He kiʻi hoʻomana ʻo Johnny Nash. Ua kaulana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani reggae a me nā mele pop. Ua hauʻoli ʻo Johnny Nash i ka kaulana nui ma hope o ka hoʻokani ʻana i ka mea make ʻole I Can See Clearly Now. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi ʻaʻole ʻo Jamaika i hoʻopaʻa i nā mele reggae ma Kingston.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Johnny Nash
ʻAʻole ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio ʻo Johnny Nash. Inoa piha: John Lester Nash Jr. Ua hānau ʻia ka mea kaulana e hiki mai ana ma ʻAukake 19, 1940 ma Houston (Texas).
Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Nash i kahi ʻohana ʻilihune a nui. Pono ʻo Johnny e hoʻomaka i ke ola makua mua e kōkua i kona makuahine e hoʻokō i nā pilikia kālā.
Ua kamaʻāina ʻo ia i ke mele i kona wā ʻōpio. Ua loaʻa i ke kanaka kona ola ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ulu aʻe kēia makemake i ka makemake e lilo i mele ʻoihana.
ʻO ke ala hana o Johnny Nash
Hoʻomaka ka mele mele ʻo Johnny Nash i kāna ʻoihana i nā makahiki 1950 mua o ke kenekulia i hala. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kekahi mau album no ABC-Paramount. Ua makemake nā poʻe mele mele i ka hana a Johnny, a ua hoʻonui nā mea hana i kā lākou mau ʻeke ma ka leo akua o Nash.
I ka makahiki 1958, ua hō'ike 'ia ka diski mua. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Johnny i kahi LP ma lalo o kona inoa ponoʻī. Ma kahi o 20 mau mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma waena o 1958 a me 1964. ma nā lepili Groove, Chess, Argo a me Warners.
Ma ke ala, ua hana ʻo Johnny Nash i kāna hana mua ma ke ʻano he mea hana i kēia manawa. Ua puka mua ʻo ia ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni a Louis S. Peterson's Take a Giant Step. Ma hope o kēia hanana, ua loaʻa iā Johnny kahi makana kālā no kāna hana ma ka Locarno International Film Festival.
Ua komo ʻo Johnny ma ke ʻano he haku mele a mea keaka ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Vill Så Gärna Tro (1971). I loko o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ke kuleana o Robert. Na Bob Marley i haku ke mele kani a na Fred Jordan i hoʻonohonoho.
Hana ʻia ʻo Joda Records
Ua holomua ka ʻoihana a Johnny Nash. I ka waena o 1960s, ua lilo ʻo Johnny Nash lāua ʻo Danny Sims i mau makua kāne no Joda Records ma New York. Ua pūlima ʻia ka ʻaelike hoihoi loa me The Cowsills.
Ua kaulana nā Cowsills i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hits make ʻole Either You Do or You Don't and You Can't Go Halfway. Eia kekahi, ua kākau a hoʻopaʻa ka hui i kā lākou haku mele ʻo All I Really Wanta Be Is Me. Ua lilo ia i mea hoʻokahi no ka hui ma JODA (J-103).
Hana ʻo Johnny Nash ma Jamaica
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Johnny Nash i kekahi mau mele i ka wā e hele ana ma Jamaica. Ua huakaʻi ka mea kaulana i ka hopena o 1960s ʻoiai he pilina ʻohana kāna hoaaloha iā Neville Willoughby.
ʻO nā hoʻolālā a ka mea hoʻokani pila, ʻo ia ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi leo rocksteady kūloko ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻolauna ʻo Willoughby i kāna mau leo i ka hui kūloko ʻo Bob Marley a me The Wailing Wailers. Ua hoʻolauna ʻo Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh a me Rita Marley iā Johnny i ka hiʻohiʻona kūloko a me kāna mau kuʻuna.
He ʻano mele ʻo Rocksteady i noho ma Jamaica a me ʻEnelani i nā makahiki 1960. ʻO ke kumu o ka rocksteady ʻo nā mele Caribbean ma 4/4, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nānā ʻana i ka guitar a me nā kī.
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Johnny i ʻehā mau palapala hoʻopaʻa leo kūʻokoʻa me kāna inoa ponoʻī ʻo JAD a me kahi kuʻikahi paʻi mua me Cayman Music. Ua uku ʻia ka mua ma ke ʻano o ka uku pule.
Akā, ʻaʻole i kūleʻa ka hana a Marley lāua ʻo Tosh, mai kahi ʻano kalepa. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻāla ka hoihoi i waena o nā mea aloha mele. I kēlā manawa, ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi mau mele: Bend Down Low a me Reggae ma Broadway. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea hope loa ma Lākana i nā manawa like me I Can See Clearly Now.
Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i kēia manawa kūʻai aku ma mua o 1 miliona mau kope. Eia kekahi, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mea hoʻokahi i kahi disc gula e ka RIAA. Ma 1972, ua lawe ʻo ia i ka 1st kūlana ma ka palapala Billboard Hot 100. ʻAʻole i haʻalele ka track i kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki.
Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike maopopo I kēia manawa ua hōʻike ʻia ʻehā mau mele Marley i paʻi ʻia e Judd: Guava Jelly, Comma Comma, You Pored Sugar on Me and Stir It Up.
Pani o Jada Records
I ka makahiki 1971, ua pau ka inoa o Johnny Nash o Jada Records. No nā poʻe he nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia huli o nā hanana, no ka mea, ua hana maikaʻi loa ka ʻoihana hoʻopaʻa leo.
Ma hope o 26 mau makahiki, ua hoʻōla hou ʻia ka lepili i ka makahiki 1997 e ka mea loea ʻAmelika ʻo Marley Roger Steffens a me ka mea hoʻokani mele Palani ʻo Bruno Bloom no kahi ʻumi-album series Complete Bob Marley & The Wailers 1967-1972.
I nā makahiki hope loa o kona ola ʻana, me kāna keiki, ua holo ʻo Nash i kahi hale hoʻopaʻa leo ma Houston i kapa ʻia ʻo Nashco Music.
ʻO nā mea hoihoi e pili ana i ka mea mele
- He leo mele kiʻekiʻe ko Johnny Nash.
- I loko o kāna mau nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo ka mea mele ʻo ka mea waiwai loa o ka honua, ʻo ia kona ʻohana. Ua aloha ʻo ia i kāna keiki.
- Ua kaulana ka hana a Johnny Nash ma Jamaica. He nui ka poʻe e ʻōlelo nei ʻo ia ka "mea mele kaulana ʻole ʻo Jamaican o Jamaica."
- I nā makahiki 1970 mua, ua komo ʻo Johnny, me Bob Marley, i kahi huakaʻi nui o UK.
- I nā makahiki hope loa o kona ola, ua hoʻoponopono ka mea mele i kona ʻano ola. Ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e haʻalele loa i nā hana ʻino.
Make o Johnny Nash
Ua make ka mea mele kaulana i ke 80 o kona mau makahiki. Wahi a ke keiki a ka mea mele, ua make kona makuakāne i ka Poalua ʻOkakopa 6, 2020 ma muli o nā kumu kūlohelohe.
