Akwai masu yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin duniyar shahararrun kiɗa waɗanda, a lokacin rayuwarsu, an gabatar da su "ga fuskar tsarkaka", an gane su a matsayin allahntaka da kuma al'adun duniya.
Daga cikin irin wannan titans da kattai na fasaha, tare da cikakken amincewa, za a iya sanya mawaƙa, mawaƙa da kuma wani mutum mai ban mamaki mai suna Eric Clapton.
Ayyukan kiɗa na Clapton ya ƙunshi lokaci mai ma'ana, sama da rabin ƙarni, gabaɗayan zamani a cikin tarihin dutsen Burtaniya yana da alaƙa da halayensa.
Kuma har yau, Eric yana kunna kiɗa ba tare da raguwa ba (wataƙila kaɗan kaɗan). Har yanzu yana cikin fara'a, mai kuzari, duk da tsufansa.
Eric Clapton: Haka abin ya fara
An haifi Eric Patrick Clapton a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1945. Mahaifiyarsa, Patricia, ta kasance 16 kawai a lokacin. Wani sojan Kanada ya fara kula da yarinyar, kuma ba ta iya yin tsayayya da jarabar. Abin lura shi ne cewa mutumin yana da wani hukuma iyali a mahaifarsa, da kuma bayan demobilized ya koma nasa.
Bayan haihuwar yaron, Patricia ya taru tare da wani sojan Kanada kuma ya aure shi. Tare, matasan sun tafi Jamus, kuma matar da ke ƙauna ta bar jariri a hannun iyayenta. Eric ya ɗauki kakanninsa a matsayin iyayensa na gaske, kuma sa’ad da ya gano gaskiya, hakan ya sa shi baƙin ciki mai tsanani.
Sa’ad da yake matashi, ya soma sha’awar kiɗa, yana sauraron jazz da blues, kuma yana ɗan shekara 16 ya lallashe shi ya saya masa guitar. Anan ne labarin ya fara. Kwanaki kadan, yaron ya zauna a wurin na’urar daukar hotonsa yana daukar kayan kida da kunne.
Ban da kiɗa, Eric yana son zane. Bayan makaranta, saurayin ya shiga Kingston College of Art, amma ko da a can ya sami damar tara igiyoyin guitar, sau da yawa don lalata karatunsa. A karshen shekarar farko, an kori dalibin da ya yi sakaci.
Kuma tauraron nan na gaba na filin dutsen dole ne ya sami ƙarin kuɗi a matsayin tubali da plasterer. Bayan aiki, Eric ya tafi wasa a wani cafe na gida. A can, mutanen The Roosters sun lura da mutumin. Kungiyar, duk da haka, ta rabu bayan wasu watanni, amma ta ba da kwarewar aikin mataki ga Eric.
A cikin 63, matashi Clapton ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar da ake kira Yardbirds. Abin lura ne cewa gwanin guitarist ya bar ta a zahiri a jajibirin lokacin lokacin da ƙungiyar ta shahara. Banza da yake da ita a lokacin gaba daya babu.
Claptonis Allah
Mutumin bai daɗe yana yawo ba. Tauraron mai tashi na blues-rock na Ingila John Mayal ya gayyace Eric zuwa tawagar sa ta Blues breakers. Eric ya auna ribobi da fursunoni kuma ya yarda. Duk da haka, a watan Agustan 65, ya gundura da wasa da Mayal, kuma ya tafi yawon shakatawa na duniya tare da kamfani na sanannun mawaƙa. Da ya dawo gida, Clapton ya koma wurin tsohon ma’aikacinsa, kuma John mai kirki ya dawo da shi.
A cikin 66, abokai sun yi rikodin rikodin mai ƙarfi, wanda, ba tare da damuwa da yawa ba, ana kiransa Blues breakers Tare da Eric Clapton. Babu wani daga cikin mawakan da ya yi tunanin nawa za ta "harba".
Makonni 3 bayan fitowar, kundin ya buga saman goma na jerin ƙasashe kuma ya zauna a can har tsawon watanni, kuma a lokacin daya daga cikin mahalarta rikodin ya riga ya kamu da sanyi - ya sake ci gaba da gudu.
A wannan lokacin ne aka fara bayyana rubuce-rubuce a bango da shinge na Ingilishi: "Clapton is God!", Kuma a wuraren wasan kwaikwayo, masu sauraro sun yi ihu: "Bari Allah gishiri!". Abin sha'awa shi ne, "allah" a lokacin yana da shekaru 21.
"Cream" na jama'ar kiɗa
A wancan zamani, mutanen Graham Bond Organisation suna yin atisaye a kusa da masu fasa buluu. Sashen waƙoƙinsu ya ƙunshi kyakkyawan duet - mai ganga Ginger Baker da ɗan wasan bass Jack Bruce.
Manyan mawaƙa a kan mataki, amma a rayuwa su ne abokan hamayya na har abada. Rikicinsu na kirkire-kirkire wani lokaci yakan kai fada. Sai mai ganga ya zauna tare da Bond, Bruce ya tafi Manfred Mann.
Lokacin da Clapton ya sadu da Baker, dukansu biyu sun yaba da basirar juna har suka yanke shawarar hada karfi. Ba tare da sanin komai ba game da tsayayyen ƙiyayya na tsoffin abokan aiki, Eric ya yarda, amma da sharaɗin cewa Jack Bruce zai buga bass. Cike da ɓacin rai, duka “abokan da suka rantse” sun yarda su sasanta domin wata manufa ta gama gari. Saboda haka akwai wani nau'i na supergroup Cream ("Cream").
A karo na farko "Cream" yi a tsakiyar 66 a Windsor Jazz da Blues Festival. Mutanen uku sun zama bam na gaske, musamman a bayan sauran mahalarta taron. Kuma gabaɗaya, ƙungiyar ta bayyana kanta ga cikakkiyar damarta daidai a wurin shagali, a cikin ɗakin studio wannan makamashi ya ɓace a wani wuri.
Wataƙila, ba ta ɓace gaba ɗaya ba, bayan haka, masu sauraro sun sayi rikodin su tare da jin daɗi - kuma ba za ku iya yaudarar jama'a ba. An fi son cream a wani gefen teku. Ƙungiyar ta ɗauki shekaru biyu kawai kuma ta fitar da kundi guda hudu.
Flash na "Imani Makaho"
Ƙungiya ta gaba tare da Clapton an kira Blind Faith. Baya ga babban mawaƙin, ya haɗa da: Baker akan kayan ganga - sananne daga Cream, Rick Grech akan bass da Steve Winwood akan maɓallan.
Ƙungiyar ta saki aiki ɗaya kawai, amma abin da aiki! Nan take ta hau kan jadawalin a Tsoho da Sabon Duniya.
Solo aiki
Farawa a cikin shekarun saba'in, Eric ya yanke shawarar kada ya ba da kansa ga kowace ƙungiya, amma don yin rikodin kansa tare da taimakon mawaƙa masu rakiyar. A cikin Amurka a cikin 70th ya fito da kundi na farko na solo, wanda ake kira ba tare da frills ba - Eric Clapton.
A wannan lokacin, Eric yana da kyau a yin aiki a matsayin mawaƙin zaman, yana farin cikin taimaka wa abokansa: George Harrison, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Howlin Wolfe.
Duk da haka, ƙaƙƙarfan abota da Harrison bai hana Eric ƙauna ya sace matar da yake ƙauna ba - Patti Boyd (a hanya, sanannen waƙar Clapton "Layla" an sadaukar da ita ga ita).
Wannan lokacin ya kasance alama ce ta jarabar tabar heroin na mawaƙin da wahala mai wahala da cutar. Zai yiwu a kawar da sha'awar cutarwa tare da taimakon likitoci don motsawa daga wannan masifa zuwa wani - zuwa buguwa ...
Bayan dogon hutu daga aikinsa, Clapton ya koma cikin mataki da kuma studio, wanda aka alama da dama iko rikodin, musamman:
- 461 Tekun Boulevard (1974);
- Akwai Daya Cikin Kowacce Taro (1975);
- Babu Dalilin Kuka (1976);
- Sannu a hankali (1977)
- Baya (1978).
Records Boulevard da Slowhand sun sami nasara ta musamman. Dukansu a lokuta daban-daban sun fada cikin jerin "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" a cewar mujallar Rolling Stone, na farko a 409, na biyu a 325.
A cikin shekaru tamanin, guitarist ba ta da 'ya'ya, duk da haka, ana fitar da kundi kusan sau ɗaya a kowace shekara biyu:
- Wani Tikitin (1981);
- Kudi da Sigari (1983);
- Bayan Rana (1985);
- Agusta (1986);
- Tafiya (1989).
Clapton ko dai ya ƙunshi kayan asali ko kuma ya juya zuwa blues "har abada" da sauran tsire-tsire. Daga tsakiyar shekaru goma, ya fara haɗin gwiwa tare da Phil Collins, wanda ba zai iya rinjayar sautin kundin waɗancan shekarun ba.
A cikin nineties, da virtuoso saki biyu studio records kawai da kuma kamar wata live wadanda. Unplugged (1992) ya sami kulawa ta musamman daga masu sauraro - a cikin tsarin gaye na wasan kwaikwayo na acoustic a lokacin. Shekara guda da ta gabata, mawaƙin ya fuskanci bala'i na sirri - ɗansa ɗan shekara huɗu ya faɗo daga tagar wani babban bene. Eric ya soki baƙin cikinsa a cikin waƙar Hawaye a Sama mai suna “Tears in Heaven”.
A cikin XNUMXs, almara wakilin British rock yawon shakatawa da kuma rikodin da yawa. Sanannen ayyukan haɗin gwiwarsa ne tare da sauran masu yin al'ada - BB King da JJ Cale, waɗanda sha'awar aikin Clapton bai taɓa ɓoyewa ba.
Daga baya, tsohon sojan wasan ya buga wasanni tare da Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Roger Waters, kuma ya halarci bikin Gitatar Crossroads.
Sabon kundi na Clapton zuwa yau shine Happy Xmas, wanda aka saki a cikin bazara na 2018 kuma ya ƙunshi nau'ikan blues na waƙoƙin Kirsimeti.
A takaice, rayuwa ta ci gaba!
