Tarihin mawaƙin dutse na Biritaniya Smokie daga Bradford cikakken tarihin hanya ce mai wahala, ƙaya don neman ainihin kansu da 'yancin kai na kiɗa.
Haihuwar Smokie
Ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar labari ne na ɓarna. Christopher Ward Norman da Alan Silson sunyi karatu kuma sun kasance abokai a ɗaya daga cikin makarantun Ingilishi na yau da kullum.
Gumakan su, kamar yawancin matasa na wancan lokacin, sune Liverpool huɗu masu ban mamaki. Taken “ƙauna da dutse za su ceci duniya” ya ƙarfafa abokansa sosai har suka yanke shawarar cewa za su zama taurarin dutse.
Don ƙirƙirar ƙungiya mai cikakken aiki, sun gayyaci mutanen da suka yi karatu a cikin aji ɗaya. Waɗannan su ne Terry Uttley (bass) da kuma Peter Spencer (ganguna).
Babu ɗaya daga cikin abokan da ya sami ilimin kiɗa, amma suna da kyakkyawar iyawar murya, kyakkyawan ji da kuma mallakar kayan kida.
Hanyar kirkira
Ƙungiyar ta fara ayyukanta na ƙirƙira tare da wasan kwaikwayo a maraice na makaranta da kuma a mashaya marasa tsada.
Kusan dukkanin repertoire shine sanannun hits na The Beatles da wasu sauran masu wasan kwaikwayo na rock da pop. Mutanen ba su tsaya a nan ba kuma nan da nan sai abubuwan da aka tsara nasu suka fara yin sauti.
Ko da yake sun kasance wakoki maras kyau da kwaikwayo, sun riga sun zama nasu ayyukan. Bayan canza asalin sunan kungiyar, tawagar tafi London - babban birnin rock music domin shahara da kuma fitarwa.
A nan ma, dole ne su yi a cikin sanduna da ƙananan kulake, yayin da za a iya lura da nasarar farko - bayyanar da'irar magoya baya.
A lokaci guda tare da wasan kwaikwayon, an rubuta na farko "Kukan cikin Ruwa", wanda kungiyar ba ta sami nasarar da aka dade ba. Duk da haka, wannan bai haifar da tsoro ba.
Mutanen sun adana adadin da ake buƙata don yin rikodi da saki (a cikin ƙaramin bugu) na farko cikakken rikodin rikodin dogon wasa, wanda kuma makomarsa ba ta da kyau sosai.
Dalilin wannan rashin kwanciyar hankali shine rashin mai samarwa, talla da talla.
Tashin Kiɗa na Smokey
Fortune har yanzu murmushi ga masu taurin kai. Da zarar sun yi wasa a wani karamin cafe a Landan, sun ja hankalin shahararrun furodusa da mawaƙa na lokacin, Chinn da Chapman, tare da wasan kwaikwayonsu.
Sun yaba da bayanan wasan kwaikwayon na matasa mawaƙa kuma an ba su tallafi. Farkon canji ne a sunan kungiyar. Wannan shine yadda ƙungiyar Smokie ta bayyana.
A farkon aikin haɗin gwiwa, masu samarwa sun ba da sabon rukuni tare da sanannun hits, akwai yarjejeniya game da wannan. Bayan wani lokaci, an karɓi sanarwa daga masu yin halitta game da farkon sabon ƙarni a cikin kiɗan rock.
Tashi da sanin Smokie
Godiya ga aiki tukuru a kan kuskuren da aka yi, diski na gaba, wanda ya ƙunshi kusan 100% na waƙoƙin nasa, ya buga ginshiƙi na ƙasashen Turai.
Yawancin magoya bayan kungiyar Smokie sun kasance a Jamus, inda faifan da aka saki ya sami matsayin kungiyar asiri.
Sanin matasa mawaƙa
Christopher Ward Norman (vocals) an haife shi a cikin dangin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na gado. Inna ta yi rawa da rera waƙa a matakin lardin, mahaifina yana aiki a ƙungiyar rawa da wasan kwaikwayo.
Iyaye sun san wahalar rayuwar yau da kullun ta kasuwancin nuni, don haka ba su dage kan sana'ar kiɗan ɗan su ba, tare da ba da tallafi koyaushe.
Lokacin da tauraro na gaba ya kasance shekaru 7, mahaifinsa ya ba shi guitar, wanda ya ƙaddara makomar yaron. Dangane da ziyarar iyayensa, Christopher ya canza makarantu sau da yawa, ya yi karatu a sassa daban-daban na Ingila.
Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 12, dangin sun ƙaura zuwa garin mahaifiyarsa Bradford, inda ya sadu da abokan wasan Smokie na gaba.
Alan Silson (mawaki, mawaki, guitarist) ya sadu da Christopher yana da shekaru 11. Yaran sun haɗu da son kiɗa, wanda ya haifar da ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar kiɗa ta hanyar ƙoƙarin gama gari.
Terry Uttley (vocals, bass) an haife shi kuma ya girma a Bradford. Tun yana dan shekara 11 ya tsunduma cikin kidan, amma ya yi watsi da karatunsa. Haka nan kuma bai daina karatun boko ba, ya yi karatu ne kawai daga koyawa.
Iyaye sun ɗauka cewa ɗan zai bi sawun mahaifinsa kuma ya zama mawallafi. Maimakon haka, matashin mawaƙin ya shiga ƙungiyar rock rock.
Peter Spencer (Drummer) ya kasance yana ƙaunar kiɗa tun yana ƙuruciya. Sun ba shi sha'awa a lokacin da yaron ya ji wasan kwaikwayo na gunkin jaka na Scotland. Yaron yana da ganga na farko yana dan shekara 11.
Yana da wani abin da aka makala - kwallon kafa, amma kiɗa ya ci nasara. Baya ga kayan kida, Peter ya mallaki katar da sarewa sosai.
Nasarorin ƙirƙira na ƙungiyar
Ƙungiyar ta zagaya da yawa a duk tsawon rayuwarta, tana neman sabon abu a koyaushe a cikin sauti da hotuna.
Mawakan sun yi nauyi sosai saboda tsauraran sharuddan kwangilar da aka kammala, wanda bai ba su damar yin ra'ayin kansu da kuma aiwatar da nasu shirin a cikin kiɗa ba. Mawakan sun baiwa kungiyar cikakken 'yancin yin aiki.
Rikodin da aka saki (ƙirar kiɗan ƙungiyar) ya zama abin ban sha'awa da bugu na duniya. Koyaya, shekarun da suka gabata sun bar mummunan tasirin su.
Gaji da gwagwarmayar neman 'yancin kai, mutum-mutumi na kiɗa da asali, mawaƙa sun yanke shawarar bin hanyarsu. Kuma wakokinsu na gaskiya, masu zurfafawa da budaddiyar budaddiyar jama’a suna faranta wa masu saurare rai har yau.
Shan taba yau
A ranar 16 ga Disamba, 2021, Terry Uttley ya mutu. Dan wasan bass kuma kawai memba na dindindin na ƙungiyar Smokie ya mutu bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya.
Ka tuna cewa a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 2021, bayanai sun bayyana a gidan yanar gizon ƙungiyar cewa Mike Craft ya yanke shawarar barin Smokey. A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, Pete Lincoln ya zama sabon mawaƙin. Ɗaukar Minti, wanda aka saki a cikin 2010, ana ɗaukar kundi na ƙarshe a cikin zane-zane na ƙungiyar rock na Burtaniya.
