Ram Jam ƙungiya ce ta dutse daga Amurka ta Amurka. An kafa ƙungiyar a farkon shekarun 1970. Tawagar ta ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban dutsen Amurka. Mafi shaharar bugu na ƙungiyar zuwa yanzu shine waƙar Black Betty.
Abin sha'awa shine, asalin waƙar Black Betty ya kasance ɗan asiri har yau. Abu ɗaya ya tabbata, cewa ƙungiyar Ram Jam ta cika ƙa'idodin kiɗan.
A karo na farko, an ambaci waƙar almara a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX. An ce wannan abun ya kasance a cikin waƙar tafiya na sojojin Birtaniya. Marubucin waƙar "ya aro" sunan daga bindigogin hannu.
Tarihi da abun da ke ciki na kungiyar Ram Jam
Asalin rukunin dutsen sune Bill Bartlett, Steve Wollmsley (bass guitar) da Bob Nef (organ). Da farko, mawakan sun ƙirƙiri kida a ƙarƙashin ƙirar ƙirƙira mai suna Starstruck.
Ba da daɗewa ba, David Goldflies ya maye gurbin Steve Wollmsley, kuma David Beck ya ɗauki nauyin pianist. Wakar Black Betty da mawakan suka yi da farko ta lashe zukatan masu sauraron yankin, sannan ta shahara a birnin New York. A zahiri, sannan Bartlett ya yanke shawarar sake sunan ƙungiyar zuwa Ram Jam.
Abun da ke ciki na Black Betty ya ɗaga ƙungiyar zuwa saman Olympus na kiɗa. Mawaƙa a zahirin kalmar sun farka shahararru. Amma inda aka yi farin jini, kusan ko da yaushe ana samun badakala.
Na dogon lokaci, an dakatar da waƙar Black Betty daga gidajen rediyon Amurka. Gaskiyar ita ce, masu son kiɗa sun yi iƙirarin cewa abin da aka yi zargin yana wulakanta 'yancin mata baƙar fata (lalaci mai ban mamaki). Musamman idan kun yi la'akari da gaskiyar cewa ƙungiyar Ram Jam kawai ta "rufe" aikin da ba a ƙarƙashin ikon marubucin su ba.
Albums na rukunin Ram Jam
A cikin 1977, an sake cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar tare da kundi mai suna Ram Jam. Kundin farko ya ƙaddara ƙarin ci gaban ƙungiyar. Ya yi aiki a kan kundi na farko:
- Bill Bartlett (guitar jagora da murya);
- Tom Kurtz (gitar rhythm da vocals);
- David Goldflies (bass guitar);
- David Fleeman (ganguna)
Tarin a zahiri "harbi". Rikodin ya ɗauki matsayi na 40 a cikin ginshiƙi na kiɗan Amurka, kuma waƙar Black Betty da aka riga aka ambata ta ɗauki matsayi na 17 a cikin ginshiƙi guda ɗaya.
Don goyon bayan kundin suna iri ɗaya, mawaƙa sun tafi yawon shakatawa. Jimmy Santoro ya taka leda a wurin kide kide da wake-wake da makada na Amurka. Bartlett, bayan sauraron waƙoƙin, ya yanke shawarar cewa sun rasa ƙarin mawaƙa guda ɗaya.
Bayan fitowar waƙar Black Betty, NAACP tana da sha'awar gaske ga ƙungiyar. Saboda kalmomin waƙar, Congress of Racial Equality ta kira zanga-zangar. Duk da haka, har yanzu waƙar ta shiga cikin manyan waƙoƙi 10 mafi ƙarfi a Burtaniya da Ostiraliya. Bayan ɗan lokaci, Ted Demme ya yi amfani da waƙar (a matsayin sautin sauti) a cikin fim ɗinsa na Cocaine (Blow).
A cikin 1978, an sake cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar da kundi na biyu na studio. Hoton kundi na Mawaƙi a matsayin Matashi Rago ya zarce duk tsammanin magoya baya.
Wannan kundin ya sami yabo sosai daga magoya baya da masu sukar kiɗan masu tasiri. Ya sanya shi cikin saman 100 akan jerin "Jagora zuwa Ƙarfe Mai Girma 1: The Seventies" na Martin Popoff.
A daidai wannan lokacin, Jimmy Santoro ƙarshe ya shiga ƙungiyar. Kundin na biyu ya yi sauti sosai fiye da aikin farko. Godiya ga Santoro da kuma m vocals na Skeyvon, wanda ya zo don maye gurbin Bartlett, ya kamata mu gode wa Santoro ga high quality sauti. A wannan lokacin, na ƙarshe ya riga ya bar ƙungiyar kuma ya shiga cikin ci gaban aikin solo.
Ragewar Ram Jam
Magoya bayan ba su gane cewa rikici yana karuwa a cikin tawagar ba. Dalilin rashin jituwa shi ne gwagwarmayar neman shugabanci. Bugu da kari, da karuwar shahara, kowane daga cikin mawakan solo ya fara bayyana ra'ayinsa kan abin da ya kamata a cika wakar ta Ram Jam.
A cikin 1978, an san cewa ƙungiyar ta rabu. Mawakan soloists na ƙungiyar Ram Jam sun tafi kan "girgizar ruwa kyauta". Kowa ya fara aikin kansa.
A farkon shekarun 1990, mawakan sun taru. Daga yanzu, suna yin a ƙarƙashin ƙaƙƙarfan ƙirƙira Mafi kyawun Ram Jam. Bayan 'yan shekaru, mawaƙa sun sake cika tarihin ƙungiyar tare da tarin Golden Classics.
