Mamas & Papas ƙungiyar kiɗa ce ta almara da aka kirkira a cikin 1960s masu nisa. Wurin asalin ƙungiyar shine ƙasar Amurka.
Kungiyar ta hada da mawaka biyu da mawaka biyu. Rubutun su ba su da wadata a cikin adadi mai yawa na waƙoƙi, amma mai arziki a cikin abubuwan da ba za a iya mantawa da su ba. Menene waƙar California Dreamin', wacce ta ɗauki matsayi na 89 a cikin jerin mafi yawan "Mafi Girman Waƙoƙi na Duk Lokaci 500".
Tarihin halitta da abun da ke ciki na kungiyar Mamas da Papas
Duk ya fara da John Phillips da Scott McKenzie. Mawakan sun rera fararen gargajiya na gargajiya a matsayin wani bangare na shahararriyar mawakiyar The Journeymen.
Sau ɗaya, ƴan wasan kwaikwayo sun yi a gidan kofi na Hungry I, inda suka yi abota da Michelle Gilliam, ita kaɗai ce mamba na ƙungiyar almara. Zuwan Michelle yana da alaƙa ba kawai tare da faɗaɗa ƙungiyar ba. A shekara ta 1962, John ya bar matarsa da ’ya’yansa don ya auri matashin mawaki.
A cikin 1964, Masu Tafiya sun sanar da rabuwarsu. John da Michelle sun haɗu a matsayin duo. Ba da daɗewa ba Duo ya faɗaɗa zuwa uku. Wani memba, Marshall Brickman, ya shiga cikin masu wasan kwaikwayo. Ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa guda uku sun kafa New Journeymen.
Ƙungiyoyin kiɗan na ukun ba su da tenor. An magance wannan matsalar lokacin da mawakan suka san Danny Doherty, ɗan ƙasar Kanada. A wani lokaci, Danny ya yi wasa da Zalman Janowski. A jajibirin sabuwar shekara, Doherty a hukumance ya zama memba na sabuwar ƙungiyar.
Misalin kwata-kwata na gaba shine Mugwumps, wanda ya hada da Cass Elliot, mijinta Jimi Hendrix, Denny Doherty da Zalman Yanovsky. Za mu iya cewa Mugwumps sun rabu gida biyu masu karfi - The Mamas da Papas da The Lovin' Spoonful.
Cass Elliot, aminin Danny, har yanzu ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin fitattun membobin ƙungiyar. A cikin tawagar, ba a kira ta ba face "Mama Cass." Matar ta sami sunan barkwanci saboda karin fam. A lokaci guda kuma ta yarda cewa ba ta taɓa samun hadaddiyar giyar ba saboda cikar ta kuma ba a ɗauke ta da hankalin maza ba.
A ƙarshe Cass Elliot ya shiga ƙungiyar a 1965. A wannan lokacin, sauran masu wasan kwaikwayo kawai sun tafi hutu zuwa tsibirin Virgin Islands. Bayan hutun bazara a California, ƙungiyar ta koma New York. Abin sha'awa, an rubuta waƙar California Dreamin' da aka fi sani a lokacin hutu.
Gabatar da waƙar California Dreamin'
Kamar yadda Phillips ya tsara California Dreamin', an ƙirƙiri kayan kidan akan maƙallan maɗaukaki uku kawai. Phil Sloan, mawaki kuma mawaƙi wanda ya yi aiki a ɗakin rikodin Dunhill, ya riga ya yi aiki a kan shirye-shiryen yin rikodin waƙar.
Bayan Phillips ya haɗa waƙar, an nemi Sloan ya sake yin ta. Shahararren dan wasan jazz saxophonist Bud Schenk ne ya buga solo akan sarewar alto. Schenck ya saurari snippet na waƙar inda zai kunna kuma ya nadi sashinsa daga ɗaukar farko. Sautin sautin saxophone ya ba wa waƙar farin ciki na musamman.
California Dreamin' shine bugu na farko na ƙungiyar, wanda ya kasance alamar Mamas & Papa har yau. Wannan shi ne abun da ke ciki wanda karamin tarihin shahararren band ya fara.
Kiɗa ta The Mamas & Papas
Ƙarshen ya ɗauki shekaru uku kawai. Don ayyukan ƙirƙira ƙungiyar ta buga kundi na studio guda 5. Ayyukan tawagar sun kasance tare da ƙananan matsaloli saboda rikice-rikice na cikin gida. Michelle Phillips da Danny Doherty suna da alaƙar soyayya a farkon farko. Ba da daɗewa ba Johnny Cash ya gano game da soyayya tsakanin mawakan. Danny ya kasance yana soyayya da Michelle a asirce.
Duk da rikice-rikicen, mawakan sun sami ƙarfin yin wasan kwaikwayo a kan wannan mataki. John ma ya rubuta waƙar na sake ganinta don girmama wannan taron.
Michelle ta kasance mai iska. Ba da daɗewa ba ta yi wani al'amari da Gene Clark na The Byrds, wanda ya fusata duka John da Danny. A sakamakon haka, an nemi yarinyar ta bar kungiyar. An maye gurbinta da Jill Gibson.
Amma Jill ya kasance tare da ƙungiyar don 'yan watanni. John ya dawo da Michelle zuwa Mamas & Papas. Ƙari ga haka, ma’auratan sun dawo dangantakarsu ta soyayya.
Kusan wannan lokacin, John ya haɗa ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin hippie na San Francisco (Tabbas don saka furanni a cikin gashin ku). An san Scott McKenzie zai yi waƙar, kodayake akwai kuma rikodin abun da ke ciki tare da vocals ta Phillips.
Rushewar Mamas & Papas
Soloists na The Mamas & Papas sun sanar da rabuwar su a cikin 1968. Cass Elliot ta yi magana game da sha'awarta na neman aikin solo. John da Michelle sun shigar da karar kisan aure a hukumance.
A cikin 1971, mawakan soloists na ƙungiyar sun sake haɗuwa don yin rikodin album na ƙarshe. An kira tarin mutane Kamar Mu. Bai maimaita nasarar albam na baya ba.
An saki rikodin kawai saboda dalilin da aka rubuta wannan yanayin a cikin kwangilar. Babu batun wani hadin kai mai amfani. Masu yin wasan kwaikwayo a lokacin "rabuwa" suna da nisa sosai.
