Umlando webhendi ye-rock yaseBrithani i-Smokie yase-Bradford ingumlando wendlela enzima, enameva efuna ubunikazi bayo kanye nokuzimela komculo.
Ukuzalwa kukaSmokie
Ukwakhiwa kweqembu kuyindaba ene-prosaic. UChristopher Ward Norman no-Alan Silson bafunda futhi babengabangane kwesinye sezikole ezijwayelekile zesiNgisi.
Izithixo zabo, njengentsha eningi yangaleso sikhathi, zaziyi-Liverpool Four emangalisayo. Isiqubulo esithi "Uthando nedwala kuzosindisa umhlaba" sakhuthaza abangani kangangokuthi banquma ukuthi bazoba izinkanyezi ze-rock.
Ukwakha iqembu eligcwele, bamema abafana abafunda ekilasini elifanayo. Laba babe Terry Uttley (bass) noPeter Spencer (izigubhu).
Akekho noyedwa umngane owayenemfundo yomculo, kodwa babenekhono elihle lokukhuluma, ukuzwa okuhle kakhulu nokuba nezinsimbi zomculo.
Indlela yokudala
Iqembu laqala umsebenzi walo wokudala ngokudlala kusihlwa esikoleni nasezindaweni zokucima ukoma ezingabizi.
Cishe yonke ingoma amahithi aziwa kakhulu e-The Beatles nabanye abadlali be-rock ne-pop. Abafana abagcinanga lapho futhi ngokushesha izingoma zokwakheka kwazo zaqala ukuzwakala.
Yize bekungamaculo angafanele futhi okulingisa, besekuyimisebenzi yawo. Ngemva kokushintsha igama lokuqala leqembu, ithimba laya eLondon - idolobha elikhulu lomculo we-rock lodumo nokuqashelwa.
Lapha, futhi, kwakudingeka benze emigoqweni nasemaqenjini amancane, kuyilapho impumelelo yokuqala ingaphawulwa - ukuvela kombuthano ozinikele wabalandeli.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo nemidlalo, ingoma yokuqala ethi "Crying in the Rain" yabhalwa, lapho iqembu lingazange liphumelele ukunqoba okwakulindelwe isikhathi eside. Nokho, lokhu akuzange kubangele ukwethuka.
Abafana bagcine inani elidingekayo ukuze baqophe futhi bakhulule (enguqulweni encane) irekhodi lokuqala eligcwele eligcwele isikhathi eside, isiphetho salo futhi esasingesihle kakhulu.
Isizathu salokhu kuzinza okudabukisayo kwaba ukungabibikho komdidiyeli, ukukhangisa nokuphromotha.
Ukunyuka Komculo KaSmokey
UFortune ubesamamatheka ebuka abadlali abanenkani. Bake bacula ekhefi encane eLondon, badonsa ukunaka kwabakhiqizi nabaqambi bangaleso sikhathi, uChinn noChapman, ngokudlala kwabo.
Bathokoze kakhulu ngedatha yokusebenza yabaculi abasebasha futhi banikezwa uxhaso. Isiqalo kwaba ushintsho egameni leqembu. Lavela kanje iqembu elithi Smokie.
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi ohlangene, abakhiqizi banikeze iqembu elisha izingoma ezidumile, kwakukhona isivumelwano mayelana nalokhu. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, isitatimende satholwa kubadali mayelana nokuqala kwesizukulwane esisha emculweni we-rock.
Ukunyuka nokuqashelwa kwe-Smokie
Ngenxa yokusebenza kanzima ngephutha elenziwe, i-disc elandelayo, ehlanganisa cishe i-100% yezingoma zokwakheka kwayo, yashaya amashadi emazweni aseYurophu.
Iningi labalandeli beqembu le-Smokie lavela eJalimane, lapho i-disc ekhishwe yazuza khona isimo sehlelo.
Ukujwayelana nabaculi abasebasha
UChristopher Ward Norman (amazwi) wazalelwa emndenini wabalingisi bofuzo. Umama wayedansa ecula esiteji sesifundazwe, ubaba esebenza eqenjini lomdanso namahlaya.
Abazali babekwazi kahle ukuphila okunzima kwansuku zonke kwebhizinisi lokubonisa, ngakho abazange bagcizelele emsebenzini womculo wendodana yabo, kuyilapho benikeza ukusekelwa njalo.
Lapho inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo ineminyaka engu-7 ubudala, uyise wamnika isiginci, esanquma kusengaphambili isiphetho somfana. Mayelana nokuvakasha kwabazali bakhe, uChristopher wayeshintsha isikole kaningi, kwadingeka ayofunda ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zaseNgilandi.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, umndeni wathuthela edolobheni lakubo kanina eBradford, lapho ahlangana khona neqembu lakhe leqembu le-Smokie lesikhathi esizayo.
U-Alan Silson (umculi, umbhali wamaculo, isigingci) wahlangana noChristopher eneminyaka engu-11. Abafana bahlanganiswa uthando lomculo, okwaholela ekwakhiweni kweqembu lomculo ngemizamo efanayo.
UTerry Uttley (amazwi, ama-bass) wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eBradford. Kusukela eneminyaka engu-11 wayedlala isiginci, kodwa waziyeka izifundo zakhe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, akazange ayeke ukufunda ama-chords, wafunda kuphela esifundweni.
Abazali babecabanga ukuthi indodana yayizolandela ezinyathelweni zikayise futhi ibe umnyathelisi. Kunalokho, umculi osemusha wajoyina iqembu le-rock lesikole.
U-Peter Spencer (isigubhu) ubelokhu ethanda ukushaywa kusukela ebuntwaneni. Bamkhanga ngaleso sikhathi lapho umfana ezwa ukusebenza kweqoqo le-bagpipe yaseScotland. Umfana wathola isigubhu sakhe sokuqala eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala.
Wayenokunye okunamathiselwe - ibhola, kodwa umculo wawina. Ngaphezu kwezinsimbi zomculo ezishaywayo, uPeter wayenesiginci nomtshingo ngendlela emangalisayo.
Izimpumelelo zobuhlakani zeqembu
Iqembu selizungeza kakhulu kukho konke ukuba khona kwalo, lihlale libheka okusha emsindweni nasezithombeni zasesiteji.
Abaculi babethwele kanzima ngenxa yemibandela eqinile yenkontileka ephothuliwe, eyayingabavumeli ukuba bahlanganyele ekukhulumeni kwabo kanye nokufezeka kwezinhlelo zabo emculweni. Abaqambi banikeza leli qembu inkululeko ephelele yokwenza.
Irekhodi elikhishiwe (ubuciko bomculo weqembu) laba nomuzwa kanye nengoma yamazwe ngamazwe. Kodwa-ke, iminyaka edlule ishiye uphawu olubi.
Bekhathele umzabalazo wokuzimela, ubuntu bomculo kanye nemvelaphi, abaculi banquma ukuhamba ngendlela yabo. Futhi izingoma zabo eziqotho, ezisuka enhliziyweni nezivulekile zijabulisa izilaleli eziningi nanamuhla.
Smokie namuhla
NgoDisemba 16, 2021, uTerry Uttley washona. Umdlali we-bass nokuphela kwelungu eliphelele leqembu uSmokie ushone ngemuva kokugula isikhashana.
Khumbula ukuthi ngo-Ephreli 16, 2021, kwavela imininingwane kuwebhusayithi yeqembu ukuthi uMike Craft wanquma ukumshiya uSmokey. Ngo-Ephreli 19, uPete Lincoln waba umculi omusha. Thatha Iminithi, eyakhululwa ngo-2010, ibhekwa njenge-albhamu yokugcina ku-discography yeqembu le-rock laseBrithani.
