Ƙaunar kiɗa sau da yawa yakan haifar da yanayi. Wannan abin sha'awa ne. Kasancewar basira ta asali ba ta da wani tasiri. Eddy Grant, sanannen mawaƙin reggae, yana da irin wannan harka. Tun daga ƙuruciyarsa, ya girma a kan son ɓacin rai, ya ci gaba a duk rayuwarsa a wannan yanki, kuma ya taimaka wa sauran mawaƙa don yin shi.
Shekarun yara na mawaƙa na gaba Eddie Grant
An haifi Edmond Montague Grant, wanda aka fi sani da Eddy Grant a ranar 5 ga Maris, 1948. Hakan ya faru ne a birnin Pleasance, wata karamar kasa a arewacin Amurka ta Kudu, Guyana. A wancan lokacin turawan mulkin mallaka ne.
Lokacin da yaron yana da shekaru 2, iyalin sun koma London. Duk da cewa ba za su iya yin alfahari da rayuwa mai wadata ba, sun zauna a cikin kwata-kwata na babban birnin. Wannan dama ce mai kyau don haɓaka sha'awar Eddy ga kiɗa. Tun lokacin yaro, ya kasance yana ƙauna tare da dalilai masu zafi na Caribbean, yana raira waƙa, wasa da ƙirƙira waƙoƙi. Ainihin, kamar ’yan uwansa biyu, waɗanda su ma suka zama mawaƙa.
Nasarorin kirkire-kirkire na farko na Eddy Grant
Tuni yana da shekaru 17, Grant, tare da abokan makaranta masu ra'ayi iri ɗaya, sun haɗa ƙungiyar da ake kira The Equals. Ya buga guitar, kamar yadda Lincoln Gordon, Patrick Lloyd ya yi. John Hall ya mallaki ganguna kuma Derv Gordon ya rera waƙoƙin.
Hankalin ya jawo hankalin abubuwan da aka tsara na kasa da kasa, wanda ba a taba lura da shi ba a duniyar kiɗa. Mutanen sun yi wasa a kulake da kuma a wajen bukukuwa. Sau da yawa sukan buɗe wasannin kade-kade na shahararrun mashahuran mutane, suna sa masu sauraro su ji daɗi. A 1967, wakilan shugaban Records jawo hankali ga band.
An nemi ƙungiyar ta saki wani gwaji guda. Abun da ke ciki "Ba zan kasance a wurin ba" bai sami farin jini sosai ba, amma an inganta shi sosai a tashoshin rediyo. Wasu wakoki biyu sun biyo baya. "Baby, Dawo" ya kasance nasara a Jamus da Netherlands. Bayan haka, da sauri kungiyar ta fara samun farin jini. Mutanen sun ja hankalin su da haske mai haske, waƙoƙi masu kuzari.
Ayyuka masu alaƙa
Eddy Grant ba kawai memba ne mai ƙwazo na Equals ba, amma kuma ya rubuta waƙa ga ƙungiyar. Pat Lloyd da ’yan’uwan Gordon ne suka taimaka masa. A cikin layi daya, Grant, a kan nacewar manajojin kamfanin rikodin, ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar PYRAMIDS. Ya rubuta waƙa ga ƙungiyar, kuma ya kasance mai shirya ayyukansu na farko.
cikas na aiki kwatsam
A cikin 1969, yayin da suke yawon shakatawa a Jamus, membobin Equals sun kasance cikin haɗarin mota. Grant ya sami raunuka masu tsanani, ya ƙi yin aiki a matsayin ɓangare na tawagar. Mawakin bai bar kungiyar nan take ba, ya ci gaba da rubuta musu wakoki. Eddy da sauri ya yanke shawarar sake horarwa a matsayin manaja.
A cikin 1970 ya buɗe nasa studio Torpedo. Mawaƙin yana jan hankalin matasa masu yin wasan kwaikwayo da ke aiki a cikin salon reggae don ba da haɗin kai. A lokaci guda, Grant yana ci gaba da tuntuɓar Equals. Waƙar "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys", wanda Eddy ya rubuta, a cikin 1970 ya dawo da karyewar shaharar ƙungiyar.
Matsala ta sake zuwa ba zato ba tsammani. A farkon 1971, mawaƙin ya nuna matsalolin lafiya mai tsanani. Wani hadari na baya-bayan nan ya yi kanta. Nan da nan ya sayar da ɗakin studio ɗinsa, a ƙarshe ya ƙare dangantakarsa da Equals. Cikin sauri kungiyar ta fita harkar bayan haka.
Ci gaba da aiki
Bayan ya inganta lafiyarsa kaɗan, Grant ya sake komawa fagen kiɗan. A 1972 ya bude wani sabon rikodin rikodin. Da farko, The Coach House da lakabin Ice an yi nufin yin aiki tare da sauran mawaƙa. Eddy ya yi jinkiri na dogon lokaci don ci gaba da ayyukansa. Sai kawai a ƙarshen 70s ya fara haɓaka aikin sa na solo.
Jerin mawaƙa nan da nan sun ɗauki sigogin Burtaniya. A 1982, da abun da ke ciki "Ba na son Dance" ya fara wuri. A cikin wannan shekarar, membobin Equals sun yanke shawarar ci gaba da aikinsu. Mutanen sun yi rajistar haƙƙinsu bisa hukuma, kuma Grant ya zama mawallafin marubucin.
Eddy bai koma kungiyar ba, bai sake rubuta mata wakoki ba. Ƙungiyar ta ƙware sosai a yawon shakatawa kuma ba ta sake samun nasarar nasarar da suka samu tare da Eddy Grant ba.
Nasarar solo
Komawa mataki, mawaƙin ya maye gurbin tsohon reggae, ska, calypso, rai, wanda aka gano a cikin aikinsa, don wani abu mai ban tsoro. Daga baya an bayyana wannan salon a ƙarƙashin sunan "soca". A cikin 1977, lokacin da Eddy ya fara aikin solo, jama'a ba su gamsu da aikinsa ba, amma a cikin 1979 duk abin ya canza. Grant ya tsara, rubuta kuma ya samar da nasa abubuwan da ya halitta.
Hijira, ƙarin makomar kiɗan Eddy Grant
A cikin 1984, lura da sanyaya jama'a ga aikinsa, Eddy ya yanke shawarar ƙaura zuwa Barbados. A sabon wurin, ya buɗe wani ɗakin rikodi. A nan ya fi tallafa wa hazaka na gida. A lokaci guda kuma ya fara aikin jarida. Grant ya buga wallafe-wallafe akan mawakan calypso. Eddy bai yi watsi da nasa kerawa ba. A mafi yawan lokuta, waɗannan gwaje-gwaje ne tare da salo.
Don haka, ya nemi kansa, wanda a ƙarshe ya haifar da bullar sabuwar hanya, wanda shi da kansa ya kira "ringbang". A cikin shekarun 90s, Grant ya fitar da sabbin kundi da yawa waɗanda ba su da wata babbar nasara. Ya ba da lokaci mai yawa don samar da ayyuka, da son rai a bukukuwa daban-daban. A cikin 2008, Eddy Grant ya tafi yawon shakatawa a karon farko cikin shekaru 25.
