Mawakan dutse kaɗan ne suka shahara da tasiri kamar Neil Young. Tun lokacin da ya bar ƙungiyar Buffalo Springfield a cikin 1968 don fara aikin solo, Young kawai ya saurari kayan tarihinsa. Shi kuwa musiba ya gaya masa abubuwa daban-daban. Da wuya Matashi ya yi amfani da nau'in nau'in iri ɗaya akan albam guda biyu daban-daban.
Abinda kawai ya rage shine ingancin kiɗan sa, ƙwararren kida da wadatar raini na waƙoƙin.
Mai zanen yana da manyan nau'ikan kiɗa guda biyu - mutane masu laushi da dutsen ƙasa (waɗanda za a iya jin su sosai a cikin ayyukan matasa a cikin 1970s). Duk da haka, tare da wannan nasarar, Young zai iya shiga cikin blues, da kuma cikin kayan lantarki, har ma a cikin rockabilly.
Duk da yawan sauti da tasirinsa, Young ya ci gaba da haɓakawa, rubuta sababbin waƙoƙi da kuma bincika sababbin kiɗa. Mawaƙin ya shafe shekaru sama da 50 yana ƙalubalantar sabbin salon kiɗan. Tilastawa matasa mawaka bin sawun sa.
Farkon hanyar kirkirar Neil Young
An haifi Neil Young ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1945 a Toronto, Kanada. Bayan iyayensa sun rabu, ya koma Winnipeg tare da mahaifiyarsa. Mahaifin mawakin dan jarida ne na wasanni.
Matashi ya fara kunna kiɗa tun yana makarantar sakandare. Ba wai kawai ya buga dutsen gareji a cikin makada kamar Squires ba, har ma ya sami damar buga kulake na gida da shagunan kofi. Haka ya sadu da Stephen Stills da Johnny Mitchell.
A cikin 1966, mawaƙin ya shiga cikin Mynah Birds. Hakanan ya ƙunshi bassist Bruce Palmer da Rick James. Sai dai kungiyar ba ta samu nasara ba. Abin da ya sa wani matashi mai takaici ya kori Pontiac zuwa Los Angeles, yana ɗaukar Palmer a matsayin tallafi.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan mutanen sun isa Los Angeles, sun haɗu da Stills kuma suka kafa ƙungiyarsu, Buffalo Springfield. Ƙungiyar da sauri ta zama ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin California Folk Rock scene.
Duk da nasarar Buffalo Springfield, ƙungiyar ta sha wahala daga tashin hankali a tsakanin membobinta. Matashi ya yi ƙoƙari sau da yawa don barin ƙungiyar kafin daga bisani ya bar ƙungiyar.
Tunani na farko akan aikin solo na Neil Young
A wannan lokacin, Neil Young yana tunani sosai game da aikin solo kuma ya ɗauki Elliot Roberts a matsayin manaja. Ba da daɗewa ba aka sanya hannu kan Reprise Records, inda Young ya fitar da kundi na farko a farkon 1969.
A lokacin da aka fitar da kundin, Young ya riga ya fara wasa tare da rukunin gida na Rockets. Ya ƙunshi ɗan wasan gita Danny Witten, bassist Billy Talbot da kuma ɗan ganga Ralph Molina.
Matashi ya ba da shawarar cewa a canza wa ƙungiyar suna Crazy Horse. Ya roki mawakan da su ba shi goyon baya wajen daukar albam na biyu kowa ya san wannan babu inda yake. An yi rikodin a cikin makonni biyu kawai, diski ɗin ya sami matsayi na "zinariya" da sauri.
Bayan an gama yin rikodi, Young ya shiga Stills da ƙungiyar akan kundi na bazara Déjà Vu (1970). Duk da haka, duk da wannan haɗin gwiwar, Young ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai fasaha na solo.
Ya fito da kundi na solo, Bayan Zinare Rush, a cikin Agusta 1970. Kundin, tare da rakiyar sa guda ɗaya Ƙauna Za Ta Iya Karya Zuciyarka, sun sanya Neil Young ya zama tauraro na solo kuma shahararsa ta ƙaru.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Kodayake ƙungiyar Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young sun yi nasara sosai, mawaƙa ba za su iya yin aiki tuƙuru ba kuma sun daina aiki tare a cikin bazara na 1971.
A shekara mai zuwa, Young ya fitar da kundin sa na farko, wanda ya mamaye jadawalin ƙasar. Kundin Girbin Har ila yau ya ƙunshi na farko kuma ɗaya tilo na Zuciyar Zinariya. Maimakon ya karɓi nasarar da ya samu, mawaƙin ya yanke shawarar yin watsi da shi kuma ba zato ba tsammani ya fitar da fim ɗin Tafiya zuwa Baya. Duka fim ɗin da sautin sautinsa sun sami bita mai daɗi, kamar yadda 1973 live album Time Fades Away tare da The Stray Gators suka yi.
Dukansu "Tafiya zuwa Tsohon" da "Lokaci Fades Away" sun nuna cewa Matasa ya shiga wani lokaci mai duhu a rayuwarsa, amma waɗannan ayyukan sun kasance kawai tip na kankara.
Bayan mutuwar Danny Witten, tsohon abokin aiki, Neil Young ya yi rikodin kundi mai duhu mai suna Tonight's Night a 1972. Duk da haka, a lokacin mawaƙin ya canza ra'ayinsa game da sakin rikodin. Maimakon haka, ya sake shi A kan Tekun. Har yanzu, magoya baya sun ji Daren Yau a cikin 1975.
A wannan lokacin, Young ya riga ya shawo kan damuwa kuma ya koma rayuwa ta al'ada.
Komawar Neil Young kan aiki
1979 ya ga sakin kundi na Live Rust da rikodi kai tsaye na Rust Never Sleeps. Kundin ya mayar da Matasa zuwa ga tsohon darajarsa. Duk da haka, duk da irin wannan nasarar, mawaƙin ya yanke shawarar yin dama. Tuni a cikin 1981, an fitar da kundin dutsen mai nauyi Re * Ac * tor, wanda ya sami ra'ayoyi mara kyau. Bayan an sake shi, Young ya bar alamar Reprise kuma ya fara haɗin gwiwa tare da kamfanin farawa Geffen Records. A nan an yi masa alkawarin ba shi kudi mai yawa da ’yancin yin kirkire-kirkire.
Yin amfani da damarsa, Neil Young ya rubuta kundin lantarki na Trans a cikin Disamba 1982. An nadi muryarsa ta hanyar amfani da muryar kwamfuta, wanda masu suka ba su yaba. Ayyukan sun sami ra'ayi mara kyau da damuwa daga "fans".
A cikin shekaru goma, Young ya fitar da kundi guda uku waɗanda gwaje-gwajen salo ne. A cikin 1985, ya fito da jerin Old Ways, sannan wani sabon aiki, Landing on Water, a shekara mai zuwa.
Har ila yau, mawaƙin ya koma tsohon kamfanin rikodin rikodin Reprise. Kundin sa na farko bayan dawowa shine Wannan bayanin kula a gare ku.
A ƙarshen shekara, ya yi rikodin kundi na haɗuwa tare da ƙungiyar Crosby, Stills & Nash mai suna American Dream, wanda ya gamu da sake dubawa mara kyau.
Sabuwar Nasara Neil Young
Kundin Mafarki na Amurka ya zama "rashin nasara", kuma babu wanda ya yi fatan samun nasara. Duk da haka, a cikin 1989 an fitar da kundi na Freedom. Ya sami nasarar kasuwanci a kusan dukkanin sassan duniya.
Kusan lokacin da aka fitar da kundin, Young ya zama mashahurin ɗan wasa a cikin da'irar dutsen indie. A cikin 1989, an nuna shi a cikin kundin haraji mai suna The Bridge. A shekara mai zuwa, Matasa sun sake haɗuwa da Crazy Horse don Ragged Glory. Wannan albam ya zama koli na kerawa na mawaƙa, bayan da ya sami bita mai kyau a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata.
Don yawon shakatawa don tallafawa kundin, Young ya yi hayar ƙungiyar Sonic Youth. Haka ta yi suna a cikin da'irar dutse.
Bayan fara yawon shakatawa ne aka fara sanya Neil Young a matsayin magajin madadin dutsen grunge. Amma ba da daɗewa ba mawaƙin ya yi watsi da ra'ayin yin wasan dutse mai wuya. Young ya fito da Harvest Moon a cikin 1992. Ya zama ci gaba kai tsaye na "nasara" da aka buga a 1972.
A shekara mai zuwa, mawaƙin ya fitar da albam mai suna Sleeps with Mala’iku, wanda aka yaba da shi a matsayin ƙwararren ƙwararru a cikin ƙunƙun da’ira. Bayan fitowarta, Young ya fara wasa tare da Pearl Jam. Yin rikodin kundi tare da wannan rukunin a Seattle a farkon 1995. Sakamakon rikodi na Mirror Ball ya gamu da tabbataccen bita. Amma dangane da tallace-tallace, komai ya zama abin banƙyama.
Farkon shekarun 2000
Wani sabon kundi na solo, Silver & Zinariya, wanda aka biyo baya a cikin bazara na 2000. A watan Disamba, an fitar da DVD mai suna Red Rocks Live, wanda ya haɗa da waƙoƙi 12.
Aikin saurayi na gaba shine watakila mafi kyawun kundi da ra'ayi game da rayuwa a wani ƙaramin gari mai suna Greendale.
A farkon shekara ta 2005, an gano matashin da ciwon kwakwalwa mai yuwuwar mutuwa. Duk da haka, maganin bai shafi hanyar kirkirar mawaƙin ba, yayin da ya ci gaba da rikodin kiɗa.
A cikin wannan shekarar, an fito da tarin rikice-rikice na waƙoƙin zanga-zangar Rayuwa tare da Yaƙi.
Matashi kawai ya ci gaba da haɓaka ayyukan sa a cikin 2017 tare da sakin Yara na Ƙaddara. Hakanan a cikin 2018, Young ya fitar da fayafai guda biyu da suka ƙunshi rikodin kayan tarihi.
A cikin Mayu 2018, Young ya bayyana cewa zai yi wasan kwaikwayo a California tare da Crazy Horse. Wasan kide-kide sun zama "dumi-dumu-dumu" don yin rikodin kundi na Colorado a cikin 2019.
