Bo Diddley yana da wahala kuruciya. Koyaya, matsaloli da cikas sun taimaka wajen ƙirƙirar ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na duniya daga Bo. Diddley yana ɗaya daga cikin masu yin dutsen da nadi.
Ƙwarewar mawaƙin na musamman don kunna guitar ya sa shi zama almara. Ko da mutuwar mai zane ba zai iya "take" tunawa da shi a cikin ƙasa ba. Sunan Bo Diddley da gadon da ya bari ba su dawwama.
Yarantaka da matashin Ellas Ota Bates
Ellas Ota Bates (sunan ainihin mawaƙa) an haife shi a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 1928 a McComb, Mississippi. Yaron ya kasance dan uwan mahaifiyarsa Juzy McDaniel, wanda sunan karshe Ellas ya dauka.
A tsakiyar shekarun 1930, dangin sun koma wani yanki na baƙar fata a Chicago. Ba da daɗewa ba ya kawar da kalmar "Ota" kuma ya zama sananne da Ellas McDaniel. Sa'an nan aka fara cika shi da dalilai na dutse da nadi.
A cikin Chicago, mutumin ya kasance ɗan cocin Ebenezer Baptist na gida. A nan ya ƙware wajen buga kayan kida da yawa. Ba da daɗewa ba, kusan kowane mazaunin Chicago ya koyi basirar Ellas. Daraktan makarantar kiɗa ya gayyace shi ya zama wani ɓangare na ƙungiyarsa.
Ellas ya fi son kiɗan rhythmic. Abin da ya sa ya yanke shawarar ƙware guitar. Kwarewar wasan kwaikwayon John Lee Hooker, matashin mawaƙin ya fara aiki tare da Jerome Green. Da farko, kiɗa bai ba Ellas kudin shiga ba, don haka ya fara samun ƙarin kuɗi a matsayin kafinta da makaniki.
Hanyar kirkira ta Bo Diddley
Wasu wasan kwaikwayo a kan titi ba su wadatar da mawaƙin ba. Hazakarsa ba ta ci gaba ba. Ba da daɗewa ba, Ellas da mutane da yawa masu tunani iri ɗaya ne suka kirkiro ƙungiyar Hipsters. Bayan lokaci, mawakan sun fara yin wasa a ƙarƙashin sunan Langley Avenue Jive Cats.
An gudanar da wasannin motsa jiki a kan titunan birnin Chicago. Mutanen sun sanya kansu a matsayin masu fasahar titi. A tsakiyar 1950s, Ellas ya haɗu tare da Billy Boy Arnold, wanda ya kasance ƙwararren ɗan wasa mai jituwa, da Clifton James, ɗan ganga kuma bassist Roosevelt Jackson.
A cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, mawaƙa sun fito da demos na farko. Muna magana ne game da waƙoƙin Ni Mutum ne da Bo Diddley. Bayan ɗan lokaci, an sake yin rikodin waƙoƙin. Quintet ya koma ga sabis na masu goyon bayan mawaƙa. An saki tarin farko a cikin 1955. Abun kiɗan Bo Diddley ya zama ainihin abin burgewa a cikin kari da shuɗi. A wannan lokacin, an ba Ellas suna Bo Diddley.
A tsakiyar shekarun 1950, mawaƙin ya zama memba na Nunin Ed Sullivan. Ma'aikatan aikin TV sun ji Ellas yana murza waƙar tan goma sha shida a cikin ɗakin ma'auni. Sun nemi yin wannan kida na musamman akan wasan kwaikwayo.
Ba tare da abin kunya ba
Ellas ya yarda, amma ya yi kuskuren fassara buƙatar. Mawakin ya yanke shawarar cewa ya kamata ya yi waƙar da aka yi yarjejeniya da farko da Ton goma sha shida. Wanda ya shirya shirin ya kasance a gefensa tare da zarcewar matashin mawakin tare da hana shi fitowa a shirin tsawon watanni 6 da suka gabata.
An haɗa sigar murfin waƙar Ton goma sha shida akan kundin Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger. Rikodin ya fito a cikin 1960. Wannan shine ɗayan waƙoƙin da aka fi sani da mai zane.
A cikin 1950-1960, Bo Diddley ya fito da adadin abubuwan "m" masu yawa. Wakokin da suka fi tunawa a wancan lokacin su ne wakokin:
- Kyawawan Abu (1956);
- Say Man (1959);
- Ba za ku iya yin hukunci a Littafi Mai Tsarki ba (1962).
Ƙwaƙwalwar kiɗa, da kuma ƙayyadaddun wasan guitar da ba a zarce ba, sun sanya Bo Diddley tauraro na gaske. Daga karshen shekarun 1950 zuwa 1963 mawaƙin ya fitar da kundi guda 11 masu cikakken tsayi.
A tsakiyar 1960s, Bo Diddley ya ziyarci Birtaniya tare da wasan kwaikwayo. Mai zane ya yi a kan mataki tare da Everly Brothers da Little Richard. Yana da ban sha'awa cewa waɗanda suka fi so na jama'a, Rolling Stones, sun yi a matsayin aikin buɗewa ga mawaƙa.
Bo Diddley ya cika nasa repertoire. Wani lokaci ya rubuta wa wasu wakilan mataki. Misali, Soyayya ce mai ban mamaki ga Jody Williams ko Mama (Zan iya fita) don Jo Ann Campbell.
Bo Diddley ba da daɗewa ba ya bar Chicago. Mawakin ya koma Washington. A can, mai zane ya ƙirƙiri ɗakin rikodin rikodi na farko na gida. Ya yi amfani da shi ba don manufar kansa kawai ba. Diddley sau da yawa yana yin rikodin a cikin ɗakin studio don masu kare shi.
A cikin shekaru 10 masu zuwa, Bo Diddley ya tara magoya baya a shagalinsa. Mawaƙin ya yi wasa ba kawai a manyan filayen wasa ba, har ma a cikin ƙananan kulake. Mai zane ya yi imani da gaske cewa batu ba a wurin ba, amma a cikin masu sauraro.
Abubuwa masu ban sha'awa game da Bo Diddley
- Babban mahimmanci kuma, a wata hanya, gano mawaƙin shine abin da ake kira "buga na Bo Diddley". Masu sukar kiɗa sun lura cewa "buga Bo Diddley" wani nau'i ne na gasa a tsakar raye-raye da blues da kiɗan Afirka.
- Ƙungiyoyin kiɗa na mashahuran suna ɗaya daga cikin mafi shahara a cikin waƙoƙin da aka rufe.
- Wasu suna kiran Bo Diddley majagaba na kiɗan rock.
- Gitar ta ƙarshe da Bo Diddley ya buga ya sayar da ita a gwanjo akan $60.
- Bo Diddley yana ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun masu fasaha 20 a cikin tarihin dutsen da nadi.
Ƙarshen aikin Bo Diddley
Tun 1971, mawaƙin ya koma garin Los Lunas na lardin New Mexico. Wani abin sha'awa shi ne, a cikin wannan lokaci ya gwada kansa a cikin wata sana'a wadda ta yi nisa daga kere-kere. Beau ya karbi mukamin sheriff. Amma a halin yanzu, bai bar abin da ya fi so ba - kiɗa. Mai zanen ya kuma sanar da kansa a matsayin majibincin fasaha. Diddley ya ba da gudummawar motoci da yawa ga 'yan sanda.
A cikin 1978, mawaƙin ya koma Florida na rana. A can, an gina wani katafaren gida don mai zane. Abin sha'awa shine, mai zane da kansa ya shiga cikin ginin gidan.
Shekara guda bayan haka, ya yi aiki a matsayin "mai zafi" don Clash yayin rangadin da suka yi a Amurka. A cikin 1994, Bo Diddley ya yi a kan wannan mataki tare da almara Rolling Stones. Ya rera wakar wa kake so? tare da ita.
Tawagar Bo Diddley ta ci gaba da yin wasa. Tun daga 1985, mawaƙa ba safai suke fitar da abubuwan tattarawa ba. Amma kyakkyawan kari shine cewa abubuwan da ke tattare da tarin bai canza ba tun tsakiyar shekarun 1980. Bo Diddley da kansa bai so wannan ba, yana mai cewa ya taka leda da kungiyarsa har zuwa karshe.
Bo Diddley da tawagarsa a shekara ta 2005 sun tafi Amurka tare da shirin wasan kwaikwayo. A shekara ta 2006, ƙungiyar ta yi wasan kwaikwayo a wani wasan kwaikwayo na sadaka a Ocean Springs, wanda guguwar Katrina ta yi wa illa sosai.
Shekarun ƙarshe na rayuwar Bo Diddley
Bayan shekaru biyu, Bo Diddley ya sami matsala. An kwantar da mai zane a asibiti tun daga matakin. Mawakin ya sami bugun jini. Ya d'auki lokaci mai tsawo yana murmurewa domin ya kasa magana. Waƙa da kiɗan kida ba su da matsala.
Mawaƙin ya mutu a ranar 2 ga Yuni, 2008. Ya rasu ne sakamakon bugun zuciya. A lokacin mutuwarsa, mawakin ya zauna a gidansa a Florida. A ranar mutuwar Bo, Diddley yana kewaye da dangi. Daya daga cikin ’yan uwa ya ce kalmomin karshe na mai zanen su ne jumlar “Zan je sama”.
