Christie babban misali ne na ƙungiyar waƙa guda ɗaya. Kowa ya san gwaninta ya buge Kogin Yellow, kuma ba kowa ba ne zai ba wa mai zane suna.
Kundin yana da ban sha'awa sosai a cikin salon sa na pop. A cikin arsenal na Christie akwai ƙwararrun ƙididdiga masu yawa, waƙoƙin waƙa ne kuma an buga su da kyau.
Girma daga 3G+1 zuwa rukunin Christie
An haifi Jeff Christie a cikin dangin bohemian. Kusan duk dattawan gidan sun kware da kayan kida iri-iri. Kuma, ba shakka, sun koya wa yaron wannan sana'a. Da farko, mahaifiyata (wata sana’a ce ta ballerina) ta koya wa ɗanta koyon piano.
Daga baya ya koya wa kansa yadda ake kunna gita don kafa ƙungiyar rock. Ya bi misalin matasa da yawa na wancan lokacin, yaron ya yi mafarkin ɗaukakar wani ɗan wasan dutse mai sanyi da nadi, wanda magoya bayansa suka kewaye shi.
An kira ƙungiyar gwaji 3G+1 (Christy kawai yana da sunan ƙarshe mara G). Maza sun rera wakokin skiffle. Amma Christy, tare da iliminsa na kusa-kusa, yana so ya yi aiki a kan mafi wuyar kiɗa. Don haka, cikin sauƙi ya bar abokansa na dā kuma ya zama ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Ƙimar Ƙira, wadda ta yi koyi The Beatles.
A cikinta ne basirar mawakiyar matashiyar guitarist ta bayyana kanta. Har ila yau kungiyar ta yi nasarar ci gaba da gudanar da ayyukansu a kan "arba'in da biyar". Duk da haka, tare da wannan tawagar, wani matashi mai basira bai yi nasara ba. Ƙididdiga na waje ya watse, kuma Jeff cikin rashin son kai ya tsunduma cikin tsara kyawawan waƙoƙin waƙa - ya fashe da ra'ayoyi. Ya rage kawai don sha'awar wani a cikin opuses.
Kuma an samu irin wadannan mutane. Wakilan The Tremeloes sun saurara a hankali faifan marubucin marubucin. Daga cikin nau'o'in daban-daban, suna son waƙar Yellow River, don haka mutanen sun rubuta ta a cikin nau'i daban-daban. Amma abin mamaki ba su sake shi ba, la'akari da cewa sun riga sun sami wadataccen kayan nasu.
Jeff Christie yayi tunani game da ƙirƙirar ƙungiyarsa. Kuma ba nasa kawai ba, amma mai suna da sunan kansa. Manajan Tremeloes Brian Longley ya gabatar da mawaki Mike Blackley da mawaƙin guitar Vic Elmes ga Jeff. Ya kuma taimaka wajen tsara rikodin na CBS Records. Sunan Christie ya dace da kowa, musamman tun lokacin ana kiran ƙungiyar da sunan babban mawaƙin.
Na farko shine Kogin Yellow, kuma tare da tallafin kayan aiki da aka yi rikodin yayin zaman The Tremeloes. Waƙar nan take ta hau ginshiƙi sama da ƙasashe 20 kuma ta kai kololuwa a lamba 23 a Amurka.
Al'amarin Kogin Yellow
Babban hit na ƙungiyar ana iya danganta shi da sharadi ga waƙoƙin "ƙaratarwa". Ana rera ta ne daga mahangar sojan da ya dawo daga yakin basasa. Yaƙin ya yi hidima kuma ya yi mafarkin yadda zai koma gida - zuwa inda kogin rawaya yake gudana. A nan tabbas zai hadu da wata kyakkyawar yarinya ya aure ta.
Sunan kogin a cikin waƙar yana da sharuɗɗa, ana iya kiransa kowane launi, idan dai ya dace da rhythm na abun da ke ciki. A cikin faifan bidiyo na waƙar, an yi fim ɗin mawaƙa na ƙungiyar, a kan jirgin ruwa da ke tafiya a kan kogin Thames.
Waƙar ta shahara sosai a Turai, ciki har da USSR. An sake ta a kan ma'aikacin kamfanin Melodiya. Soviet VIA "Singing Guitar" ya yi murfin "Karlsson".
Hakan ya faru da cewa Christie ya zama ɗaya daga cikin rukunin dutsen Yammacin Turai na farko don "karye" abin da ake kira "Labulen ƙarfe". A cikin 1971 mawaƙa sun halarci bikin waƙar pop a Sopot (Poland). Kuma an watsa ayyukansu a cikin Tarayyar Soviet.
Masu sauraro sun ji daɗin waƙar daidai don sauƙin sauƙi da fara'anta. Kuma ƙungiyar ta sami ɗan ƙaramin rabo na soyayya, wanda ya cancanta.
Waƙar ta ƙaunaci mutane daidai da ƙayataccen sauƙi da fara'a ta gaske. Kuma ƙungiyar ta sami ɗan ƙaramin rabo na soyayya, wanda ya cancanta.
Ƙungiyar Christie kuma tana da abun da ke ciki San Bernadino - game da wani birni a California, wanda ba shi da kyau a duniya. Amma ba ta da wani tasiri mai ma'ana ga mai sauraro kamar "Kogin Yellow".
Album na farko na Christie
Waƙar ya biyo bayan kundi na farko na ƙungiyar. A salo, ya yi kama da farkon Creedence - dutsen ƙasa iri ɗaya mai kuzari, watakila tare da ƙananan muryoyin murya da kuma kwanciyar hankali da kiɗa.
Jeff Christie ya tuna cewa an yi rikodin rikodin cikin gaggawa don kada a rasa kololuwar shaharar Kogin Yellow River. Mike Blackley, ko da yake shi ne ke kula da kit ɗin ganga a cikin ƙungiyar, kusan babu ganguna a cikin kundin.
Abin da ya cancanta shi ne fiɗaɗɗen kaɗawa a cikin waƙar Zuwa Gida Yau Daren. A kan ta, ya buga kwalbar Coca Cola da wuka. Ya kuma bayyana akan waƙar Down The Mississippi Line.
Kundin ya ƙunshi masu ganga Clem Cattini da Hugh Grundy. Kuma Jeff ba koyaushe ne jagoran mawaƙa ba. A cikin ƙungiyoyi da yawa, Vic Elmes ya nuna kyawawan bayanan murya.
Mafi kyawun liyafar kundin shine a cikin Jihohi, inda ya tsaya akan ginshiƙi sama da watanni biyu, wanda yake da kyau don farawa! Wannan bai kamata ya zo da mamaki ba. Tun da aikin na Amurka ne ta fuskar kiɗa da rubutu.
Ci gaba
A cikin 1971, ƙungiyar Christie ta fara ƙirƙirar kundi na biyu, Ga Duk Dan Adam. Jeff a ciki ya yi ƙoƙari na rikitar da bangaren kiɗa, don yin wani abu kamar blues-rock da tushen ƙasa.
Kungiyar ta yi nasarar komawa cikin ginshiƙi tare da waƙar Dokin Karfe. Ta fito ne kawai akan "Arba'in da biyar". Amma yawancin masu ilimin kida suna kiran shi mafi kyawun abun da ke ciki a cikin gajeren lokaci na ƙungiyar.
A lokacin rikodin fayafai na biyu, bassist Howard Lubin ya shiga ƙungiyar. Godiya ga halartarsa, Jeff ya sami damar yin wasa a kan mataki da sauran kayan kida. Ƙungiyar ta sami nasarar da ba zato ba tsammani a Kudancin Amirka, inda aka gane nau'in Vic Elmes Jo Jo's Band a matsayin babban abin da ya faru.
Watsewar Christie
A lokacin shirye-shiryen album na uku, dangantakar da ke tsakanin mawaƙa ta ƙarshe ta lalace. A cikin 1973, ƙungiyar Christie ta rabu, amma sai ta sake haduwa sau da yawa tare da jeri daban-daban.
A hukumance, Jeff ya sanar da rushe kungiyar a cikin 1976.
A cikin 1990, an sake haɗa rukunin. Kuma bayan haka ya yi da kide-kide har zuwa 2009.
