Aia nā mea hoʻokani ma ka honua o nā mele kaulana, i ko lākou ola ʻana, ua hōʻike ʻia "i ke alo o ka poʻe haipule", i ʻike ʻia he akua a he hoʻoilina honua.
Ma waena o kēlā mau titans a me nā pilikua o ka hana, me ka hilinaʻi piha, hiki i kekahi ke hoʻokūkū i ka mea hoʻokani pila, ka mea mele a me kahi kanaka kupanaha i kapa ʻia ʻo Eric Clapton.
ʻO ka hana mele a Clapton e uhi ana i kahi manawa kūpono, ma luna o ka hapalua haneli, kahi au holoʻokoʻa o ka mōʻaukala o ka pōhaku Pelekane e pili ana i kona ʻano.
A hiki i kēia lā, hoʻokani ʻo Eric i ke mele me ka lohi ʻole (he liʻiliʻi paha). ʻOiaʻiʻo nō ʻo ia me ka ʻoliʻoli a me ka ikaika, ʻoiai kona mau makahiki ʻelemakule.
Eric Clapton: Pēlā i hoʻomaka ai
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Eric Patrick Clapton ma Malaki 30, 1945. ʻO kona makuahine, ʻo Patricia, he 16 wale nō ia manawa. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi koa Kanada e mālama i ke kaikamahine, a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pale aku i ka hoʻowalewale. He mea mahalo ia he ʻohana kūhelu ko ke kanaka ma kona ʻāina hānau, a ma hope o ka demobilization ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kona ʻohana.
Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o ke keiki, ua hui ʻo Patricia me kekahi kanaka koa Kanada a mare iā ia. Ua holo pū ka poʻe ʻōpio i Kelemania, a ua haʻalele ka wahine aloha i ke keiki hou i ka mālama ʻana o kona mau mākua. Ua manaʻo ʻo Eric i kona mau kupuna kāne ʻo ia kona mau mākua maoli, a i kona ʻike ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻeha ʻo ia iā ia.
I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hoihoi ʻo ia i ka mele, hoʻolohe i ka jazz a me ka blues, a i ka makahiki 16 ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia iā ia e kūʻai i kīkā nona. ʻO kēia kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka moʻolelo. No nā lā ma hope, ua noho ke keiki ma kāna lipine leo a paʻi i nā ʻāpana mele ma ka pepeiao.
Ma waho aʻe o ka mele, makemake ʻo Eric i ke kaha kiʻi. Ma hope o ke kula, ua komo ke kanaka ʻōpio i ke Koleke ʻOihana ʻo Kingston, akā ma laila ʻo ia i hiki ai ke ʻohi i nā kaula kīkā, pinepine i ka pōʻino o kāna mau haʻawina. I ka pau ana o ka makahiki mua, ua kipaku ia ka haumana malama ole.
A ʻo ka hōkū e hiki mai ana o ka hiʻohiʻona pōhaku e loaʻa kālā keu ma ke ʻano he mea hana pōhaku a me ka mea plasterer. Ma hope o ka hana, hele ʻo Eric e pāʻani i kahi cafe kūloko. Ma laila, ʻike ʻia ke kanaka e nā poʻe o ka hui ʻo The Roosters. Akā naʻe, ua haki ka hui ma hope o ʻelua mau mahina, akā hāʻawi iā Eric i ka ʻike o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kahua.
I ka makahiki 63, ua komo ʻo Clapton ʻōpio i kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo The Yardbirds. He mea pono e haʻalele maoli ka mea hoʻokani pila iā ia i ka pō o ka manawa i kaulana ai ka hui. ʻO ka lapuwale i loaʻa iā ia i kēlā manawa, ua nele loa.
Ke Akua ʻo Claptonis
ʻAʻole pono ke kanaka e hele a puni no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ua kono ʻia ʻo Eric i kāna hui ʻo Blues breakers e ka hōkū piʻi aʻe o ka mele mele Pelekane ʻo John Mayal. Ua kaupaona ʻo Eric i nā pono a me nā mea ʻino a ua ʻae. Eia naʻe, ma ʻAukake 65, ua luhi ʻo ia i ka pāʻani ʻana me Mayal, a hele ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi honua me kahi hui o nā mea hoʻokani pila. I kona hoʻi ʻana i ka home, huli ʻo Clapton i kāna mea hana mua, a hoʻihoʻi ʻo John maikaʻi iā ia.
I ka makahiki 66, ua hoʻopaʻa nā hoaaloha i kahi moʻolelo ikaika, i kapa ʻia ʻo Blues breakers me Eric Clapton. ʻAʻohe o nā mea mele i noʻonoʻo i ka nui o kāna "pana".
3 mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, ua paʻi ka album i ka ʻumi o ka papa inoa aupuni a noho ma laila no kekahi mau mahina, a i kēlā manawa ua loaʻa mua kekahi o nā mea hoʻopaʻa leo i ke anu - hele hou ʻo ia i ka holo.
ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā palapala ma nā paia Pelekane a me nā pā: "ʻO Clapton ke Akua!", A ma nā ʻaha mele, kāhea ka poʻe: "E paʻakai ke Akua!". ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻo ka "akua" i kēlā manawa he 21 mau makahiki.
"Cream" o ka hui mele
I kēlā mau lā, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana nā kāne o ka Graham Bond Organization ma kahi kokoke i ka poʻe haʻihaʻi Blues. Ua haku ʻia kā lākou ʻāpana mele me kahi duet maikaʻi loa - ka mea hoʻokani pahu ʻo Ginger Baker a me ka mea hoʻokani bass ʻo Jack Bruce.
ʻO nā mea hoʻokani pila ma ke kahua, akā i ke ola he mau hoʻokūkū mau loa lākou. ʻO kā lākou mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa noʻonoʻo i hiki i kekahi manawa i nā hakakā. A laila noho ka mea pahu pahu me Bond, hele ʻo Bruce i Manfred Mann.
I ka hui ʻana o Clapton iā Baker, mahalo nui lāua i ke akamai o kekahi a ua hoʻoholo lāua e hui pū. Me ka ʻike ʻole i ka huhū lōʻihi o nā hoa hana mua, ua ʻae ʻo Eric, akā ma ke ʻano e pāʻani ʻo Jack Bruce i ka bass. Ma ka ʻeha ʻana i ko lākou puʻuwai, ua ʻae nā "hoaaloha hoʻohiki" ʻelua e hoʻokuʻikahi no ke kumu maʻamau. No laila aia kekahi ʻano supergroup Cream ("Cream").
No ka manawa mua "Cream" i hana ma ka waena o 66 ma Windsor Jazz a me Blues Festival. Ua lilo ka ʻekolu i pōkā maoli, ʻoi aku ke kūʻē i ke kua o ke koena o nā mea komo. A ma ka laulā, ua hōʻike ka hui iā ia iho i kona hiki piha i nā ʻaha mele, i loko o ka studio ua nalowale kēia ikehu ma kahi.
Malia paha,ʻaʻole i nalowale loa, ma hope o nā mea a pau, kūʻai nā mea hoʻolohe i kā lākou mau moʻolelo me ka leʻaleʻa - aʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopunipuni i ka lehulehu. Ua aloha nui ʻia ka ʻaila ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka moana. ʻElua makahiki wale nō ka hui a hoʻokuʻu i ʻehā mau album.
Flash of "Blind Faith"
ʻO ka hui aʻe me Clapton i kapa ʻia ʻo Blind Faith. Ma waho aʻe o ka mea hoʻokani pila, ʻo ia hoʻi: Baker ma ka pahu pahu - i ʻike maikaʻi ʻia mai Cream, Rick Grech ma bass a me Steve Winwood ma nā kī.
Hoʻokahi wale nō hana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka hui, akā he hana! Ua lanakila koke ʻo ia ma luna o ka papa inoa o ka Old and New Worlds.
Hana hana
E hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki kanahiku, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Eric ʻaʻole e hoʻokau iā ia iho i kekahi hui, akā e hoʻopaʻa iā ia iho me ke kōkua o nā mea hoʻokani pila. I ka USA i ka makahiki 70, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka album solo mua, i kapa ʻia me ka ʻole o nā frills - Eric Clapton.
I kēlā manawa, maikaʻi ʻo Eric i ka hana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, hauʻoli ʻo ia e kōkua i kāna mau hoaaloha: George Harrison, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Howlin Wolfe.
Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole i kāohi ka pilina ikaika me Harrison i ka Eric aloha mai kaʻaihueʻana i kāna wahine aloha -ʻo Patti Boyd (ma ke ala, ua hoʻolaʻaʻia ke mele kaulana a Clapton "Layla" iā ia).
Ua hōʻailona ʻia kēia manawa e ka mea hoʻokani heroin a me ka hakakā paʻakikī me ka maʻi. Ua hiki ke hoʻopau i ke kuko ʻino me ke kōkua o nā kauka i mea e neʻe ai mai kahi pōʻino i kekahi - i ka ʻona ...
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha lōʻihi mai kāna ʻoihana, ua hoʻi ʻo Clapton i ke kahua a me ke keena, kahi i hōʻailona ʻia e kekahi mau mele ikaika, ʻo ia hoʻi:
- 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974);
- There's One in Every Crowd (1975);
- No Reason to Cry (1976);
- Slowhand (1977)
- Backless (1978).
Ua loaʻa iā Records Boulevard a me Slowhand ka lanakila kūikawā. Ua hāʻule ʻelua i nā manawa like ʻole i ka papa inoa o "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" e like me ka Rolling Stone magazine, ka mua ma 409, ka lua ma 325.
I nā makahiki kanawalu, ʻaʻole i emi iki ka hua o ka mea hoʻokani pila, akā naʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā album ma kahi o hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki:
- ʻO kekahi Tiki (1981);
- ʻO ke kālā a me ka paka (1983);
- Behind The Sun (1985);
- ʻAukake (1986);
- Kanaka huakaʻi (1989).
Ua haku ʻo Clapton i nā mea kumu a i ʻole i huli i nā blues "evergreen" a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe. Mai ka waena o nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hui pū me Phil Collins, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ke kani o nā album o ia mau makahiki.
I ka nineties, ua hoʻokuʻu ka virtuoso i ʻelua mau moʻolelo studio a ʻelua mau mea ola. Ua loaʻa iā Unplugged (1992) ka nānā kūikawā mai ka poʻe hoʻolohe - ma ke ʻano hiʻohiʻona o ka hana acoustic. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua, ua loaʻa ka mea hoʻokani pila i kahi pōʻino pilikino - ua hāʻule kāna keiki kāne ʻehā makahiki mai ka puka makani o kahi hale kiʻekiʻe. Ua hōʻike ʻo Eric i kona kaumaha ma ke mele "Tears in Heaven".
I nā makahiki XNUMX, ua mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻelele kaulana o ka pōhaku Pelekane. ʻO kāna mau papahana hui pū me nā mea hoʻokani hoʻomana ʻē aʻe - ʻo BB King lāua ʻo JJ Cale, ʻaʻole i hūnā kona mahalo i ka hana a Clapton.
Ma hope mai, hoʻokani ka mea ʻōpio i ka hana me Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Roger Waters, a komo i ka Crossroads Guitar Festival.
ʻO ka album hou loa a Clapton i kēia lā ʻo Happy Xmas, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka hāʻule o 2018 a me nā ʻano like ʻole o nā mele Kalikimaka.
I ka pōkole, hoʻomau ke ola!
