An san Howlin' Wolf da waƙoƙin da ke ratsa zuciya kamar hazo da wayewar gari, suna lalatar da dukan jiki. Wannan shi ne yadda magoya bayan basira Chester Arthur Burnett (ainihin sunan mai zane) ya bayyana nasu ji. Ya kuma kasance sanannen mawaƙin guitar, makaɗa da mawaƙa.
Yara Howlin' Wolf
An haifi Howlin' Wolf ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1910 a Whites, Mississippi. An haifi yaron a cikin dangin da ke aikin noma. Gertrude bayan wani ciki ya haifi ɗa, wanda ake kira Chester.
A cikin jihar da iyali ke zaune, mutanen sun yi aikin gonakin auduga. Jiragen kasa sukan yi tafiya a can, rayuwa ta ci gaba kamar yadda aka saba. Akwai da yawa rana, kazalika da aiki a cikin filayen da auduga, da yawa motsi. Iyalin mawaƙa na gaba da mawaƙa ba banda. Lokacin da yaron ya kai shekaru 13, iyayensa sun yanke shawarar canza wurin zama.
Birnin Ruleville ya zama sabon wurin zama na babban iyali. Chester matashi ne mai wahala. Kwarewarsa ta kida ta dogara ne akan rera waka a cocin Baptist, inda aka kai shi makarantar Lahadi a karshen mako. An gudanar da duk bukukuwa da abubuwan da suka faru tare da halartar Chester. Ya yi waƙa da kyau kuma bai yi shakka ba ya hau kan dandamali.
Lokacin da mutumin ya cika shekaru 18, mahaifinsa ya ba shi guitar. Sa'an nan kuma bai sanya wata ma'ana a cikin wannan kyauta ba, bai yi tunanin cewa ɗansa yana da kyakkyawar makoma ba. A wannan lokacin, ta hanyar farin ciki daidai, Chester ya sadu da Charlie Patton, wanda shine "uba" na blues.
Ayyukan waƙa
Daga lokacin da kuka haɗu da mawaƙin, zaku iya ƙidaya farkon aikin ƙirƙira na Howlin' Wolfe. Kowace yamma bayan aiki, Chester ya ziyarci mai ba shi shawara don ya koyi sabon abu. A cikin wata hira, mawaƙin ya tuna cewa Charlie Patton ya cusa masa ba kawai dandano na kiɗa da salon ba, har ma da fasaha da iyawa da yawa.
Godiya ga kyakkyawar haɗin kai, ya zama abin da muka san shi ya zama. Abubuwan da ake amfani da su na salon blues delta sun zama mahimmanci a cikin aikin mawaƙa. Chester ya karbo daga guru nasa hali a kan mataki - rarrafe a kan gwiwoyi, tsalle, fadowa a bayansa da kukan mahaifa. Wadannan ayyuka sun burge masu sauraro sosai har suka zama "guntu" na mai wasan kwaikwayo. Ya koyi yadda ake ƙirƙirar wasan kwaikwayo ga jama'a, kuma ta fahimci wasan tare da godiya da jin daɗi.
Howlin' Wolf: Sabbin Features
Aikin Chester ya fara ne da wasan kwaikwayo a gidajen abinci da wuraren cin abinci na gida. A cikin 1933, dangin manoma sun sake canza wurin zama don neman ingantacciyar rayuwa. Yana da wuya ga Amurkawa, kowa yana neman damar samun kuɗi da kuma ciyar da 'ya'yansu.
Don haka mutumin ya ƙare a Arkansas, inda ya sadu da jarumin blues Sonny Boy Williamson. Ya koya wa Chester yadda ake wasa da harmonica. Kowane sabon taro ya ba wa saurayin sababbin zarafi. Da alama wannan mutumin Allah ne ya ƙaunace shi. Ba mamaki ya halarci coci a ranar Lahadi, ya yi imani da kyakkyawar makoma. A wancan lokacin, kusan kowane Ba’amurke ya yi mafarkin fita daga halin da ya shiga cikin kasar, ya yi aiki tukuru, yana kokarin ciyar da iyalinsa da aiki.
Bayan wani lokaci, mazan suka yanke shawarar yin wasa tare har ma sun zama dangi. Williamson ya auri Maryamu ('yar'uwar Chester). Mawakan sun yi tafiya tare a yankin Delta. Masu sauraro na matasa masu wasan kwaikwayo sun kasance masu zaman kansu na mashaya, amma wannan ya kasance a farkon.
Rayuwar mutum
Lokacin da mutanen suka haɗu kuma suka zagaya ƙasar tare, Chester ya sake yin aure a karo na biyu. Ya kasance koyaushe sananne tare da wakilan kyawawan rabin ɗan adam. Saurayin ba shi da hadaddiyar giyar. Ya kasance kyakkyawa: tsayi inci 6, nauyin kilo 300.
Kyakkyawar Guy ba shi da halaye masu kyau, ya yi ta'aziyya a cikin kamfanoni, saboda haka ya kasance a cikin haske. Wataƙila, kamar yadda Chester Arthur Burnett ya ce, ƙaƙƙarfan ƙuruciya ko rashin kulawa ya rinjayi halin. Bayan haka, iyayen yaron kullum suna shagaltuwa da matsalar samun kuɗi don ciyar da babban iyali. Mawakin kuma ba ya jin kunya a gaban mata. Wasu ma sun ji tsoron halin “daji” nasa.
Farkon aiki mai nasara a matsayin mai fasaha Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett ya sami nasara da ƙwarewa a ƙarshen 1950 tare da sakin Moanin' a cikin Hasken Wata. An gane mai wasan kwaikwayo kuma an nemi a ba shi rubutu. Ba da daɗewa ba, ya naɗa waƙar The Red Rooster, wanda kawai ya ƙara masa farin jini. A cikin 1980, mai zane-zane ya sami lambar yabo a gidan kayan tarihi na Blues Hall of Fame, kuma a cikin 1999, lambar yabo ta Grammy.
Sunan matakin, wanda ke nufin "Woling Wolf", ba shi da kansa mawaƙin ya ƙirƙira shi ba. Kundin na biyu kuma ana kiransa Howlin' Wolf. Tun asali dai kakan Chester ne ya kirkiro sunan laƙabin, wanda ya yi alƙawarin ba da yaron cikin daji ga kerkeci don munanan halaye. Irin wannan hali na tsofaffi yana bayyana dalilin nau'in halayen mai zane da kuma wasu lokuta rashin dacewa.
Har ya kai shekara 40, mawakin ba shi da ilimi. Bayan shekaru 40, ya koma makaranta, wanda bai gama ba tun yana yaro, don kammala karatunsa na sakandare. Sannan ya halarci kwasa-kwasan kasuwanci, karin kwasa-kwasan horo, horo da karawa juna sani. Ya yi karatu a matsayin akawu kuma ya samu nasarar kware wannan sana'a a lokacin balaga.
faduwar rana
Mata sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a rayuwar Howlin' Wolfe. Matar ta biyu ta taimaka wa mijinta wajen sarrafa kudi. Ta nace Chester ya tafi makaranta.
Da zuwan soyayya a rayuwar dan wasan kwaikwayo, shi ma salon wakokinsa ya canza. Misali, album din The Super Super Blues Band yana cike da bayanan soyayya, kuma ya fi wakoki fiye da na baya.
Howlin' Wolf: Ƙarshen Rayuwa
A cikin 1973, mai zane ya gabatar da almanac na ƙarshe na studio, The Back Door Wolf. An yi rangadin biranen Amurka, sai kuma yawon bude ido na Turai. Amma tsare-tsare sun canza saboda matsalolin lafiya kwatsam. Mai wasan kwaikwayo ya fara damuwa da zuciya. Mutumin lokaci-lokaci yana fama da ƙarancin numfashi da zafi a cikin zuciya. Amma saurin rayuwa bai ba da damar da za a bincika ba. A shekara ta 1976, mawaƙin ya mutu saboda gazawar zuciya.
