UJohnny Nash ungumuntu wehlelo. Waduma njengomdlali we-reggae nomculo we-pop. U-Johnny Nash wajabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu ngemva kokucula ingoma engafi ethi I Can See Clearly Now. Ubengomunye wabaculi bokuqala abangewona amaJamaican ukuqopha umculo we-reggae eKingston.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaJohnny Nash
Kuncane okwaziwayo ngobuntwana nobusha bukaJohnny Nash. Igama eligcwele: John Lester Nash Jr. Usaziwayo esizayo wazalwa ngo-August 19, 1940 e-Houston (Texas).
UNash wakhulela emndenini ompofu nomkhulu. UJohnny kwadingeka aqale ukuphila komuntu omdala esemncane ukuze asize unina abhekane nezinkinga zezimali.
Waqala ukujwayela umculo esemncane. Umfana wayeziphilisa njengomculi wasemgwaqweni. Ngokushesha lolu thando lwakhula lwaba yisifiso sokuba umculi okhokhelwayo.
Indlela yokudala ka-Johnny Nash
Umculi we-Pop uJohnny Nash waqala umsebenzi wakhe ekuqaleni kwawo-1950 wekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Umculi ukhiphe ama-albhamu ambalwa e-ABC-Paramount. Abathandi bomculo bawuthanda umsebenzi kaJohnny, futhi abakhiqizi bacebisa izikhwama zabo ngephimbo likaNash laphezulu.
Ngo-1958, ukwethulwa kwe-disc debut kwenzeka. UJohnny ukhiphe i-LP ngaphansi kwegama lakhe. Izingoma ezingaba ngu-20 ezikhishwe phakathi kuka-1958 no-1964. kumalebula e-Groove, Chess, Argo kanye ne-Warners.
Ngendlela, uJohnny Nash naye wenza i-debut yakhe njengomdlali ngalesi sikhathi. Waqala ukubonakala efilimini ethathelwe ngumbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi uLouis S. Peterson ethi Take a Giant Step. Ngemva kwalo mcimbi, u-Johnny uthole indondo yesiliva ngokudlala kwakhe e-Locarno International Film Festival.
UJohnny ubambe iqhaza njengomqambi nomlingisi wefilimu i-Vill Så Gärna Tro (1971). Kule filimu, wayephathiswe indima kaRobert. Iculo lefilimu laqanjwa nguBob Marley futhi lahlelwa nguFred Jordan.
Ukwakhiwa kweJoda Records
Ibhizinisi likaJohnny Nash laba ngcono. Maphakathi nawo-1960, uJohnny Nash noDanny Sims baba ngoyise beJoda Records eNew York. Inkontileka ethakazelisa kakhulu yasayinwa neThe Cowsills.
I-Cowsill yaduma ngenxa yokwenziwa kwamahithi angafi okuthi Either You Do or You Don't kanye nethi You Can't Go Halfway. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibhendi yabhala futhi yaqopha eyalo ingoma ethi All I Really Wanta Be Is Me. Ibe ingoma yokuqala yeqembu ku-JODA (J-103).
UJohnny Nash usebenza eJamaica
U-Johnny Nash uqophe amathrekhi amaningana ngenkathi ehamba e-Jamaica. Lo saziwayo wahamba ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 njengoba intombi yakhe yayinobudlelwane bomndeni noNeville Willoughby.
Izinhlelo zomculi zihlanganisa ukuthuthukiswa komsindo we-rocksteady wendawo e-United States of America. UWilloughby wethula amazwi akhe eqenjini lendawo uBob Marley kanye neThe Wailing Wailers. U-Bob Marley, u-Bunny Wailer, u-Peter Tosh no-Rita Marley bethula u-Johnny esigcawini sendawo namasiko aso.
I-Rocksteady isitayela somculo esasikhona e-Jamaica nase-England ngeminyaka yawo-1960. Isisekelo se-rocksteady yizigqi ze-Caribbean ku-4/4, kanye nokunaka okungeziwe kusiginci namakhibhodi.
U-Johnny usayine izivumelwano zokuqopha ezine ezikhethekile ngelebula yakhe i-JAD kanye nesivumelwano sokushicilela sokuqala neCayman Music. I-advance yakhokhelwa ngendlela yomholo wamasonto onke.
Kodwa umsebenzi kaMarley noTosh, ngokombono wezohwebo, awuzange uphumelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngeke kushiwo ukuthi kwavusa isithakazelo kubathandi bomculo. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwethulwa amathrekhi amaningana: Bend Down Low kanye ne-Reggae ku-Broadway. Eyokugcina yaqoshwa eLondon ngezikhathi ezifanayo nethi Ngibona Ngokusobala Manje.
Ngibona Ngokusobala Manje kuthengiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1. Ngaphezu kwalokho, oyedwa waklonyeliswa ngediski legolide yi-RIAA. Ngo-1972, wathatha indawo yokuqala eshadini le-Billboard Hot 1. Ithrekhi ayizange ishiye indawo ephezulu isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka.
Ngibona Ngokusobala Manje ngifake amathrekhi amane ka-Judd ashicilelwe u-Judd: i-Guava Jelly, i-Comma Comma, Uthele Ushukela Kimi kanye Ne-Stir It Up.
Ukuvalwa kweJada Records
Ngo-1971, ilebula kaJohnny Nash ethi Jada Records yaphela. Kubalandeli abaningi, lokhu kuphenduka kwemicimbi bekungaqondakali, ngoba inkampani yokuqopha yenza kahle kakhulu.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-26, ilebula yavuselelwa ngo-1997 nguchwepheshe waseMelika uMarley Roger Steffens kanye nomculi waseFrance uBruno Bloom ochungechungeni lwama-albhamu ayishumi Qedela uBob Marley & The Wailers 1967-1972.
Eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe, kanye nendodana yakhe, uNash wagijima isitudiyo sokuqopha eHouston esibizwa ngeNashco Music.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngomculi
- U-Johnny Nash wayenezwi eliphezulu lokucula.
- Ezingxoxweni zakhe, lo mculi uthe into ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni umndeni wakhe. Wayeyithanda indodana yakhe.
- Umsebenzi kaJohnny Nash wawudumile eJamaica. Abaningi bathi lona "ungumculi odumile wase-Jamaican ongeyena owase-Jamaica."
- Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, uJohnny, kanye noBob Marley, babamba iqhaza ohambweni olukhulu lwase-UK.
- Eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe, umculi wabuyekeza indlela yakhe yokuphila. Wakwazi cishe ukuyiyeka ngokuphelele imikhuba emibi.
Ukufa kukaJohnny Nash
Lo mculi odumile ushone eneminyaka engu-80. Ngokusho kwendodana yalo mculi, uyise udlule emhlabeni ngoLwesibili zingama-6 kuMfumfu wezi-2020 ngenxa yemvelo.
