No nā mea he nui, he kanaka kaulana a akamai ʻo Rob Thomas i hoʻokō i ka kūleʻa ma ke ʻano mele. Akā, he aha ka mea i kali iā ia ma ke ala i ke kahua nui, pehea kona wā kamaliʻi a lilo i mea hoʻokani pila?
ʻO Rob Thomas
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Thomas ma Pepeluali 14, 1972 ma ka ʻāina o kahi kahua kaua ʻAmelika aia ma ke kūlanakauhale Kelemania ʻo Landstuhl. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i launa pū nā mākua o ke kāne a hemo koke.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Rob i ka hapa nui o kona wā kamaliʻi ma Florida a me South Carolina. Ua hoihoi ke kanaka i ke mele mai ka wa kamalii mai.
I ka makahiki 13, uaʻike maopopoʻo ia ua makemakeʻo ia e hoʻohui i kona ola pono'ī me kahiʻoihana mele, ua mākaukauʻo ia e hana i nā hana a pau, e hana i nā hoʻoholo.
No laila, i ka makahiki 17, ua ha'alele ke kanaka i kāna a'o'ana, ua holo mai ka home a ho'omaka i ka loa'a kālā ma ke mele me nā hui mele'ike'ole.
ʻoihana hoʻokani pila
No kekahi mau makahiki, hana ke kanaka i nā ʻaha mele liʻiliʻi - i nā lā hoʻomaha o ke kūlanakauhale, i nā hui, etc.
ʻOiai ʻo ia ka hana wehe no ka poʻe mele, ua ʻae kēia iā ia e loaʻa ka ʻike. Ua ʻike koke ʻo ia i mea e loaʻa ai ka kaulana, pono ʻo ia e hoʻololi i kona ala.
I ka makahiki 1993, ua hana ke kanaka i kāna hui pono'ī ʻo Tabitha's Secret, nona nā kānaka ʻekolu. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole hiki i ka hui ke hoʻokō i ka kūleʻa nui, akā, ʻoiai ʻo kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻokuʻu mau nā mea mele i nā album kiʻekiʻe.
Loaʻa kēia mau moʻolelo i nā mea pā ma nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i lōʻihi ka hui a ua haki ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Rob Thomas e hoʻokumu i kahi hui hou, Matchbox Twenty, a hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 1996. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ua "lawe" koke ka hui i ka Olympus o ka kaulana, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka diski mua me ke kahe o 25 miliona mau kope.
Hiki i nā mele he nui i hiki ke noho ma ka piko o nā palapala no nā pule he nui, a ma kekahi mau ʻāina no 2-3 mau mahina.
Mahalo i nā kiko'ī kūikawā o ka hana, ua hiki i ka hui ke hana i nā haku mele kiʻekiʻe i makemake ʻia e nā poʻe o nā kāne like ʻole a me nā makahiki. No laila, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Rob i kahi hui pū me Carlos Santana.
Mahalo i kēia, ua loaʻa iā Thomas ka makana Grammy i kali lōʻihi ʻia, a ua ʻike pū ʻia ʻo ia ma nā ʻaoʻao mua o nā nūpepa he nui, a ua ʻike ʻia kekahi o lākou ʻo ke kanaka maikaʻi loa o ka honua.
Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻomaka ka mea hoʻokani pila e konoʻia e hana i nā papahana likeʻole. Ma waena o kāna mau hoa pili i nā mea kaulana e like me:
- ʻO Mick Jagger;
- Bernie Taupin;
- Paul Wilson.
ʻOiai naʻe, ua hoʻomau ka hui ʻo Matchbox Twenty, a ua hoʻokuʻu i kekahi mau album hou. Akā, ua luhi loa ka huakaʻi hele mau, ua hoʻolaha nā mea mele ua hoʻoholo lākou e lawe i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ʻole.
Akā, hiki ke kapa ʻia nā hana hoʻokahi ʻo ke kahua maikaʻi loa o kā Rob ʻoihana. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kekahi mau moʻolelo kūʻokoʻa, a ʻo nā haku mele i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ia mau mea ma nā poʻokela a pau ma nā lekiō.
Rob Awards
Ma ka huina, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena kiʻi nā makana 113 Broadcast Music Incorporated, kekahi mau makana Grammy, a me kahi makana Starlight i nā makahiki o kāna ʻoihana. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka Hall of Fame ma 2001.
I ka makahiki 2007, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kekahi mele ʻo Little Wonders, i koho ʻia i ke kani ʻana no ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Meet the Robinsons, i hana ʻia e The Walt Disney Company.
Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā album hou aʻe, a kokoke i 50% o nā mele i lilo i mau hits maoli.
Akā, ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻo Thomas e hoʻopau i ke kula, a hele i ke kulanui no ka hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe.
ʻOiai ʻo kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo, he kanaka heluhelu maikaʻi loa ka mea hoʻokani pila, he kamaʻilio naʻauao a maikaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻonaʻauao ana iā ia iho, a ʻo kāna mau mea kākau punahele ʻo Kurt Vonnegut lāua ʻo Tom Robbins.
Ke ola pilikino o Artist
I ka hopena o ka makahiki 1997, ua hui ʻo Rob i ke kumu hoʻohālike ʻo Marisol Maldonado. Ua hana ʻia ma kahi pāʻina walaʻau ma Montréal. Ua ala koke aʻe ke aloha a pili pū kekahi ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua.
Ma kahi ninaninau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rob: "Ma hope o ka honi mua, ʻike koke wau ʻo Marisol koʻu hopena, ʻaʻole wau makemake hou e hoʻopā i nā lehelehe ʻē aʻe!".
Akā naʻe, ʻo ka mea pōʻino, i ka manawa o ko lāua kamaʻāina, aia ʻo Thomas i kahi huakaʻi honua, a mai Montréal ua hele ʻo ia i kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe i ke kakahiaka, no laila ua kamaʻilio mua ʻo ia me kāna mea i koho ʻia ma ke kelepona wale nō.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kānalua inā e hoʻomau i ka pilina. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Marisol i kēia ʻano, a makemake ʻo ia e lilo i wahine kū kānāwai.
Akā naʻe, ua hana ʻia ka manaʻo i kali lōʻihi ʻia, a ma ʻOkakopa 1998 kahi male nani o nā mea aloha. He keiki kāne ʻo Rob, ʻo Mason, i hānau ʻia ma Iulai 10 o ia makahiki.
