UWillie Nelson ungumculi waseMelika, umculi, umbhali wamaculo, umbhali, imbongi, isishoshovu kanye nomlingisi.
Ngempumelelo enkulu yama-albhamu akhe ethi Shotgun Willie kanye neRed Headed Stranger, uWillie usephenduke elinye lamagama anethonya elikhulu emlandweni womculo wezwe laseMelika.
Uzalelwe eTexas, uWilly waqala ukwenza umculo eneminyaka eyi-7, kwathi lapho eseneminyaka eyi-10 wayeseyingxenye yeqembu.
Ebusheni bakhe, wavakashela izwe laseTexas neqembu lakhe iBohemian Polka, kodwa ukuziphilisa ngomculo akuzange kube umgomo wakhe oyinhloko.
UWilly wajoyina i-US Air Force ngokushesha nje lapho eqeda esikoleni esiphakeme.
Maphakathi nawo-1950, ingoma yakhe ethi "Lumberjack" yaqala ukunaka kakhulu. Lokhu kuphoqe uWilly ukuthi alahle konke okunye agxile emculweni kuphela.
Ngemva kokujoyina i-Atlantic Records ngo-1973, uWillie wazuza udumo olukhulu. Ikakhulukazi, ama-albhamu akhe amabili i-Red Headed Stranger kanye ne-Honeysuckle Rose yamenza waba isithonjana sezwe.
Njengomlingisi, uWillie usevele kumafilimu angaphezu kuka-30 futhi ungumdidiyeli wezincwadi ezimbalwa. Uvele waba yisishoshovu senkululeko futhi akazange agweme ukuveza imicabango yakhe mayelana nokugunyazwa kwensangu.
Ubuntwana nobusha
UWillie Nelson wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 29, 1933 e-Abbott, eTexas ngesikhathi se-Great Depression.
Uyise, u-Ira Doyle Nelson, wayesebenza njengomakhenikha, kanti unina, u-Myrl Marie, wayengumama wekhaya.
UWilly akazange abe nobuntwana obujabulisayo ngempela. Ngemva nje kokuzalwa kwakhe, unina wawushiya umndeni, futhi ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uyise walahla indodana yakhe nodadewabo ngemva kokushada nomunye wesifazane.
UWillie nodadewabo, uBobbie, bakhuliswa ugogo nomkhulu wabo, owayehlala e-Arkansas futhi bengothisha bomculo. Kwakungenxa yabo ukuthi uWilly noBobby baqala ukuncika emculweni.
UWilly wathola isiginci sakhe sokuqala eneminyaka engu-6. Kwakuyisipho esivela kumkhulu wami. Umkhulu wakhe wamthatha kanye nodadewabo baya esontweni eliseduze, lapho uWillie edlala khona isiginci futhi udadewabo wacula ivangeli.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-7, uNelson waqala ukubhala izingoma zakhe, futhi eminyakeni embalwa kamuva wajoyina iqembu lakhe lokuqala lomculo. Ngesikhathi eqala esikoleni esiphakeme, wayesedlala umculo kulo lonke izwe.
Umndeni wakhe wakha ukotini ehlobo, futhi uWilly wathola imali ngokudlala umculo emaphathini, emahholo nakwezinye izindawo ezincane.
Wayeyingxenye yeqembu lendawo elincane lomculo wezwe, i-Bohemian Polka, futhi wafunda okuningi kulokho.
UWillie wafunda e-Abbott High School. Esikoleni, waba nesithakazelo kwezemidlalo futhi wayeyingxenye yamaqembu ebhola lebhola kanye ne-basketball esikoleni. Lapho, lo mculi uphinde wacula futhi eshaya isiginci eqenjini elibizwa ngokuthi iThe Texans.
Waphothula esikoleni esiphakeme ngo-1950. UWillie kamuva wajoyina i-American Air Force ngemuva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, kodwa waxoshwa ngemva konyaka ngenxa yobuhlungu beqolo.
Maphakathi nawo-1950 wangena eNyuvesi yaseBaylor lapho afundela khona ukulima, kodwa phakathi nohlelo wanquma ukuliyeka waphishekela umculo ngokuzimisela.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezalandela, edidekile futhi echithekile, uWilly wathuthela ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene efuna umsebenzi. Wanquma ukuya ePortland, lapho kwakuhlala khona unina.
Umsebenzi UWillie Nelson
Ngo-1956, uWilly waqala ukufuna umsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele. Wabhekisa amabombo eVancouver, eWashington. Lapho wahlangana noLeon Payne, owayengumculi wezingoma zezwe elihlonishwayo, futhi ingoma ethi "Lumberjack" yadalwa ngenxa yokusebenzisana kwabo.
Ingoma ithengise amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezintathu, okwakuhloniphekile kumculi we-indie.
Nokho, lokhu akuzange kumlethele uWilly udumo nemali, nakuba ayemfanele kakhulu. Usebenze njenge-disc jockey iminyaka embalwa eyalandela ngaphambi kokuthuthela eNashville.
Akukho okusebenzayo!
U-Willy wenza amademo athile wawathumela kumalebula amakhulu okuqopha, kodwa umculo wakhe we-jazzy kanye nokuphumula awuzange ubathande.
Nokho, amakhono akhe okubhala izingoma aqashelwa nguHank Cochran, owancoma uWillie kuPamper Music, ilebula lomculo elidumile. KwakungekaRay Price.
URay wahlabeka umxhwele ngomculo kaWilly futhi wamema ukuthi ajoyine iCherokee Cowboys, okwathi ngemva kwalokho uWilly waba yingxenye yeqembu njengomdlali webhesi.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, ukuvakasha neCherokee Cowboys kwabonakala kumzuzisa kakhulu uWilly, njengoba ithalente lakhe laqashelwa ngamanye amalungu eqembu.
Waqala nokwenza umculo nokubhala izingoma zabanye abaculi abambalwa. Phakathi nalesi sigaba sokuqala somsebenzi wakhe, wabambisana nabaculi bezwe uFaron Young, uBilly Walker noPatsy Cline.
Futhi-ke izingoma zakhe ezimbalwa zashaya ishadi lamazwe aphezulu angama-40.
Kamuva waqopha i-duet nomkakhe ngaleso sikhathi uShirley Colley ebizwa ngokuthi "Ngokuzithandela". Yize bebengakulindele kodwa iculo libe selishisa izikhotha. Washintsha amalebula eminyakeni embalwa kamuva wajoyina iRCA Victor (manje eyiRCA Records) ngo-1965, kodwa waphinde wadumala.
Lokhu kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1970, lapho enquma ukuyeka umculo ngenxa yokwehluleka kwakhe futhi wabuyela e-Austin, eTexas, lapho ayegxile khona ekufuyeni izingulube.
Ukuhlaziywa kwamaphutha kanye nempumelelo eyimpumelelo
Ube esecabangisisa ngezizathu zokuhluleka kwakhe emculweni wanquma ukunikeza umculo ithuba lokugcina. Waqala ukuhlola umculo we-rock ethonywe abaculi be-rock abadumile.
Uguquko lwasebenza futhi wasayina ne-Atlantic Records. Lesi kwakuyisiqalo sangempela somsebenzi wakhe womculo!
UWillie ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ye-Atlantic ebizwa ngokuthi Shotgun Willie ngo-1973. I-albhamu yethule umsindo omusha, kodwa ayizange ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle ngokushesha. Kodwa noma kunjalo, ngokuhamba kweminyaka, le albhamu yazuza umfutho futhi yazuza impumelelo yehlelo.
I-"Bloody Mary Morning" kanye nenguqulo yekhava ethi "After the Isone Gone" bekungamaculo akhe amabili maphakathi nawo-1970. Kodwa-ke, uWilly wacabanga ukuthi wayengenakho ukulawula okugcwele kokudala phezu komphumela wakhe wokugcina.
Ngo-1975, uWilly wakhipha i-albhamu ethi "Red Headed Stranger", nayo eyaba yingoma.
Ngo-1978, uWilly wakhipha ama-albhamu amabili: Waylon noWillie kanye ne-Stardust. Futhi womabili ama-albhamu abe amahithi amakhulu futhi aguqule u-Willie waba isihlabani sezwe esikhulu kunazo zonke sosuku.
Kakade ngawo-1980, u-Willy wafinyelela isiqongo somsebenzi wakhe, ekhulula izingoma ezimbalwa. Ubuciko bakhe bekhava ye-albhamu ka-Elvis Presley ethi "Always on My Mind" ephuma ku-albhamu enegama elifanayo badle amashadi amaningi.
I-albhamu, eyakhululwa ngo-1982, yaqinisekiswa nge-quadruple platinum. Uphinde wasebenzisana nesihlabani somculo we-Latin u-Julio Iglesias kwengoma eyodwa ethi "To All The Girls I Loved Before", okumaka enye ingqopha-mlando emsebenzini kaWillie.
I-Highwaymen, edalwe ngu-Willy, bekuyiqembu elidumile elivela kwinani lezihlabani zomculo wezwe eziphezulu ezifana no-Johnny Cash, u-Kris Kristofferson no-Waylon Jennings. Impumelelo yabo isivele yacaca ngokukhishwa kokuqala kwe-albhamu esihloko sithi.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 kwavela abanye abaculi abaningi abasebasha bezwe ababelandela isitayela sikaWillie.
Kodwa njengenhlalayenza, akuyona yonke into engaba phakade, futhi impumelelo kaWilly yaqala ukunyamalala kancane kancane.
Impumelelo ye-albhamu yakhe eyedwa yango-1993 ethi Across The Border yalandelwa enye ingoma futhi wangeniswa e-Country Music Hall of Fame ngawo lowo nyaka.
Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, uWilly uthole impumelelo ngenani lama-albhamu afana ne-Spirit, Teatro, Night and Day kanye noMilk.
Ngisho nangemva kokuba esehlanganise iminyaka engu-80, uWilly akazange ayeke ukwenza umculo futhi ngo-2014, ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-81, uNelson wakhipha enye i-albhamu, i-Band of Brothers.
Le albhamu ifake phakathi ingoma ebihamba phambili kumashadi ezwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa.
U-Willie uphinde wavela njalo kumafilimu nochungechunge lwe-TV. Amanye amafilimu akhe adume kakhulu ngethi “The Electric Horseman,” “Starlight,” “Dukes of Hazzard,” “Blonde with Ambition,” kanye “Zolander 2.”
Umculi uphinde wabhala izincwadi ezingaphezu kwesigamu seshumi nambili; ezinye zezincwadi zakhe ezidume kakhulu yilezi “Amaqiniso Empilo Namanye Amahlaya Angcolile,” “Iphepha Elihle,” kanye nethi “Indaba ende: Impilo Yami.”
Ukuphila komuntu siqu UWillie Nelson
UWillie Nelson washada izikhathi ezine ekuphileni kwakhe. Lo mculi ungubaba wezingane eziyisikhombisa. Wayeshade noMartha Matthews, uShirley Collie, uConnie Koepke no-Annie D'Angelo.
Njengamanje uhlala nomkakhe wamanje, uMarie, namadodana abo amabili eHawaii.
UWillie ubelokhu ebhema kakhulu isikhathi eside futhi ebhema kakhulu insangu.
Ukhombise ukweseka kwakhe ukugunyazwa kwensangu ezinkundleni eziningi.
