I-Mamas & the Papas iyiqembu lomculo eliyinganekwane elakhiwa ngeminyaka ekude yo-1960. Indawo okwavela kuyo leli qembu kwakuyi-United States of America.
Leli qembu belihlanganisa abaculi ababili nabahlabeleli ababili. I-repertoire yabo ayicebile ngenani elikhulu lamathrekhi, kodwa inothile ngezingoma okungenakwenzeka ukukhohlwa. Ithini ingoma ethi California Dreamin', ethathe indawo yama-89 ohlwini lwezingoma ezithi "500 Greatest of All Time".
Umlando wokudalwa nokuqanjwa kweqembu iMamas and Papas
Konke kwaqala ngoJohn Phillips noScott McKenzie. Abaculi bacule abelungu bendabuko beyingxenye yeqembu eladuma ngaleso sikhathi iThe Journeymen.
Ngesinye isikhathi, abadlali badlala e-The Hungry I coffee house, lapho bajwayelana khona noMichelle Gilliam, okuwukuphela kwelungu lebhendi edumile. Ukufika kukaMichelle akuxhumene kuphela nokwanda kweqembu. Ngo-1962, uJohn washiya umkakhe nezingane ukuze ashade nomculi osemusha.
Ngo-1964, iThe Journeymen yamemezela ukuhlukana kwabo. UJohn kanye noMichelle bahlangana njengababili. Ngokushesha laba ababili banda baba ngabathathu. Elinye ilungu, uMarshall Brickman, lijoyine abaculi. Abaculi abathathu abaculayo bakha i-New Journeymen.
Izingoma zomculo zabathathu zazingenayo i-tenor. Le nkinga yaxazululeka lapho abaculi bezwana noDanny Doherty, ongowokuzalwa eCanada. Ngesinye isikhathi, uDanny wadlala noZalman Janowski. Ngobusuku bangaphambi konyaka omusha, u-Doherty waba yilungu leqembu elisha ngokusemthethweni.
I-prototype ye-quartet yesikhathi esizayo kwakuyi-Mugwumps, ehlanganisa uCass Elliot, umyeni wakhe uJimi Hendrix, uDenny Doherty noZalman Yanovsky. Singasho ukuthi i-The Mugwumps yahlukana yaba amaqembu amabili aqinile - i-Mamas ne-The Papas kanye ne-Lovin' Spoonful.
UCass Elliot, umngane oseduze kaDanny, usathathwa njengomunye wamalungu agqamile eqembu. Eqenjini, wayebizwa ngokuthi "Mama Cass." Owesifazane uthole lesi sidlaliso ngenxa yophawulo abengeziwe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uvumile ukuthi akakaze abe nenkimbinkimbi ngenxa yokugcwala kwakhe futhi akazange ancishwe ukunakwa ngamadoda.
UCass Elliot wagcina ejoyine leli qembu ngo-1965. Ngaleso sikhathi, bonke abanye abadlali bavele baya eholidini e-Virgin Islands. Ngemva kweholide lasehlobo eCalifornia, iqembu labuyela eNew York. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ingoma eyaziwa kakhulu yase-California Dreamin' yabhalwa ngesikhathi seholide.
Ukwethulwa kwengoma ethi California Dreamin'
Njengoba uPhillips aqamba i-California Dreamin', ukuqanjwa komculo kwadalwa ngamaculo amathathu kuphela. U-Phil Sloan, umqambi nomculi owayesebenza esitudiyo sokuqopha saseDunhill, usevele wasebenza ekuhlelweni kokuqoshwa kwengoma estudio.
Ngemuva kokuthi uPhillips efake ingoma, uSloan wacelwa ukuba ayenze kabusha. I-solo emtshingo we-alto yayidlalwa umculi we-jazz odumile u-Bud Schenk. U-Schenck ulalele amazwibela engoma lapho ayezodlala khona futhi waqopha ingxenye yakhe kusukela ekuthatheni kokuqala. Umsindo we-saxophone wanikeza ingoma ubukhazikhazi obukhethekile.
I-California Dreamin' ingoma yokuqala yebhendi, ehlala inguphawu lwe-The Mamas & the Papa kuze kube namuhla. Lona ukwakheka okwaqala ngawo umlando omncane weqembu elidumile.
Umculo we-Mamas & the Papas
I-quartet yahlala iminyaka emithathu kuphela. Ngokwenza umsebenzi wokudala iqembu lishicilele ama-albhamu e-studio angu-5. Umsebenzi weqembu ubuhambisana nezinkinga ezincane ngenxa yezingxabano zangaphakathi. UMichelle Phillips noDanny Doherty babenobudlelwano bothando ekuqaleni. Ngokushesha uJohnny Cash wathola ngothando phakathi kwabaculi. UDanny wayethandana ngasese noMichelle.
Naphezu kwezingxabano abaculi bathole amandla okucula esiteji esisodwa. UJohn uze wabhala ingoma ethi Ngimbonile Futhi ehlonipha lo mcimbi.
UMichelle wayenomoya. Ngokushesha waba nobudlelwano noGene Clark weThe Byrds, okwacasula bobabili uJohn noDanny. Ngenxa yalokho, intombazane yacelwa ukuba ilishiye iqembu. Esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uJill Gibson.
Kodwa uJill wayeneqembu izinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela. UJohn wabuyisela uMichelle kuMamas & the Papas. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mbhangqwana waqala kabusha ubuhlobo babo bothando.
Ngalesi sikhathi, uJohn waqamba elinye lamaculo e-hippie aseSan Francisco (Qinisekisa ukuthi Ugqoka Izimbali Ezinweleni Zakho). Ingoma yaziwa ngokuthi idlalwa nguScott McKenzie, nakuba kukhona futhi okurekhodiwe kwengoma enamazwi kaPhillips.
Ukuqedwa kwe-Mamas & the Papas
Abacula ngabodwana beThe Mamas & the Papas bamemezele ukuhlukana kwabo ngo-1968. UCass Elliot uvule isifuba ngesifiso sakhe sokuphishekela umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa. UJohn noMichelle bafake isehlukaniso ngokusemthethweni.
Ngo-1971, abaculi beqembu baphinde bahlangana ukuze baqophe i-albhamu yokugcina. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi People Like Us. Akaphindanga impumelelo yama-albhamu adlule.
Irekhodi likhishwe kuphela ngesizathu sokuthi lo mbandela uchazwe kunkontileka. Kwakungekho kungabaza nganoma yikuphi ukubambisana okunezithelo. Abadlali ngesikhathi "sokwehlukana" bakude kakhulu.
