ʻO Jim Croce kekahi o ka poʻe ʻAmelika kaulana loa a me nā mea pena kiʻi blues. I loko o kāna ʻoihana hoʻolālā pōkole, kahi i hōʻoki ʻia i ka makahiki 1973, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu i nā album 5 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau mele kaʻawale.
'Opio Jim Croce
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea hoʻokani mele e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki 1943 ma kekahi o nā kula hema o Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). ʻO kona mau mākua, ʻo James Alberto lāua ʻo Flora Croce, he poʻe malihini mai Italia mai ka ʻāina ʻo Abruzzo a mai ka mokupuni ʻo Sicily. Ua hala ka wā kamaliʻi o ke keikikāne ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Upper Darby, kahi i puka ai ʻo ia mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, ʻaʻole makemake ke keiki i ke mele. I ka makahiki 5, ua a'o 'o ia i ke mele "Lady of Spain" ma ka accordion. I kona wā ʻōpiopio, ua aʻo maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻokani pila, a ma hope mai ua lilo ʻo ia i mea kani punahele. I ka makahiki 17, ua puka maikaʻi ʻo Jim mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe a komo i ke Kulanui ʻo Malvern. A laila - i ke Kulanui ʻo Villanova, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka psychology a me Kelemania i ka hohonu.
Ma ke ʻano he haumāna, hoʻolaʻa ʻo Croce i kona manawa kūʻokoʻa a pau i ke mele. Ua hīmeni ʻo ia ma ka papa himeni o ke kulanui, hoʻokani ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he DJ ma nā discos kūloko, a mālama i kahi papahana mele ma ka lekiō WKVU. A laila ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hui mua, ʻo Spiers of Villanova, kahi i hui pū me kāna mau hoaaloha mai ka papa mele o ke kulanui. I ka makahiki 1965, ua puka 'o Jim i ke kēkelē laepua ma ka 'epekema.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana mele a Jim Croce
Wahi a Croce memoirs, ʻaʻole wale i ke aʻo ʻana i ke kulanui, akā ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kahi ʻoihana mele. Eia naʻe, e like me ka mea mele, mahalo i kona komo ʻana i ka hui mele a me ka hui ʻo Villanova Spiers, ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike koʻikoʻi i nā hana lehulehu.
ʻO ka mea nui, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Jim i kahi huakaʻi aloha o ʻApelika a me ka Middle East, kahi i komo ai kāna hui haumāna i nā makahiki 1960. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, ua launa pū nā mea komo o ka huakaʻi me nā kamaʻāina. Ua kipa lākou i ko lākou mau home a hīmeni pū me lākou.
Akā ʻoiai ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi diploma, ʻaʻole i haʻalele ʻo Croce i kāna leʻaleʻa, e hoʻomau ana i ka hana ma ke ʻano he DJ i nā disco. Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i nā mele ola ma nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina ma Philadelphia. Aia i loko o kāna repertoire nā mele like ʻole - mai ka pōhaku a i ka blues, nā mea a pau a nā malihini i kauoha ai.
I loko o kēia mau makahiki, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kāna wahine i ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Ingrid, ka mea i lilo i kāna kōkua kūpaʻa a me ka mea mahalo loa. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻae no ka male ʻana mai nā mākua o ke kaikamahine, he mau Iudaio Orthodox, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Jim mai ka hoʻomana Karistiano a i ka Iudaio.
Ua mālama ʻia ka male ma 1966, a ua loaʻa iā Croce he $500 ma ke ʻano he makana mare mai kona mau mākua. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kēia kālā āpau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka album Facets mua.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi lumi liʻiliʻi a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i loko o kahi paʻi liʻiliʻi o 500 kope. Ua lawe ʻia ka hana e nā mākua o ka mea mele e hiki mai ana - ʻo James Alberto lāua ʻo Flora. Manaʻolana lākou, i ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana iā lākou iho i ka "hane" o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e lilo i mele, e haʻalele kā lākou keiki i kāna mea leʻaleʻa a nānā i kāna ʻoihana nui. Akā ua hoʻololi ʻia - ʻo ka album mua, ʻoiai ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ua mahalo nui ʻia e ka lehulehu. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā moʻolelo a pau i ka manawa pōkole.
ʻO ke ala paʻakikī o Jim Croce i ka kaulana
ʻO ka holomua o ka album mua i hoʻololi nui i ke ola o Jim. Ua paʻa loa ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ka sociology kona ikaika. A ʻo ka mele wale nō ka mea i hoihoi iā ia. Ua hoʻomakaʻo Croce e hāʻawi i nā'ahamele, e hana ana i nā hana i kāna kālā nui.
'O ka mua o kāna mau 'aha mele ma ke kūlanakauhale o Lima (Pennsylvania), kahi i hīmeni ai 'o ia i ka duet me kāna wahine 'o Ingrid. I ka wā mua, hoʻokani lākou i nā mele a nā mele kaulana o ia wā. Akā, ua hoʻomaka ka mele i kākau ʻia e Jim e lanakila ma ka repertoire o ka duo.
Me ka puka ʻana o ke Kaua Vietnam, i ʻole e kāhea ʻia i mua, ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo Croce no ka US National Guard. Ma hope o ka demobilization, i ka makahiki 1968, hui ka mea mele me kāna hoa papa mua, a ma ia manawa ua lilo i mea hana mele. Ma kāna kono, ua neʻe ʻo Jim a me kāna wahine mai Philadelphia i New York. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou album ʻelua ʻo Jim & Ingrid Croce ma laila, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi pae ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO nā makahiki i hala aʻe nei ua lilo i ka huakaʻi nui ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, kahi i hoʻokani pū ai ʻo Jim lāua ʻo Ingrid i nā mele mai kā lāua album mua. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i nā huakaʻi ke hoʻihoʻi i ke kālā i lilo iā lākou. A ua kūʻai aku nā kāne i kā Jim hōʻiliʻili kīkā e uku i kā lākou ʻaiʻē.
Nā hāʻule kiʻi kiʻi
ʻO ka hopena, haʻalele lākou iā New York a noho ma kahi mahiʻai ʻāina, kahi i hana hapa manawa ai ʻo Croce ma ke ʻano he kaʻa a me ka lima lima. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o kāna keiki ʻo Adrian, ua aʻo hou ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea kūkulu hale e kākoʻo i kona ʻohana.
ʻOiai ka ho'āʻo mua ʻole e lanakila i ka Olympus mele, ʻaʻole i haʻalele ʻo Jim i kāna mau hoʻāʻo. Ua kākau'o ia i nā mele hou,'o ka po'e koa i lilo pinepine i po'e a puni iā ia - nā hoaaloha mai ka pā, nā hoa hana mai ke kahua kūkulu a me nā hoalauna.
Ua hoihoi 'o Jim i ka hana no'eau i kēia manawa. A i ka hopena, neʻe hou ka ʻohana i Philadelphia. Maʻaneʻi, loaʻa i ka mea hoʻokani kahi hana ma ka lekiō R&B AM ma ke ʻano he mea hana i nā hoʻolaha mele.
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hui ʻo ia me ka mea hoʻokani mele ʻo Maury Mühleisen, i hui pū me ia ma o nā hoa aloha. ʻO Salviolo ka mea hoʻopuka, ka mea a Croce i hana ai i kēlā manawa, ua lilo i mea hoihoi i ke kālena a Mori. He hoʻonaʻauao mele kahiko ka hope. Maikaʻi ka hīmeni ʻana o ke kālena ʻōpio, hoʻokani maikaʻi i ke kīkā a me ka piano. Mai ia manawa, hoʻomaka ka ʻāpana kūleʻa loa o ka hana hoʻomohala a Jim Croce - ʻo kāna hui pū ʻana me Mühleisen.
ʻO ke mele haʻihaʻi a Jim Croce
I ka wā mua, hana ʻo Jim ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, akā ma hope ua lilo lāua i mau hoa like ma ke kahua. Ma nā hoʻopaʻa leo studio, i kekahi mau hihia, ʻo Croce ka soloist, a ma nā mea ʻē aʻe, kāna hoa. Me Mori, ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i ʻekolu mau album hou, i loaʻa ka mahalo nui mai ka poʻe hoʻolohe a me nā mea hoʻohewa.
Ua loaʻa mālie a kaulana ʻo Croce. Ua lohe nui ʻia nā mele i kākau ʻia a hoʻokani ʻia e ia ma nā lekiō a me nā papahana kīwī mele. Ua hoʻouna hou ʻia ʻo Jim lāua ʻo Maury i mau kono e hoʻokani ma nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole o ka ʻāina a i waho.
I ka makahiki 1973, hele ʻo Croce lāua ʻo Mühleisen i kahi huakaʻi nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka album hui aʻe (ka hope loa no lākou). Ma hope o ka ʻaha mele ma Louisiana, ua kuʻi kahi mokulele pilikino i nā kumulāʻau a hāʻule i ka wā o ka lele ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Natchitoches.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale aʻe ma ka huakaʻi ʻo Sherman (Texas), kahi i kali ʻole ai lākou i nā mea hoʻokani. Ua make nā kānaka 6 a pau ma luna o ka moku. Ma waena o lākou ʻo Jim Croce, kāna hoa hana keaka ʻo Maury Mühleisen, he mea kālepa, he alakaʻi ʻaha mele me kona kōkua, a he mea hoʻokele mokulele.
