zakhe. Ngo-1970, umbhali wakhipha amanye ama-albhamu amabili, ethi, Ngiyise Kusasa nethi Ingadi Kabani BekuyiLe.
Ukuthandwa kwalo mculi kunyuke kakhulu minyaka yonke. Ngokushesha waba omunye wabaculi abanethonya nabafunwa kakhulu e-United States. Phakathi kwawo wonke ama-albhamu akhululiwe, angu-14 athole "igolide" namaqoqo angu-8 - izimo ze-"platinum". Ebona ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe usufinyelele umvuthwandaba, ubhadi waphelelwa yintshisekelo yokubhala izingoma ezintsha. Wabe esenquma ukushintsha umkhakha wokusebenza.
Umuntu Womhlaba uJohn Denver
Kusukela ngo-1980, uJohn uye wazinikela emisebenzini yomphakathi, wacishe washiya ukubhala izingoma ezintsha. Ukuvakasha kusaqhubeka, kodwa cishe zonke zizinikele ekuvikelweni kwemvelo nemvelo. Ngokusho kwalo mculi, yile ndikimba emgqugquzela ukuthi aqhubeke nomsebenzi.
Ngemva kokuwa kwe-Iron Curtain, uJohn waba omunye wabaculi bokuqala abadumile baseNtshonalanga ukuvakashela insimu ye-USSR neChina. Ekwenziweni ngakunye, ukhuthaza uthando lokuphila, umhlaba kanye nemvelo. Icela abalaleli ukuthi bakhuthale ekuvikeleni nasekubuyiseleni imithombo yemvelo yomhlaba.
Ukuqhuma kwesikhungo samandla enuzi eChernobyl akuzange kushiye umculi engenandaba. Ngo-1987, weza ngokukhethekile e-Kyiv ukuzonikeza ikhonsathi yokweseka labo abasindile futhi wabamba iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuqedeni imiphumela yenhlekelele. Abaningi abangofakazi baleyo micimbi bakhulume kahle ngomsebenzi walo mculi, bethi izingoma zakhe zisize ukuhlanganisa amandla nokuphila.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, umsebenzi womculo womculi awuzange uthuthuke. Izingoma zakhe zangaphambilini bezisathandwa, kodwa ukuntuleka kwamaculo amasha kwenza abalandeli banaka abanye abaculi. Noma kunjalo, ukuqashelwa komdwebi kwahlala kusezingeni elifanayo. Lokhu kwenziwe lula wukulingisa okusebenzayo. UJohn uqhubekile nokulingisa kumafilimu.
Unyaka ka-1994 emsebenzini walo mculi waphawulwa ngokukhululwa kwencwadi yakhe ethi Take Me Home. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, wawina indondo yeGrammy ye-albhamu yezingane ebizwa ngokuthi All Abroad!. Yiqiniso, lokhu akukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi ingqikithi yomsebenzi womculi, kodwa abalandeli bathanda umsebenzi wakhe hhayi ngenxa yempumelelo kanye nemiklomelo.
Ukufa okungazelelwe kukaJohn Denver
Ngo-Okthoba 12, 1997, umculo nomphakathi womhlaba ushaqekile ngezindaba zokushona kwalo mculi engozini yendiza. Indiza yokuhlola, ebishayelwa ngumdlali, yaphahlazeka. Ngokolwazi olusemthethweni, imbangela yale nhlekelele wukwehla kwezinga likaphethiloli. Nakuba umshayeli wendiza onolwazi akakwazanga ukuzibamba ngokukhathazeka ngengxenye ebalulekile yendiza.
Kufakwe itshe lesikhumbuzo ethuneni lomculi, lapho kuqoshwe khona amagama engoma yakhe ethi Rocky Mountain High. Abantu abanothando babiza umculi ngomqambi, umculi, ubaba, indodana, umfowethu nomngane.
