Tom Waits mawaƙi ne wanda ba zai iya jurewa ba tare da salo na musamman, muryar sa hannu tare da tsawa da kuma salon wasan kwaikwayo na musamman. Sama da shekaru 50 na aikinsa na kirkire-kirkire, ya fitar da albam da yawa kuma ya yi tauraro a cikin fina-finai da dama.
Wannan bai shafi asalinsa ba, kuma ya kasance kamar a baya wanda ba shi da tsari kuma mai yin kyauta na zamaninmu.
Yayin da yake aiki a kan ayyukansa, bai taba tunanin nasarar kudi ba. Babban burin shine ƙirƙirar duniyar "eccentric" a waje da kafaffen canons da abubuwan da ke faruwa.
Yarantaka da ƙera matashi Tom Waits
An haifi Tom Alan Waits a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1949 a Pomona, California. An haifi ɗan tawayen daga shimfiɗar jariri a cikin 'yan mintuna kaɗan daga asibitin haihuwa.
Iyayensa malamai ne na yau da kullun da ke aiki a makarantar gida, kuma kakanninsa 'yan Norway ne da 'yan Scots.
Lokacin da yaron yana ɗan shekara 11, iyayensa suka rabu, kuma Tom da mahaifiyarsa an tilasta musu barin Kudancin California. A nan ya ci gaba da karatun firamare a makarantar San Diego. Tuni tun yana ƙarami, ya fara rubuta waƙa kuma ya zama mai sha'awar kunna piano.
Sa’ad da nake ƙarami, na karanta Jack Kerauka kuma na saurari Bob Dillan. Bai manta game da litattafai ba kuma ya sha'awar Louis Armstrong da Cole Porter. Ƙirƙirar gumaka sun haifar da dandano na mutum ɗaya, wanda ya haɗa da jazz, blues, da rock.
Shi ba dalibi mai ƙwazo ba ne a cikin ajin kuma bayan kammala karatunsa, ba tare da jinkiri ba, ya sami aiki a cikin ƙaramin pizzeria. Sannan zai sadaukar da wakoki guda biyu ga wannan matakin na rayuwarsa.
Kafin ya tashi a cikin aikinsa na kirkira, Waits ya yi aiki a cikin Guard Coast kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsaron gidan dare a Los Angeles.
Mawaƙin yakan tuna da wancan lokacin, domin a lokacin ne ya rubuta “haɗin kai” na baƙi a cikin littafinsa na rubutu. Bazuwar jimlar jimloli tare da sake sautin kiɗa sun sa shi tunanin yin wasan kwaikwayo.
Kiɗa ta Tom Waits
An yaba da ainihin gabatarwar kerawa nan da nan, kuma Tom da sauri ya sanya hannu kan kwantiraginsa na farko tare da mai samarwa Herb Cohen.
A cikin 1973, mawaƙin ya rubuta albam na farko na Rufe Lokaci, amma bai shahara ba. Ƙananan shan kashi yana da wani gefe - masu suka masu zaman kansu sun dubi mai wasan kwaikwayon kuma sun yi annabta shi don kyakkyawar makoma.
A cikin shekara ta gaba, mawaƙin ya fito da kundi na 7 waɗanda ke da alaƙa da masanin falsafa-mai shaye-shaye, wanda ke ba da shaida daidaitaccen salon rayuwa a cikin motel masu arha kuma tare da sigari na har abada a bakin.
Shan taba ya rinjayi muryar "sanding", wanda ya zama alamar mawaƙa. A cikin 1976 ya fito da Small Change. Godiya ga wannan juyi na al'amuran, ya sami kuɗi mai kyau kuma ya shahara sosai.
Duk da haka, Tom ya ci gaba da ba da labari game da ɓarna da masu hasara ga rakiyar saxophone da bass biyu. A cikin 1978, an ƙarfafa nasara tare da faifan Blue Valentine, wanda har yanzu yana ƙunshe da layukan batsa da yawa da kuma labarun aiki.
A cikin 1980s, gabatarwa ya canza sosai - sababbin jigogi da kayan aiki sun bayyana. Juyowar da aka yi an haɗa shi da babban ji da ya mamaye mutumin.
Ya sadu da soyayya - Kathleen Brennan, wanda ya inganta rayuwarta da kuma salon kirkira. A cikin 1985, ya fitar da kundi na Rain Dogs, kuma masu gyara sun haɗa shi a cikin jerin fitattun bayanai 500 na kowane lokaci.
A cikin 1992, an fito da ranar tunawa (10th) na sakin Bon Machine, godiya ga wanda ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy, kuma a cikin 1999 an zabe shi a matsayin "Best Contemporary Folk Album".
Hotunan Waits sun haɗa da bayanan dozin 2, na ƙarshe wanda aka saki a cikin 2011 kuma magoya baya sa ran su. Keith Richards da Flea sun shiga cikin rikodin ta.
A cikin wannan shekarar, ya sami suna kuma ya shiga cikin Rock and Roll Hall, inda aka ƙaddara masu tasiri da manyan mutane.
Ayyukan aiki na mai zane
A baya a ƙarshen 1970s, mutumin yana sha'awar fina-finai. A lokaci guda kuma, ya kasance yana neman kansa a matsayin jarumi kuma mai shirya fina-finai.
Daraktoci Jim Jarmusch da Terry Gilliam sun yi aiki tare a kan fina-finai kamar Outlaw, Coffee da Sigari, da Train Mystery. Don haka abota mai ƙarfi ta fara, inda Jim ya harbe faifan bidiyo ga abokinsa, kuma ya rubuta waƙoƙin sauti na fim.
A cikin 1983, Francis Ford Coppola ( sanannen sanannen Hollywood classic ) ya lura da basirar mawaki kuma ya gayyace shi ya taka rawa a cikin fim din Cast Away. Sa'an nan kuma sun hadu fiye da sau ɗaya a cikin aikin a kan fina-finai "Dracula", "Rumble Fish".
Mutumin har yanzu bai bar cinema ba kuma a cikin jerin fina-finai tare da sa hannu za ku iya gani: "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", "Bakwai Psychopaths", "The Imaginarium na Doctor Parnassus".
Rayuwar sirri ta Thomas Alan
Ganawa da Kathleen ya juya rayuwa da duniyar ciki na actor. Kafin soyayyarsu, yana da mata, amma ba wanda zai iya fahimtar ruhinsa na halitta.
Bai san taron ba sai ya dauki kansa a matsayin mutum mai ciwon hanta da karayar zuciya, ta iya canza komai. Sun hadu a 1978 lokacin da Tom ya gwada hannunsa a matsayin dan wasan kwaikwayo na fim din Jahannama, kuma matarsa ta gaba ta kasance marubucin allo.
Yanzu suna da uku m yara - Casey, Kelly da Sullivan. Iyalin suna zaune a wani gida mai daɗi a gundumar Sonoma (California).
Ba zato ba tsammani, Waits ya zama mutumin kirki na iyali wanda ya fi son zama tare da iyalinsa a cikin gida mai cike da dariya da hayaniya. Tom ya daina yawan shan giya.
Kateley ita ce furodusa kuma mawallafinta na waƙoƙi da yawa. Amma abu mafi mahimmanci shi ne cewa ma'aurata shine babban abokin tarayya kuma mai sukar haƙiƙa, wanda ra'ayinsa ya kasance mai mahimmanci da mahimmanci a gare shi.
