JNtchito yayitali ya ohn Hammondโma Albums 31, Grammy, ndi zisudzo mazana ambiriโkuchokera kumalo opangira khofi a mโma 1960 mpaka kumaholo ochitirako konsati mpaka ku โulendo wosathaโ wosangalatsa umene uli moyo wake lero. Kaya akusewera gitala yamagetsi ndi gulu lake, kapena nyimbo zoyimba ngati zomwe ndidagwira ku Albuquerque's Outpost yapitayi, Hammond akuwonetsa zomwe woyimba nyimbo kwa nthawi yayitali Tom Waits amatanthauza ponena za iye, "Chilankhulo cha John mu nyimbo ndi cha Charley Patton. kukula kwa nsapato ndi tcheni cha wotchi ya Dlumphani James. Iye ali ndi kamvekedwe ka wosula zitsulo ndi mtundu wa moyo ndi kulondola kumene kumafunika podula diamondi kapena kugwira njoka.โ
Ndinayankhulana ndi Hammond mu May 2007 paulendo wake wothandizira nyimbo yake yaposachedwa, Kankhirani Kubwera Kufufuza. CD imasiyanitsidwa ndi kuphatikiza nyimbo zingapo zolembedwa ndi Hammond, pamodzi ndi Delta Blues yakale.
NEVINS: Ndakhala ndikutsatira ziwonetsero zanu kwazaka zambiri, koma nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndimakumbukira kukuwonani pamasom'pamaso mu 1967 pachiwonetsero chotsutsana ndi Vietnam ku New York City. Munali pa galimoto ya flatbed mukusewera nyimbo ya Arthur Crudup, "Ndipatseni 32-20, bambo, amandifuna kunkhondo."
HAMMOND: Ndi zoona. Ndinasankha nyimbo ija, "Ndili ndi Mafunso Anga." Ndinyimbo yonena za munthu yemwe adalembedwa kuti amenyane.
Kodi mukumva bwanji pa nkhani ya nkhondo imeneyi?
O, chonde, ndizovuta kwambiri. Kuti munthu wopusa ameneyo, yemwe wachita zinthu zambiri zomwe ayenera kutayidwa, ayenera kutsogolera gululo. Ndipo atolankhani odziwika bwino amakhala pamzere ndipo nthawi zonse amanyalanyaza zakale zake zonse. Ndizowopsa. Ine ndi mkazi wanga tinaganiza zochoka ku US, koma ndinakhumudwa ngati ndingathamangitsidwe m'dziko langa ndi chitsiru chonga ichi.
Inde, ndili ndi anzanga omwe amapita kumayiko ena kapena akukonzekera.
Ndi zoipa basi. Zomwe zachitika zaka ziwiri zapitazi pamodzi ndi kuyang'anira zapakhomo ndi Gonzales ndi zinthu zonsezi - ndakhala ndi mkwiyo wambiri.
Muli ndi mzere pa chimbale chanu chatsopano, Kankhirani Kubwera Kufufuza: "Moyo si chinsinsi, munthu, ngati umakhala wopanda nkhawa." Zikuwoneka kuti izi zitha kufotokozera nthawi zomwe tikukhalamo.
Ndithudi. Monga mkazi wanga amakonda kunena, nyimboyo iyenera kutchedwa "Bush Comes to Shove."
Posachedwapa mudayamba kujambula nyimbo zanu, patatha zaka makumi ambiri mukuchita nyimbo za blues ndi olemba ena.
Kugwira ntchito ndi Tom Waits patsamba lathu Grin Woipa projekiti idanditsegulira zina. Ndamudziwa Tom kwa nthawi yayitali, komabe ndakhala ndikuwopsezedwa ndi olemba nyimbo otchuka chonchi. Tom ndi m'modzi mwa ochita bwino kwambiri omwe ndidawawonapo. Ndakhala ndikuchita naye masewera olimbitsa thupi pafupifupi zaka 30. Mukudziwa, ndinasewera ndi Phil Ochs ku Gerde's Folk City mu 1962. Tonse tinasaina ndi Vanguard chifukwa cha pulogalamuyo. Phil anali wokonda kwambiri komanso wochuluka.
Ndipo ndimamudziwa Dylan m'masiku oyambirira ndi John Sebastian ndi Tim Hardin ndi onse olemba nyimbo odabwitsa. Icho chinangotuluka mwa iwo, inu mukudziwa?
Ndinkadziwa nyimbo zabwino zambiri kuyambira ndili mwana. Ndinadziwa nyimbo 400 masiku amenewo. Zinkawoneka kuti sindinkafunikira kulemba zatsopano ndekha.
Simunachitepo kanthu pamavuto, sichoncho?
Hammond ku Outpost mu 2007 - chithunzi ndi David Bach |
O, ayi. Blues ndi yopitilira. Pali akatswiri ambiri ojambula m'zaka za m'ma 1920 ndi 1930 omwe sindinapezebe kujambula. Ndinapeza nyumba yanga molawirira kwambiri. Ndinapeza malo anga, malo anga ndili wamng'ono. Ine ndakulira mu izo, sindinachoke mu izo.
Pakati pa nyimbo mudanena nkhani ya kusewera kwanu muzaka 18 ndi Mike Bloomfield, yemwe anali ndi zaka 17 panthawiyo.
Ndinamukonda mnyamata ameneyo. Iye anachita kanthu kakang'ono kotchedwa "Ine ndi Big Joe" kumene iye anapita pa ulendo ndi Big Joe Williams ndipo analemba bukhu ili la anthu onse openga, oledzera misala zochitika kunja uko. Charlie Musselwhite anali komweko, nayenso.
Michael anali mu Butterfield Blues Band pomwe adathandizira Bob Dylan ku Newport. Izi zinali choncho Dylan asanagwirizane ndi The Band.
Ndinayambitsa Bob ku Band, omwe ankatchedwa Levon ndi Hawks kalelo. Adayimba nyimbo yanga yoyambirira, Ndikhoza Kunena. M'malo mwake, ndangowona Levon Helm pafupifupi milungu iwiri yapitayo. Iye amachita zake Midnight Rambles zoimbaimba kunja kwa nyumba yake ku Woodstock. Iye ndi wamkulu.
Mumapereka maphunziro odabwitsa okhudza kusamvana pakati pa nyimbo pamasewera anu, kuwuza nkhani ndikugawana zidziwitso, monga momwe Lightning Hopkins adadziwira dzina lake. . .
Eya, iye anali mkati Thunder ndi Lightnin' ndi Wilson "Thunder" Smith, woyimba piyano wamkulu waku Texas.
Kodi mwaganiza zolemba buku?
Ine ndi mkazi wanga tinakambirana za kukhala pansi ndi tepi chojambulira ndi kuika madzi pachitsimepo. Ndakhala ndikuchita izi kwa zaka 45 tsopano ndipo ndakumana ndi anthu ankhanza. Ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kuchita izi, koma ndili ndi mphamvu zonse kuti ndipite kukasewera. Timagwira ntchito miyezi 12 pachaka. Sindimapanga ndalama zambiri, koma pamapeto pake timakhala ndi zokwanira kulipira ngongole. Ndidzakhala 65 mu November.
Simukukonzekera kupuma pantchito?
Osati pano. Abambo anga [John Hammond, wopanga nyimbo wotchuka yemwe adapeza Billy Holiday ndi Bob Dylan, pakati pa ena ambiri] adalemba mbiri yamunthu, koma idanditopetsa. Iye anali wandale kwambiri, koma analemba za banja lake ndi zinthu zosafunika, osati zonse zosangalatsa zomwe ankachita nazo. Kotero, sindikudziwa za bukhu.
Ojambula ena akale akale akuwoneka kuti akufikira kukhwima mwakuchita migodi ya blues, koma inu mwakhala mulipo nthawi zonse.
Inde, Dylan anali wokonda kwambiri m'mbuyomo. Ndinakumana naye pamene anafika ku New York koyamba mu 1961. Anali womasuka, pamaso panu, wopanda mantha. Ndidzakumbukira nthawi zonse masiku amenewo.
Munayamba liti kulemba nyimbo?
Mu 2003 ndi "Slick Crown Vic." Ndi nyimbo yoyamba yomwe ndinalemba yomwe ndimakonda. Tsopano zakhala nyimbo zisanu ndi zitatu zatsopano zaka zisanu zapitazi. Ndimakonda kuchita zinthu nthawi yomalizira ikafika. Ndili ndi imodzi yomwe sindinalembebe ndipo pafupifupi zisanu mmutu mwanga.
Munafotokoza filimuyi, Kusaka Robert Johnson zaka zingapo zapitazo.
Inde, anali ochita mafilimu ochokera ku England ndipo adachitadi ntchito yawo yakunyumba. Panali zinthu zabwino kwambiri zomwe sizinafike ngakhale mufilimu yomalizidwa. Robert Johnson adakhala ku Chicago ndipo adachita masewera olimbitsa thupi ku New York. Victoria Spivey adandiuza kuti adamuwona akusewera ku Brooklyn. Anthu sakudziwa zimenezo za iye.
Kankhirani Kubwera Kufufuza idapangidwa ndi G. Love, yemwe amaimba nanu nyimbo imodzi. Ndi osewera ena ati achichepere omwe mumasilira?
Alvin Youngblood Hart, pitani mukamuwona. Iye ndi wamkulu. Zimatenga nthawi kuti muwone yemwe adzakhale ndi buluu. G. Love akhoza kukhala wosewera mpira.
Kodi ma blues angasinthe dziko?
Ndiwo maziko a nyimbo zaku America. Zimakhudzana ndi kuwona zinthu momwe zilili. Nkhondo yopusa iyi. Monga zinthu zina zambiri zomwe ziyenera kuthetsedwa.
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Bill Nevins ndi wolemba, wolemba ndakatulo, komanso wopanga mafilimu yemwe amakhala ku Albuquerque, New Mexico.