Iqembu Leminyaka Eyishumi Ngemva liwumugqa oqinile, isitayela sokusebenza se-multidirectional, ikhono lokuhambisana nezikhathi nokugcina ukuthandwa. Lesi isisekelo sempumelelo yabaculi. Njengoba ivele ngo-1966, iqembu likhona kuze kube yilolu suku.
Phakathi neminyaka yokuba khona, bashintsha ukwakheka, benza izinguquko ekuhlanganiseni kohlobo. Iqembu layimisa imisebenzi yalo laphinde lavuka. Iqembu alikalahlekelwa ukubaluleka kwalo, lijabulisa abalandeli ngobuhlakani balo namuhla.
Umlando wokuvela kweqembu Eminyakeni Eyishumi Ngemva
Ngaphansi kwegama Leminyaka Eyishumi Ngemva, iqembu laziwa kuphela ngo-1966, kodwa iqembu lalinomlando. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950s, i-duo yokudala yadalwa ngumshayi wesigingci u-Alvin Lee kanye nomshayi wesigingci sebhesi u-Leo Lyons. Ngokushesha bajoyinwa umculi u-Ivan Jay, owasebenza nabafana iminyaka embalwa kuphela. Ngo-1965, isigubhu uRick Lee wajoyina ibhendi. Ngemva konyaka, umculi wekhibhodi u-Chick Churchill wajoyina iqembu.
Iqembu ekuqaleni lalitholakala e-Nottingham, ngokushesha lathuthela eHamburg, lase liya eLondon. Ngo-1966 ibhendi yayiholwa nguChris Wright. Umphathi uncome igama elisha. Iqembu lathola igama elithi Blues Trip, kodwa abafana abakuthandanga. Leli qembu ngokushesha lashintsha igama lalo laba yiBlues Yard, lase lithatha igama lalo lokugcina, Iminyaka Eyishumi Ngemva.
Impumelelo yokuqala yeqembu
Ngenxa yobuholi obufanele beqembu, abafana bathole isimemo sokucula ku-Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival. Ngenxa yokusebenza kulo mcimbi, leli qembu lisayine inkontileka neDeram Records. Iqembu ngokushesha lakhipha i-albhamu yokuqala enegama elibizwa ngeqembu elifanayo.
I-albhamu ihlanganisa izingoma eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ezihlanganiswe ne-jazz ne-rock. Ingoma enesihloko, eyaba wukwenza samuntu kobuciko benkathi yokuqala, yayithi Help Me. Lokhu ukusetshenzwa kabusha kwengoma edumile kaWillie Dixon. Abalaleli baseBrithani abazange bayijabulele imizamo yeqembu. I-albhamu ayiphumelelanga.
Ukuduma okungalindelekile eMelika
Naphezu kokungabi nesithakazelo kwabalaleli base-UK, irekhodi laqashelwa nguBill Graham. Waziwa njengomuntu owaziwa kakhulu ngamasiko nabezindaba e-United States. Izingoma zeqembu zivele emoyeni eziteshini zomsakazo eSan Francisco, bese kuthi kwamanye amadolobha aseMelika.
Ngo-1968, iqembu lamenywa ukuba livakashele e-United States. Abalandeli baleli qembu bakhangwe yikhono lika-Alvin Lee obengumholi waleli qembu. Umdlalo wakhe wawubizwa ngesitayela, i-virtuoso kanye nenkanuko. Kuwo wonke umlando wokuba khona kwayo, ithimba selivakashele leli zwe ngamakhonsathi izikhathi ezingu-28. Leli rekhodi alizange libekwe elinye iqembu laseBrithani.
Ukuqashelwa Kweminyaka Eyishumi Ngemva EYurophu
Ngemva kokuvakasha eMelika, iqembu lamenywa eScandinavia. Ngemva kokuqeda uchungechunge olusebenzayo lokuvakasha, abaculi banquma ukukhipha i-albhamu ebukhoma. Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Undead kwaba yimpumelelo eYurophu. Ingoma ethi I'm Going Home ibibizwa ngengoma ehamba phambili kuleli qembu isikhathi eside, yagcina ihlangene neqembu.
Kwalandela ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo i-Stoned Henge. Eqenjini, iqoqo libe yingqophamlando. Abaculi babonwa eNgilandi. Ngo-1969, iqembu lamenywa ukuba libambe iqhaza kwi-Newport Jazz Festival, bese kuthi emcimbini we-Woodstock. Abaculi bahehe ukunaka komphakathi, ongcweti be-blues ne-hard rock. Zaziwa ngokuthi izinkanyezi eziphumayo.
Ukunyuselwa ezindaweni eziphakeme zenkazimulo
I-albhamu elandelayo yeqembu isivele ifinyelele kwabangu-20 abahamba phambili. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi indalo ephawulekayo ye-progressive blues enamanothi e-psychedelia. Ingoma ethi Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ibe ingoma eshisa izikhotha. Ayengadumile kakhulu izingoma ezithi: If You Should Love Me nethi Bad Scene.
Ithimba likhiphe kokubili ama-ballads e-melodic nezingoma ezinama-punk motifs avukelayo. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 kwaphawulwa ukunqoba kweqembu. Ingoma ethi Love Like a Man ithathe indawo yesi-4 esilinganisweni sesiNgisi. Abalandeli bancome i-albhamu elandelayo yaleli qembu. Umsindo osemfashinini we-synthesizer uvele emculweni. Umculo usunenjongo futhi unzima. Ubumnyama obubangelwa kakhulu ngenxa yomthwalo omkhulu. Ibhendi yayinohlelo olumatasa lokuvakasha.
Isibuyekezo somsindo
Ngawo-1970, u-Alvin Lee waphinde wagxila emsindweni osindayo. Izingoma zaba namandla futhi zaceba. Amathrekhi e-riff ayehlukaniswa nomsindo wawo we-electronic. Ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesihlanu yesitudiyo, inkontileka neDeram Records yaphela. Iqembu laqala ukusebenzisana ne-Columbia Records.
I-albhamu yokuqala ngaphansi kwabaphathi abasha kuvele ukuthi ibingalindelekile. Isitayela se-A Space in Time besikhumbuza ngokucacile i-blues ne-rock eyayisemisebenzini yangaphambilini. Irekhodi lithole ukuqashelwa eMelika. Ngemva konyaka, leli qembu lakhipha iqoqo lezingoma ezazingafakwanga kuma-albhamu akhishwe ngaphambilini. Cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqembu lalisebenzela ukuqopha irekhodi elisha. I-albhamu yayifana ngezindlela eziningi nokuhlanganiswa okuphumelelayo kwe-Watt, kodwa ayizange iphinde iphinde iphumelele.
Endleleni yokubola
Amarekhodi eqembu ayeke ukuthola ukubuyekezwa okuhle. Abalaleli baqaphele umsindo ophansi, ukuntuleka kobuchwepheshe bangaphambilini. Kuthiwa u-Alvin Lee waqala ukusebenzisa kabi uphuzo oludakayo. Uma ekhonsathini eqhubeka, khona-ke ku-studio wayesebenza engxenyeni yakhe. Ngo-1973, kwakungenzeka ukuqopha i-albhamu ephilayo ye-virtuoso. Kulo msebenzi ogqamile weqembu waphela.
Abagxeki bathi bekunokungaqondi kahle eqenjini. U-Alvin Lee waqaphela ukuthi ufuna ukushiya iqembu futhi asebenze yedwa. Bathe akasakhombisi izinto ezingcono kakhulu azenza kumaqabane akhe kodwa wazishiyela yena. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu ethi Positive Vibrations (1974), ibhendi yamemezela ukuhlukana kwayo.
Ukuqalwa kabusha kwemisebenzi yeqembu Iminyaka Eyishumi Ngemva
Ngo-1988, amalungu eqembu anquma ukuphinde ahlangane. Abafana abazange bakhe izinhlelo ezinkulu. Amakhonsathi amaningana enzeka eYurophu, kanye nokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu entsha. Ngemva kwalokho, leli qembu laphinde lahlukana. Nakulokhu, abafana bahlangana kuphela ekuqaleni kwawo-2000.
Amalungu eqembu akhuthazwe amarekhodi amadala. Bazama ukunxenxa umholi wangaphambili ukuthi aphinde asetshenziswe. U-Alvin Lee wenqaba. Ngenxa yalokho, kwanqunywa ukuthi kwengezwe isigingci esiculayo eqenjini. UJoe Gooch osemncane ungena kahle eqenjini. Ithimba lathatha uhambo lomhlaba, laphinde laqopha i-albhamu entsha, futhi ngokushesha lashicilela iqoqo lamahithi.
Iqembu esikhathini samanje
UBassist uLeo Lyons walishiya leli qembu ngo-2014, walandelwa nguJoe Gooch. Iqembu alizange lihlukane. Iqembu lajoyinwa: umculi webhesi uColin Hodgkinson, odume ngokudlala kahle, umculi wesigingci uMarcus Bonfanti. Iminyaka Eyishumi Ngemva kokukhipha i-albhamu entsha ngo-2017. Futhi ngo-2019, abaculi baqopha iqoqo lekhonsathi. Iqembu alithembele empumelelweni edlule, kodwa futhi ngeke liyimise imisebenzi yalo.
