I-The Band (Ze Bend): Umlando weqembu

I-Band iyiqembu le-folk rock laseCanada-America elinomlando womhlaba wonke.

Izikhangiso

Naphezu kokuthi leli qembu lihlulekile ukuzuza izethameli zezigidigidi zamarandi, abaculi bathole ukuhlonishwa okukhulu phakathi kwabagxeki bomculo, ozakwabo basesiteji nezintatheli.

Ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yiphephabhuku elidumile iRolling Stone, leli qembu lalifakwe emaqenjini amakhulu angama-50 enkathi ye-rock and roll. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1980, abaculi bangena ehholo lodumo laseCanada, kwathi ngo-1994, iRock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Ngo-2008, abaculi babeka isithombe sabo sokuqala se-Grammy eshalofini labo lemiklomelo.

Umlando wokudalwa kweThe Band

Ibhendi yayihlanganisa: uRobbie Robertson, uRichard Manuel, uGarth Hudson, uRick Danko noLevon Helm. Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-1967. Abagxeki bomculo babhekisela kusitayela seThe Band njengerock rock, folk rock, country rock.

Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950 kuya phakathi kwawo-1960. amalungu eqembu ahambisana nomculi we-rockabilly odumile uRonnie Hawkins.

Ngemva kwesikhashana, amaqoqo amaningana omculi akhululwa ngokuhlanganyela kwabaculi. Sikhuluma ngama-albhamu: Levon and the Hawks kanye neCanadian Squires.

Ngo-1965, abaculi beqembu bathola isimemo esivela ku-Bob Dylan ukuba ahambe naye ohambweni olukhulu lomhlaba. Ngokushesha abaculi baqala ukuqashelwa. Isithunzi sabo senyuke kakhulu.

Ngemuva kokuthi uDylan ememezele ukuthi uyalushiya lolu hambo, abaculi abacula yedwa baqopha iseshini yomculo naye, eyaba khona isikhathi eside njenge-bootleg (eyokuqala emlandweni).

Futhi ngo-1965 i-albhamu ethi The Band yakhululwa. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Basement Tapes.

I-albhamu yokuqala Umculo ovela ku-Big Pink

Iqembu le-rock lethule i-albhamu yalo yokuqala ethi Music from Big Pink ngo-1968. Le nhlanganisela bekuwuchungechunge lomculo lwe-Basement Tapes. Ikhava yaklanywa nguBob Dylan ngokwakhe.

I-albhamu ithole ukubuyekezwa okujabulisayo kubagxeki bomculo, kodwa yaba nomthelela kwabanye abaculi, yabeka isisekelo sendlela entsha emculweni - i-country rock.

Umshayi wesiginci u-Eric Clapton, owaba nenhlanhla yokulalela izingoma zeqoqo, uvalelise eqenjini elithi Cream. Uvumile ukuthi unephupho lokuba yingxenye yeThe Band, kodwa, maye, iqembu alifunanga ukwanda.

Umbuyekezi, owawela ezandleni ze-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu, wakhuluma kahle kakhulu mayelana nezingoma. Ubize irekhodi ngokuthi "iqoqo lezindaba ezimayelana nabantu basedolobheni laseMelika - njengoba nje zithwetshulwe ngamandla nangobuciko kule khanvasi yomculo ...".

Abaculi ababili abacula yedwa basebenza ekubhaleni izingoma - uRobbie Robertson noManuel. Izingoma beziculwa kakhulu nguManuel, Danko, kanye noSoutherner Helm. Iparele laleli qoqo bekuyingoma yomculo ethi Isisindo. Kuzwakala izisusa zenkolo engomeni.

Sekudlule unyaka, futhi i-discography ye-The Band yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo. Sikhuluma nge-disc, eyathola igama elinesizotha le-The Band.

Abasebenzi bephephabhuku iRolling Stone bazwakalise umbono wabo wokuthi leli qembu lingelinye lama-rocker ambalwa akhipha amathrekhi.

Bazwakala sengathi akukho "Ukuhlasela KwaseBrithani" kanye ne-psychedelia e-United States of America, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, izingoma zabaculi zihlala zinamuhla.

Kuleli qoqo, u-Robbie Robertson wayengumbhali wezingoma eziningi zomculo. Wathinta izihloko zomlando waseMelika.

Sincoma ukulalela The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Ingoma isuselwe esiqeshini seMpi Yombango phakathi kweNyakatho neNingizimu.

Ukuvakasha kweqembu

Ngawo-1970, iqembu laqhubeka nokuvakasha. Lesi sikhathi simakwe ukukhishwa kwamanye ama-albhamu ambalwa. Ukushuba kwesimo sokuqala kwaqala ukwenzeka eqenjini.

URobertson waqala ukuphoqa abanye abahlanganyeli ukuthi athande umculo wakhe nezinto azithandayo.

URobertson uzabalazele ubuholi kwiThe Band. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-1976 leli qembu lahlukana. UMartin Scorsez ukwazile ukuqopha ikhonsathi yokugcina yabafana kukhamera yevidiyo.

Ngokushesha le vidiyo yahlelwa futhi yakhululwa njenge-documentary. Le filimu yayibizwa ngokuthi "The Last Waltz".

Ngaphezu kweThe Band, ifilimu iphinde ihlanganise: Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Dr. John, Eric Clapton.

Ngemva kweminyaka engu-7, kwaziwa ukuthi iThe Band yanquma ukuphinda iqale imisebenzi, kodwa ngaphandle kukaRobertson. Kulesi sakhiwo, abaculi bavakashela, bakwazi ukuqopha ama-albhamu amaningana namavidyo kliphu.

Izikhangiso

Okwamanje, i-discography yebhendi ibukeka kanje:

• Umculo ovela ku-Big Pink.
• Ibhendi.
• Uvalo.
• Ama-Cahoots.
• Moondog Matinee.
• Northern Lights - Southern Cross.
• Iziqhingi.
• IJeriko.
• Phezulu kweHogi.
• ukujabula.