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Isithonjana seBluegrass uRonnie Bowman ushona eneminyaka engama-64 ngemuva kwengozi yesithuthuthu eTennessee

Ronnie Bowman - Photo courtesy of Sony
Foto: Ronnie Bowman - Photo courtesy of Sony

URonnie Bowman, ongomunye wabaculi abahlonishwayo emculweni we-country and bluegrass, udlule kabuhlungu eneminyaka engu-64 ubudala. Ushone ngeSonto eledlule, mhla zingama-23 kuNdasa, ngemuva kokulimala kabi engozini yesithuthuthu eyenzeke ngoMgqibelo, edolobheni i-Ashland City, Tennessee. Lezi zindaba zishaqise abalandeli nozakwabo embonini yomculo, abalilela ukulahlekelwa ithalenta elilodwa kanye nomuntu oyingqopha-mlando endaweni ye-bluegrass. Sua umnikelo ohlotsheni wawumkhulu, uthatha amashumi eminyaka okuzinikela nokuqanjwa okusha.

Umkhondo womculo nokuqashelwa

Umsebenzi ka-Ronnie Bowman wathatha iminyaka engu-45 emangalisayo, phakathi nalesi sikhathi ashiya uphawu olungenakucimeka emculweni. U-Ele ubeyilungu elibalulekile le-Lonesome River Band ehlonishwayo, lapho acula khona kusukela ngo-1990 kuya ku-2021, waba negalelo elikhulu emsindweni wesiginesha yeqembu. Além Emsebenzini wakhe nebhendi, u-Bowman ukhiphe ama-albhamu ayisithupha eyedwa aqinise isithunzi sakhe njengeciko eliphelele nelinobuhlakani obusha.

Kulo lonke uhambo lwakhe lobuciko, u-Bowman uhlonishwe ngemiklomelo eminingana efakazela ithalente nomthelela wakhe. U-Ele uthole izindondo ezihanjelwe ku-Álbum ezivela ku-Ano kanye no-Canção ku-Ano nge-albhamu yabo yango-1994, “Cold Virginia Night”. Ikhono lezwi lika-Sua laqashelwa ngokufanayo, lafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngezindondo ezintathu ze-Vocalista Masculino kusukela ku-Ano nge-International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), okuwubufakazi bekhono lakhe elingenakuphikiswa.

Ifa lomqambi ohlonishwayo

Ngokungeziwe ezwini lakhe elinamandla namakhonsathi akhumbulekayo, u-Ronnie Bowman wayengumbhali wezingoma okhuthele kakhulu obuhlakani bakhe obudlule imingcele ye-bluegrass. U-Ele wayengumbhali kanye naye wengoma ehlonishwayo ethi “Nobody to X__NM2___X”, eyaduma kakhulu ezwini lika-Chris Stapleton, yahlonishwa futhi yathola izindondo embonini yomculo. Ikhono lika-Sua lokudala izingoma nezingoma ezihehayo liholele ekutheni asebenzisane nabanye abadumile emculweni wezwe, okuhlanganisa izithonjana ezifana ne-Loretta Lynn kanye nababili abadumile i-Brooks & Dunn, ebonisa ububanzi bethalente lakhe kanye nokuhlukahluka kokubhala kwakhe.

Umthelela ojulile emphakathini wezwe

Izindaba zokudlula kuka-Bowman zaphenduka ngokujulile kontanga yakhe nakubantu abamthandayo, zaveza igagasi lezici ezibonisa uthando. Músicos Abantu abavelele abavela ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zomculo we-country ne-bluegrass bazwakalise ukuzisola kwabo esidlangalaleni. Entre them, Dierks Bentley, owaziwa ngempumelelo yakhe emazweni ajwayelekile, wasikhumbula kahle isibalo sikazakwabo.

U-Alison Krauss, elinye lamazwi ahlonishwa kakhulu ku-bluegrass kanye nenqwaba yemiklomelo ye-Grammy, naye uhloniphe umngane wakhe. U-Ela akagqamisanga kuphela ithalente lika-Bowman lokucula nokubhala izingoma, kodwa futhi nomusa wakhe namahlaya akhe. I-Rhonda Vincent, enye inganekwane ye-bluegrass, yengezwe ezihlokweni, egqamisa umthelela omuhle i-Ronnie enawo ezimpilweni nasemisebenzini yamaciko amaningi.

Amazwi okuqashelwa avela kozakwabo awagcini nje ngokugcizelela ubukhulu befa lakhe lobuciko, kodwa futhi embula ikhwalithi yengqikithi yakhe siqu. U-Ele ubonwe njengomeluleki nomngane, ukuba khona kwakhe kwacebisa indawo yomculo ngothando lwakhe nobuntu, kwashiya isikhala esizozwakala kwabaningi emphakathini wezobuciko.

Imininingwane yengozi ebulalayo

Ingozi eholele ekufeni kuka-Ronnie Bowman yenzeke ngoMgqibelo, endaweni yase-Ashland City, ku-Tennessee. Izimo ezenzeke ngqo zesigameko azikacaciswanga esidlangalaleni, kodwa kuyaqondakala ukuthi ulimale kanzima. Amanxeba abemaningi kangangokuthi ashone ngeSonto ntambama.

Kubizwe amathimba abatakuli neziphathimandla zendawo ukuzohlinzeka ngosizo endaweni yesigameko, kodwa ubucayi besimo bukhombise isimo esibucayi. Umphakathi we-Ashland City kanye nomhlaba womculo ulindele izindaba ngokwesaba, okwaphumela ekuqinisekisweni okudabukisayo kokufa kwakhe. Lo mcimbi ugqamise ubungozi obukhona ekuthandeni izithuthuthu, umsebenzi ojwayelekile phakathi kwamaciko amaningi nabashisekayo esifundeni.

Umnikelo ohlala njalo ohlotsheni

U-Ronnie Bowman wayengeyena nje umculi; wayengumqaphi kanye nomsunguli we-bluegrass. Sua umculo uhlanganise ubumsulwa bamasiko nokuzwakala kwesimanje. U-Ele ube nekhono eliyingqayizivele lokuhambisa umphakathi ngokujula kwamagama akhe kanye nokugqama kwezwi lakhe.

Iciko bekungelinye lamagama asemqoka anesibopho sokugcina i-bluegrass ibalulekile futhi ifinyeleleka ezizukulwaneni ezintsha zabalaleli. Umsebenzi we-Seu usize ekulolongeni umsindo wohlobo ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20 nasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-21. I-Ele igqugquzele abaculi abaningi ukuthi balandele ezinyathelweni zakhe futhi bahlole amathuba acebile omculo wezimpande zaseMelika.

Ukuhamba kwakhe kushiya igebe elikhulu emhlabeni womculo wezwe kanye ne-bluegrass, njengoba izwi lakhe nombono wakhe wawucacile. Ukungabikho kwakhe ezitejini nasezitudiyo kuzozwakala, kodwa umsebenzi wakhe uhlala uyisibani kulolu hlobo.

Ifa lakhe, elakhiwe phezu kwamashumi eminyaka yokusebenza kanzima kanye nethalente elingenakuphikwa, alifihli ekurekhodeni kwakhe. Izingoma azicula nazibhala zizohlala ziwubufakazi bobuhlakani bakhe.

Valelisa isithonjana

Ukudlula emhlabeni kwe-Ronnie Bowman kuwukulahlekelwa okukhulu emhlabeni womculo, kodwa ubuciko bakhe nenkumbulo kuzoqhubeka. Ithonya le-Sua liyohlala likhona ngezingoma zakhe ezingaphelelwa yisikhathi, ama-albhamu akhe awine imiklomelo kanye nothando lwabo bonke abathintwe umculo wakhe nobuntu bakhe. I-Ele izokhunjulwa njengesithonjana sangempela, intshiseko yaso nethalente lacebisa izimpilo zezigidi.