Cov keeb kwm ntawm British pob zeb band Smokie los ntawm Bradford yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm txoj kev nyuaj, thorny hauv kev tshawb nrhiav lawv tus kheej thiab kev ywj pheej suab paj nruag.
Kev yug ntawm Smokie
Lub creation ntawm pab pawg neeg yog ib tug es prosaic zaj dab neeg. Christopher Ward Norman thiab Alan Silson tau kawm thiab ua phooj ywg hauv ib lub tsev kawm ntawv Askiv zoo tshaj plaws.
Lawv cov mlom, zoo li ntau cov tub ntxhais hluas ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, yog qhov zoo kawg nkaus Liverpool Plaub. Lub motto "Hlub thiab pob zeb yuav cawm lub ntiaj teb no" tau tshoov siab cov phooj ywg heev uas lawv txiav txim siab tias lawv yuav yog pob zeb hnub qub.
Yuav kom tsim tau ib pab pawg neeg puv npo, lawv tau caw cov txiv neej uas kawm nyob rau hauv ib chav kawm sib npaug. Cov no yog Terry Uttley (bass) thiab Peter Spencer (nruas).
Tsis muaj leej twg ntawm cov phooj ywg tau kawm suab paj nruag, tab sis lawv muaj peev xwm hais tau zoo, hnov lus zoo thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm cov cuab yeej.
txoj kev muaj tswv yim
Cov pab pawg tau pib nws txoj haujlwm muaj tswv yim nrog kev ua yeeb yam thaum yav tsaus ntuj hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab hauv khw muag khoom pheej yig.
Yuav luag tag nrho cov repertoire yog qhov zoo-paub hits ntawm The Beatles thiab ib co lwm yam pob zeb thiab pop hnub qub ua yeeb yam. Cov txiv neej tsis tau nres qhov ntawd thiab tsis ntev cov ntawv sau ntawm lawv tus kheej tau pib suab.
Txawm hais tias lawv yog cov nkauj tsis zoo thiab ua yeeb yam, lawv twb yog lawv tus kheej ua haujlwm. Tom qab hloov lub npe qub ntawm pab pawg, pab pawg tau mus rau London - lub nroog loj ntawm pob zeb suab paj nruag rau lub koob meej thiab kev lees paub.
Ntawm no, ib yam nkaus thiab, lawv yuav tsum tau ua nyob rau hauv cov tuav thiab cov koom haum me me, thaum thawj qhov kev vam meej tuaj yeem raug sau tseg - qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev mob siab rau lub voj voog ntawm cov kiv cua.
Ib txhij nrog kev ua yeeb yam, thawj zaug "Crying in the Rain" tau sau tseg, uas pab pawg tsis tau yeej qhov kev yeej tos ntev. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no tsis ua rau muaj kev ntshai.
Cov txiv neej tau khaws cov nyiaj uas xav tau los sau thiab tso tawm (hauv ib tsab ntawv me) thawj zaug ua si ntev ntev, txoj hmoo uas tseem tsis tshua muaj rosy.
Yog vim li cas rau qhov kev tsis txaus siab no yog qhov tsis muaj tus tsim khoom, tshaj tawm thiab kev tshaj tawm.
Musical Sawv ntawm Smokey
Hmoov zoo tseem luag ntxhi rau cov neeg ua yeeb yam tawv ncauj. Thaum ua yeeb yam hauv ib lub tsev noj mov me me hauv London, lawv tau nyiam cov neeg tsim khoom nto moo thiab cov kws sau ntawv ntawm lub sijhawm, Chinn thiab Chapman, nrog rau lawv qhov kev ua yeeb yam.
Lawv txaus siab rau cov ntaub ntawv ua tau zoo ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas nkauj thiab lawv tau txais kev txhawb nqa. Qhov pib yog kev hloov pauv hauv lub npe ntawm pawg. Qhov no yog li cas pawg Smokie tshwm sim.
Thaum pib ntawm kev sib koom tes, cov neeg tsim khoom tau muab cov pab pawg tshiab nrog cov neeg paub zoo, muaj kev pom zoo txog qhov no. Tom qab qee lub sijhawm, cov lus tau txais los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom txog kev pib ntawm ib tiam tshiab hauv pob zeb suab paj nruag.
Sawv thiab lees paub ntawm Smokie
Ua tsaug rau kev ua haujlwm nyuaj ntawm qhov ua yuam kev, lub disc tom ntej, suav nrog yuav luag 100% ntawm cov nkauj ntawm nws tus kheej sau, ntaus cov kab kos ntawm cov teb chaws Europe.
Feem ntau ntawm cov kiv cua ntawm pab pawg Smokie tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws Yelemees, qhov chaw tso tawm disc yeej ib tug cult raws li txoj cai.
Paub nrog cov tub ntxhais suab paj nruag
Christopher Ward Norman (vocals) tau yug los rau hauv tsev neeg ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam. Niam ua las voos thiab hu nkauj ntawm lub xeev theem, kuv txiv ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv ib tug seev cev thiab comedy pab pawg neeg.
Cov niam txiv tau paub zoo txog lub neej niaj hnub nyuaj ntawm kev ua lag luam, yog li lawv tsis hais rau lawv tus tub txoj haujlwm ua suab paj nruag, thaum ib txwm muab kev txhawb nqa.
Thaum lub hnub qub yav tom ntej muaj 7 xyoo, nws txiv tau muab nws lub guitar, uas tau txiav txim siab txog txoj hmoo ntawm tus tub. Nrog rau kev ncig xyuas ntawm nws niam nws txiv, Christopher hloov tsev kawm ntawv ntau zaus, nws yuav tsum tau kawm nyob rau ntau qhov chaw hauv tebchaws Askiv.
Thaum nws muaj 12 xyoos, tsev neeg tau tsiv mus rau nws niam lub nroog Bradford, qhov chaw nws ntsib nws yav tom ntej Smokie bandmates.
Alan Silson (suab paj nruag, songwriter, guitarist) ntsib Christopher thaum muaj hnub nyoog 11. Cov tub hluas tau koom siab los ntawm kev hlub ntawm suab paj nruag, uas coj mus rau kev tsim ib pab pawg suab paj nruag los ntawm kev sib koom ua ke.
Terry Uttley (vocals, bass) yug thiab loj hlob hauv Bradford. Txij li thaum muaj hnub nyoog 11 xyoos nws tau koom nrog ntaus guitar, tab sis nws tau tso tseg nws txoj kev kawm. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, nws tsis tso tseg kev kawm chords, nws kawm tshwj xeeb los ntawm kev qhia.
Cov niam txiv xav tias tus tub yuav ua raws li nws txiv txoj kev taug thiab dhau los ua lub tshuab luam ntawv. Hloov chaw, tus tub ntxhais hluas tshuab raj tau koom nrog lub tsev kawm ntawv pob zeb.
Peter Spencer (drummer) tau hlub nrog percussion txij thaum yau. Lawv fascinated nws thaum lub sij hawm tus me nyuam tub hnov qhov kev ua yeeb yam ntawm Scottish bagpipe pawg. Tus tub muaj nws thawj nruas thaum nws muaj 11 xyoos.
Nws muaj lwm qhov txuas - football, tab sis suab paj nruag yeej. Ntxiv nrog rau cov twj paj nruag percussion, Peter muaj lub guitar thiab flute superbly.
Muaj tswv yim ua tiav ntawm pab pawg
Cov pab pawg tau mus ncig ntau thoob plaws hauv nws lub neej, lossi nrhiav ib yam dab tsi tshiab hauv suab thiab theem duab.
Cov kws ntaus nkauj tau hnyav heev los ntawm cov xwm txheej nruj ntawm daim ntawv cog lus xaus, uas tsis tso cai rau lawv los koom nrog lawv tus kheej thiab kev ua tiav ntawm lawv tus kheej cov phiaj xwm hauv suab paj nruag. Cov kws sau nkauj tau muab cov pab pawg ua tiav kev ywj pheej ntawm kev ua.
Cov ntaub ntawv tso tawm (lub suab paj nruag muaj tswv yim ntawm pab pawg) tau dhau los ua qhov kev xav thiab kev ntaus thoob ntiaj teb. Txawm li cas los xij, xyoo tas los no tau tso lawv cov cim tsis zoo.
Nquag ntawm kev tawm tsam rau kev ywj pheej, suab paj nruag tus kheej thiab originality, cov kws ntaus nkauj txiav txim siab mus rau lawv tus kheej txoj kev. Thiab lawv lub siab dawb paug, siab dawb paug thiab qhib nkauj zoo siab rau ntau tus neeg mloog txawm niaj hnub no.
Smokie hnub no
Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 16, 2021, Terry Uttley tuag. Tus ntaus ntses bass thaj tsam thiab tsuas yog tus tswv cuab ruaj khov ntawm pab pawg Smokie tuag tom qab muaj mob luv luv.
Nco qab tias thaum Lub Plaub Hlis 16, 2021, cov ntaub ntawv tau tshwm sim hauv pab pawg lub vev xaib uas Mike Craft tau txiav txim siab tawm ntawm Smokey. Lub Plaub Hlis 19, Pete Lincoln tau los ua tus hu nkauj tshiab. Siv sijhawm, tso tawm xyoo 2010, suav tias yog qhov kawg album hauv discography ntawm British pob zeb band.
