U-Tim McGraw ungomunye wabaculi bezwe laseMelika abadume kakhulu, ababhali bezingoma nomlingisi. Selokhu aqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo,
U-Tim ukhiphe ama-albhamu e-studio angu-14, wonke aziwa ukuthi afinyelele phezulu eshadini lama-albhamu aphezulu e-Top Country.
Wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eDelhi, eLouisiana, uTim wadlala imidlalo efana ne-basketball ne-baseball. Udlale kahle kakhulu i-baseball waze wanikezwa umfundaze wokuya eNortheastern Louisiana University.
Kodwa ukulimala okudabukisayo kwaqeda umsebenzi wakhe we-baseball ngaphambi kwesikhathi, futhi walahla amaphupho akhe okuba umdlali we-baseball okhokhelwayo.
Njengomfundi, u-Tim waqala ukudlala isiginci futhi wadlala ezindaweni ezincane ukuze athole imali.
Washiya isikole ekolishi ngenxa yokuphishekela izifiso zakhe, kwathi ngo-1993 wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, eyamukelwa kabi abagxeki nabathandi bomculo.
Kodwa uTim wayesanda kuqala futhi wayesebenza kanzima ku-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo Not A Moment too soon. I-albhamu yaba yimpumelelo enkulu futhi yashintsha u-Tim waba inkanyezi yangempela.
Manje lo mculi usekhiphe ama-albhamu omculo angu-14, futhi ngawo useze wazibonakalisa njengomunye wabaculi bezwe abadumile kunabo bonke.
Ubani u-Tim McGraw?
Wazalwa ngoMeyi 1, 1967 eDelhi, eLouisiana, uTim McGraw ungumculi wezwe laseMelika ama-albhamu kanye nezingoma zakhe ezihlala ziphezulu kumashadi omculo, okumenza abe ngomunye wabaculi abadumile balolu hlobo.
Ushade nomculi uFaith Hill, izingoma zakhe ezishisa izikhotha zihlanganisa ethi "Indian Outlaw," "Don't Take the Girl," "I Like It, I Love It," nethi "Live Like You Were Dying."
Intsha
U-Tim McGraw wayengomunye wezinkanyezi ezidume kakhulu ze-"Young Country" ngeminyaka yawo-1990.
Waduma ngezwi lakhe eliphakeme, kanye nekhono lakhe lokuvusa imizwa eyahlukahlukene, kusukela kushuni womdanso ogxumagxumayo kuye kumabhaladi aphefumulayo.
Njengoba atshela uDavid Zimmerman e-USA Today, “Baningi abantu abakwazi ukucosha isiginci bakuculele ingoma emnandi, kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abantu abangakutshela ukuthi bazizwa kanjani ngempela. “
UTim wakhula ecabanga ukuthi umyeni kanina, uHorace Smith, umshayeli weloli, wayenguyise, kodwa kwakungenjalo.
Lo mbhangqwana wahlukanisa lapho uMcGraw eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala, futhi ngemva kwalokho yena nomama wakhe kwakudingeka bajikeleze eRichland County.
Ngolunye usuku engenile, eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, wavula ibhokisi elalinesitifiketi sokuzalwa elalinegama likayise wangempela futhi lalibhalwe “umdlali we-baseball”.
Unina wagcina eveze ukuthi ubenothando olufushane lwasehlobo noToug McGraw, ngaleso sikhathi owayedlala kumaligi amancane. Nokho, wamshiya ngokushesha futhi washada noSmith lapho indodana yakhe inezinyanga eziyisikhombisa ubudala.
UThug McGraw uqhubekile nokwenza igama lakhe neNew York Mets kanye nePhiladelphia Phillies.
Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1970, wayengumdlali okhokhelwa kakhulu futhi odume kakhulu ku-baseball ekhokhelwayo.
UMcGraw wahlangana naye kanye emdlalweni e-Houston, kodwa uyise omzalayo wabonisa isithakazelo esincane ekugcineni ubuhlobo obuseduze.
Lesi sihlabani se-baseball sashada futhi ngaleso sikhathi sase sinezinye izingane ezimbili, nakuba sona nomkakhe bahlukanisa ngo-1988.
UMcGraw ekuqaleni wayethukuthelele uyise ngokungamsekeli, kodwa kamuva wamxolela, etshela uSteve Dougherty noMeg Grant ku-People, "Wayeneminyaka engu-22 ubudala futhi engavuthiwe ngesikhathi kwenzeka."
Okuxakayo ukuthi uMcGraw waqopha ikhadi le-baseball likayise odongeni lwegumbi lakhe lokulala ngisho nangaphambi kokuthi azi ukuthi unguyise.
Amathonya okuqala omculo
Nakuba akhulela e-Start, idolobhana elincane e-Richland County, wachitha isikhathi esiningi emgwaqeni e-cab ka-Smith's 18-wheeler.
Elolini, wayecula kanye nabaculi bezwe abanjengoCharlie Pride, uJohnny Paycheck noGeorge Jones. "Ngesikhathi ngineminyaka eyisithupha," kusho uMcGraw, "ngazizwa sengathi ngiyawazi amagama kuwo wonke ama-albhamu uMerle Haggard ake aqopha."
Yize adlala iLittle League esemncane, ngesikhathi eya ekolishi, uMcGraw wayesewashiyile amaphupho akhe okuba ngumdlali webhola okhokhelwayo njengoyise.
Lapho esemdala eMonroe Christian High School, waphinde wahlangana noToug McGraw, owavuma ukukhokhela imfundo yakhe yasekolishi. UMcGraw wathweswa iziqu e-faculty ngo-1985.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, washintsha isibongo sakhe waba ngelikayise omzalayo, nakuba esaqhubeka nokuncoma uyise ongamzali uSmith njengoyise wangempela.
Ngokushesha wanquma ukusiyeka isikole ayozama inhlanhla eNashville. Uyise wamtshela ukuthi aqede isikole kuqala, kodwa uMcGraw wamkhumbuza ukuthi wayeka ekolishi ngenxa ye-baseball.
Uyise waqhubeka nokumeseka ngenkathi ezama ukwenza umsebenzi.
Isiteleka sokuqala nengxabano
Lapho efika eMusic City ngoMeyi 1989, uMcGraw wayenolwazi oluncane lokudlala futhi engenakho abathintwayo. Kodwa lo mkhakha wawusulungele abaculi besilisa abahle, futhi wakwazi ukuhlanganisa ama-gigs kuma-Printers Alley club.
Kungakapheli unyaka nesigamu, wasayina inkontileka neCurb Records.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala esihloko sithi yakhululwa ngo-Ephreli 1993, kodwa yayiyi-flop.
Ukuze uthole ukunakwa, ilebula ithumele uMcGraw ohambweni nebhendi yabo, oDokotela be-Dance Hall, futhi ukusebenza kwakhe bukhoma kuthole ukutuswa okukhulu.
Ngama-ballads anamandla namahithi ephathi afana ne-Steve Miller's Joker, uthole izethameli zakhe.
NgoFebhuwari 1994, uMcGraw wakhulula ingoma ethelelanayo ethi "Indian Outlaw", eyangena ngokushesha kumashadi ezwe futhi yaduma kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke, kubuye kwaba nesikhundla esingathandeki futhi kwabangela ukusabela okunolaka kwabaningi abakuthola kucasula aboMdabu baseMelika.
Amagama ezinhlamvu ahlanganisa imigqa efana nokuthi "Ngiyisigebengu saseNdiya" nemigqa efana nokuthi "Ungangithola ku-wigwam yami/ngizoshaywa' ku-tom-tom yami." UMcGraw uphendule ngokuthi ubengaqondile ukulimaza nokuthi ubemane esebenzisa amagama ahlukene ngezimfanelo zabo ezinemvumelwano.
Naphezu kwencazelo kaMcGraw ngezinhloso zakhe, umholi weCherokee Nation uWilma Mankiller uthumele incwadi esiteshini ethi leli culo libonisa "ukuhwebelana okungcolile okuxhaphaza amaNdiya", esho ukuthi "ikhuthaza ubandlululo", ngokusho kwe-Billboard article. I-Cronin.
Ngenxa yalokho, ezinye iziteshi zomsakazo e-Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, naseMinnesota zaqala ukwenqaba ukudlala le ngoma. Ngakolunye uhlangothi iqembu lamaNdiya aseMpumalanga Cherokee elizinze eNorth Carolina libhalele abaphathi benkampani yakwaMcGraw leseka leli culo ukuthi alinalutho elimelene nalo.
Ngaphezu kwe kwani!
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokhu kuphikisana, i-albhamu yesibili yalo mculi yakhululwa. I-"Not a Moment too soon" ibe ingoma yokuqala yezwe evikini layo lokuqala emashadini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izingoma ezingashadile ezintathu ngaphezulu ziphezulu kumashadi ngaphezu kwe-"Indian Outlaw".
I-albhamu yakhe kanye nenombolo yokuqala ethi "Don't Take The Girl", i-ballad emnandi, ithole imiklomelo e-Academy of Country Music.
UMcGraw uphinde waqanjwa ngokuthi I-Best New Country Artist nguBillboard.
Akupholi Nakancane Ngokushesha yafinyelela inombolo yokuqala eshadini le-albhamu yezwe amasonto angu-26 alandelanayo futhi yathengisa cishe amakhophi ayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili eminyakeni embalwa elandelayo.
Ngokushesha, uMcGraw wakhishwa ekudlaleni ama-honky-tonk ukuze aqale uhambo oluhamba phambili.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, ngo-September 1995, uMcGraw wakhulula i-All I Want. Yize bekuwumzamo wokukhombisa ubuciko bomculo obubucayi, eyokuqala eyakhishwa kwaba yi-jaunty ethi "I Like It, I Love It".
Njengoba echazela uDeborah Evans Price kuBillboard, “Kwakuyingoma epholile, ejabulisayo, yasesikoleni esiphakeme. Akakhulumi kakhulu. Siyikhiphile ngoba iyingoma emnandi futhi ingenza abantu baqaphele kalula ezinye izingoma ezikule albhamu engifuna abantu bayizwe!”
Ingoma ihlale kunombolo yokuqala amasonto amahlanu kanti icwecwe lidayise amakhophi ayizigidi ezintathu.
Umshado noFaith Hill
Kakade ngo-1996, uhambo oluyimpumelelo lwe-Spontaneous Combustion lwenzeka, lapho umculi wezwe enze inkulumo yokuvula. Ekupheleni kohambo, impilo kaMcGraw yaqala ukubilisa, futhi wacela u-Hill ukuthi amshade.
Babevakashile eMontana ngaleso sikhathi, futhi wabuza lo mbuzo egumbini lakhe lokugqoka, elalifakwe kumahamba-nendlwana. Kamuva wakhumbula lesi senzakalo lapho exoxa nomagazini i-People: “Wathi, ‘Angikholwa ukuthi ungicela ukuba ngishade nawe kumahamba-nendlwana!’ ngathi, ‘Hhayi-ke, singabaculi bezwe, ngenzeni. ulindele?'
U-Hill ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wasamukela isiphakamiso sikaMcGraw ngokubhala "yebo" esibukweni ku-trailer yakhe ngenkathi esesiteji, futhi lo mbhangqwana washada ngo-Okthoba 6, 1996.
Indodakazi yabo yokuqala, uGracie, yazalwa ngo-1997, indodakazi yabo yesibili, uMaggie, yazalwa ngemva konyaka, kanti indodakazi yabo yesithathu, u-Audrey (onguthunjana), yazalwa ngo-2001.
Impumelelo eqhubekayo
Ngaleso sikhathi, uMcGraw waqala ukuhlukanisa imisebenzi yakhe ukuze abe nezinketho uma kungenzeka ukuduma kwakhe kushaye phansi. Wakha izinkampani zokukhiqiza nezokuphatha.
Yena no-Byron Gallimuer ngokuhlanganyela bakhiphe i-albhamu yokuqala kaJoe Di Messina, eyayiqukethe ingoma ethi "Heads Carolina, Tails California".
UMcGraw wayengenaso isidingo sokukhathazeka: ngoJuni 1997, wakhipha enye ingoma ethi, Everywhere, eyakhuphuka yafinyelela phezulu emashadini futhi yahlanganisa izingoma ezintathu zokuqala, okuhlanganisa nethi “It’s Your Love” ayicula noHill. Le ngoma ifinyelele kwabayishumi abaphambili eshadini le-pop.
Ukuzinza okusha ekuphileni kwakhe njengendoda nobaba oshadile kubonakala yonke indawo, futhi wayeheha izindondo eziningi kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi.
Phakathi kweminye imiklomelo, ngo-1997 ethi “It’s Your Love” yaqanjwa nge-Billboard’s Single of the Year Award, iRadio & Records Single of the Year, kwathi i-Country Music Television yamqamba ngokuthi Umculi Wonyaka Wowesilisa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-1998 wathola imiklomelo evela ku-Academy of Country Music for single of the year, song of the year, video of the year and top vocals - all for the same song "It's Your Love".
Ngo-1999, i-white streak kaMcGraw yaqhubeka ngokukhululwa kwe-A Place in the Sun ngoMeyi. Iphezulu kumashadi e-albhamu ye-Billboard futhi yazala ingoma yokuqala ezweni: "Ngicela Ungikhumbule".
Imiklomelo iqhubekile nokunqwabelana njengoba uMcGraw ethola i-Academy of Country Music Awards ye-Vocalist of the Year kanye ne-Vocal Event of the Year kanye ne-Country Music Association Awards ye-Vocalist of the Year kanye ne-Albhamu Yonyaka njengeciko nomdidiyeli we-A Place in the Sun. nabanye.
Sengiphetha, iphephabhuku i-People limqambe ngokuthi "Inkanyezi Yezwe Ecansini Kakhulu" kumagazini wabo waminyaka yonke we-Dream Boat. Ngo-2000, uMcGraw uthole indondo ye-Academy Award for Country Music Vocalist of the Year kanye nendondo yakhe yokuqala ye-Grammy ye-Best Collaboration ethi "Let's Make Love", indondo ayicula nonkosikazi wakhe.
Umsebenzi wokulingisa
UMcGraw naye waba ngumlingisi. Uvele efilimini yango-2004 ethi Black Cloud eqondiswe nguRick Schroeder kanye nedrama yomndeni ka-2006 ethi Flick.
Endimeni yokusekela, uMcGraw uphinde wasebenza noJamie Foxx noJennifer Garner ku-The Kingdom ka-2007.
Ethatha idrama yezemidlalo, wahlanganyela noSandra Bullock ku-Blind Side (2009).
Ubuye wadlala umlingisi osondele nempilo yakhe yangempela kwi-Country Strong (2010) edlala uGwyneth Paltrow futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wabamba iqhaza elivelele ku-Tomorrowland (2015) ebhekene noGeorge Clooney.
Okuncane mayelana nempilo yomuntu siqu
UMcGraw uhlala endlini enamagumbi ayisithupha eduze kwaseNashville. Njengoba echazela u-Zimmerman e-USA Today, “Lena indawo yokuphumula kakhulu emhlabeni. Siba nemililo ngaso sonke isikhathi e-Back Forty, sihlezi emagcekeni ethu, sidlala iziginci futhi siphuza nobhiya."
Yena nomkakhe bavame ukuvakasha, kodwa u-Hill akahambi engenazo izingane. “Ngithanda umkami ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye,” kuphawula uMcGraw kwesinye isihloko esithi People.
Ngasekupheleni kobusika buka-2018, ngemva kwesigameko esidabukisayo sokudubula e-Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School eFlorida, uMcGraw waba ngomunye wezihlabani ezimbalwa ezivelele ezweni ukuzwakalisa ukweseka kwakhe izindlela eziqinile zokulawula izibhamu.
Ngemuva kokuthi isitolo sezimpahla zemidlalo simemezele ukuthi umqondisi uzokhuphula iminyaka yobudala yokuthenga izibhamu noma izinhlamvu kusukela ku-18 kuya ku-21, ubhale ku-Twitter: "Siyabonga ngokuba yingxenye yengxoxo mayelana nokuphepha kwezingane zethu!".
