Mawaƙin Dutch kuma mawaki Oscar Benton shine ainihin "tsohon soja" na blues na gargajiya. Mawaƙin, wanda ke da ƙwarewar murya na musamman, ya ci nasara a duniya tare da abubuwan da ya tsara.
Kusan kowace waƙar mawaƙin ana ba da lambar yabo ɗaya ko wata. Rubuce-rubucensa akai-akai sun mamaye saman jadawalin lokuta daban-daban.
Farkon aikin Oscar Benton
An haifi mawaki Oscar Benton a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 1994 a Hague. Sunan ainihin mai zane shine Ferdinand van Eys. Mawakin ya shahara sosai saboda iyawar muryarsa da ba a saba gani ba. Muryarsa mai banƙyama ("wasan marmari mai ban sha'awa tare da taɓawar rashin kunya") duk masoyan blues na gargajiya sun yaba da su.
Tun daga ƙuruciya, mashahuran mawaƙin nan gaba a duniya ya nuna sha'awar nau'ikan kerawa na kiɗan daban-daban. A cikin ƙuruciyarsa, mutumin da ba a sani ba bai gaji da karatu ba, halartar darussan violin da mandolin.
An gudanar da horon ne a daya daga cikin wuraren ajiyar kade-kade na Hague. Kuma ya sami aikin godiya ga mashaya da mashaya da ke aiki a cikin tsarin "bude makirufo".
Benton ya kafa Oscar Benton Blues Band a 1967 nan da nan bayan kammala karatunsa daga ajin violin. Ƙungiyar matasan tana da manyan ra'ayoyin ƙirƙira. Tawagar tana da hazaka sosai kuma tana sha'awar shuɗi. A cikin 1967, ƙungiyar ta yi a wurare daban-daban - wuraren wasan blues a cikin Netherlands da Belgium.
Bayan shekara guda, Oscar Benton Blues Band sun fitar da kundi na farko, Fells So Good. An yi rikodi a ƙarƙashin lakabin Hotunan Hotuna, aiki ne mai ban sha'awa - misali da za a bi ga duk masu fasahar blues na wancan lokacin.
Bayan 'yan watanni da fitowar faifan, an fara gayyatar mawaka zuwa shaharrukan jazz na Turai. Ko da shekaru da yawa bayan haka, kundi na Fells So Good ya riƙe dacewarsa, yana jan hankalin masu sauraro tare da ingancin aikin da aka yi.
Shahararriyar Oscar Benton
Kundin halarta na farko na Oscar Benton Blues Band ya zama mai nasara sosai. Dukkan mambobin kungiyar, wadanda suka kasance babban kashin baya na layi, sunyi aiki a kan kundin: Tanny Lent, Gans Vann Dame da Hank Houkins. Godiya ga aikin da aka yi, mawaƙa sun sami lakabi na ƙungiyar blues mafi mashahuri a cikin Netherlands.
Godiya ga nasarar farko, ƙungiyar ta sami ƙwarewa kuma cikin ƙarfin gwiwa ta ɗauki ƙarin aiki. Watanni 12 bayan fitowar kundi na farko, an fitar da kundi na biyu na Oscar Benton Blues Band.
Aikin da ake kira The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life. A cikin 1971, mawakan sun sake fitar da albam na Benton 71. A lokaci guda kuma, Oscar ya rubuta wakoki guda biyu tare da shahararriyar mai fasahar Dutch Monica Vershure. Abubuwan da aka tsara sun fito a cikin 1970 kuma nan da nan sun cancanci taken hits.
Solo aiki
A cikin 1974, Oscar Benton ya bar ƙungiyarsa, yana barin duk haƙƙoƙin tsohuwar ƙungiyar. Ƙungiyar ta canza abun da ke ciki kuma ta zaɓi sabon suna Blue Eyed Baby. Sa'an nan kuma masu zane-zane sun saki diski mai suna iri ɗaya, wanda ya sami goyon baya mai karfi daga masu sauraro da "magoya bayan" band.
Domin wani lokaci, Oscar ya ci gaba da aiki a kan songs tare da singer Monica Vershure. Sun yi gwaji, suna ƙoƙarin ƙaura daga nau'ikan da aka saba da su kuma suna aiki akan waƙoƙin pop a cikin nau'in kiɗan pop na zamani.
Koyaya, duk abubuwan da suka biyo baya ba su sami babban nasara ba. Kuma mai zane ya ƙi irin wannan haɗin gwiwar, ba tare da samun shaharar mawaƙin pop ba. An dakatar da wasannin gabaɗaya. Benton ya shiga cikin tsarin ƙirƙira, yana aiki akan ƙirƙirar sabbin abubuwan solo.
Nasarar mawaki
Babban "nasara" a cikin aikin Oscar ya zo a 1981. Shahararren dan wasan Faransa kuma darektan fina-finai Alain Delon ya yi amfani da waƙar bluesman a matsayin sautin sautin fim ɗin nasa "A cikin Skin of a Policeman".
Aikin Bensonhurts Blues ya zama babban nasara na kasa da kasa, yana mamaye manyan mukamai a allunan kasa da kasa charts a Turai. Jama'ar Faransa, Romania, Bulgaria, har ma da Japan, Isra'ila da Maroko an kara su zuwa masu sauraro da "masoya" na mai zane.
Nasarar mai ban mamaki ta ƙarfafa "sarkin blues", wanda ya tilasta masa ya farfado da Oscar Benton Blues Band. Mai zane ya ƙirƙiri sabuwar ƙungiya, yana gayyatar ɗan bassist da mai ganga. A cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, ƙungiyar ta fara rangadin duniya. Tawagar ta zagaya ko'ina cikin duniya, inda ta yi wasa a kasashen Turai da Asiya da kuma Amurka.
Yawon shakatawa da yawa ya ci gaba har zuwa 1993 - a ƙarshen lokacin bazara na wannan shekara, ƙungiyar ta watse. A cikin lokacin da aka yi tare, masu zane-zane sun sami gagarumar nasara, suna fitar da kundin da kuma shiga cikin shirya shahararrun bukukuwan kiɗa a Turai.
Ƙarshen aikin Oscar Benton
A cikin 2010, Oscar Benton ya yi hatsari. Wani lamari mai ban tausayi da ban tausayi ya yi mummunan tasiri a kan ra'ayoyinsa na halitta. Marubucin hits da yawa da almara mai rai na blues na duniya sun yanke shawarar yin rikodin wasan bankwana. Bayan abubuwan da suka faru kusan shekaru 10 da suka gabata, masu sauraro a zahiri ba su yi imani da yiwuwar dawowar maigidan blues ba.
Duk da haka, Oscar Benton ya iya ba da mamaki ga "magoya bayansa" - mai zane ya koma mataki, ya fara jerin shirye-shiryen solo. Wani tsohon soja na gaskiya na duniyar blues ya yi balaguro a duniya, yana ziyartar Romania, Faransa, Turkiyya, har ma da Rasha. Duk da shekarunsa da sakamakon raunin da ya faru, Oscar yana jin dadi kuma baya daina ayyukan kirkire-kirkire.
