Ram Jam bhendi rerock kubva kuUnited States of America. Chikwata chakatangwa mukutanga kwema1970. Chikwata chakabatsira mukusimudzira rock yeAmerica. Iyo inonyanya kuzivikanwa hit yeboka kusvika ikozvino inziyo Black Betty.
Sezvineiwo, kwakabva rwiyo rweBlack Betty kunoramba kuri kwechakavanzika kusvika nhasi. Chinhu chimwe chine chokwadi, kuti boka reRam Jam rakavhara zvakakwana kuumbwa kwemimhanzi.
Kekutanga, rwiyo rwengano rwakataurwa pakupera kwezana ramakore rechiXNUMX. Zvinonzi rwiyo urwu rwakanga rwuri murwiyo rwekufora rwemasoja eBritain. Munyori wenziyo "akakwereta" zita kubva kune pfuti.
Nhoroondo uye kuumbwa kweboka reRam Jam
Mavambo ebhendi redombo ndiBill Bartlett, Steve Wollmsley (bass gitare) naBob Nef (organ). Pakutanga, vaimbi vakagadzira mimhanzi pasi pezita rekugadzira Starstruck.
Kwapera chinguva, Steve Wollmsley akatsiviwa naDavid Goldflies, uye David Beck akatora chinzvimbo chepiyano. Rwiyo rweBlack Betty rwakarekodhwa nevaimbi pakutanga rwakakunda mwoyo yevateereri vedunhu, ndokuzove nemukurumbira muNew York. Chaizvoizvo, Bartlett akafunga kutumidzazve bhendi kuti Ram Jam.
Kuumbwa kwaBlack Betty kwakasimudza bhendi kumusoro kweOlympus yemimhanzi. Vaimbi mupfungwa chaiyo yeshoko vakamuka vane mukurumbira. Asi uko kune mukurumbira, pane zvinenge nguva dzose zvinonyadzisa.
Kwenguva refu, Black Betty track yakarambidzwa kubva kuUS nhepfenyuro. Ichokwadi ndechekuti vanoda mimhanzi vaiti rwiyo urwu runonyadzisa kodzero dzevakadzi vechitema (chirevo chinokatyamadza). Kunyanya kana iwe uchifunga chokwadi chekuti boka reRam Jam rakango "vhara" basa risiri pasi pekunyora kwavo.
Ma Albums eRam Jam band
Muna 1977, discography yebhendi yakazadzikiswa neiyo eponymous dambarefu Ram Jam. Iyo album yekutanga yakasarudza kuenderera mberi kwebhendi. Akashanda pane yekutanga albhamu:
- Bill Bartlett (gitare rinotungamira uye mazwi);
- Tom Kurtz (rhythm gitare uye mazwi);
- David Goldflies (bass gitare);
- David Fleeman (ngoma)
Iko kuunganidza kunoreva "pfuti". Rekodhi yakatora chinzvimbo chechi40 mumachati emumhanzi weAmerica, uye iyo yakatodudzwa yeBlack Betty track yakatora chinzvimbo chechigumi nenomwe mumachati enziyo.
Mukutsigira dambarefu rezita rimwe chetero, vaimbi vakaenda kunoshanya. Jimmy Santoro akatamba mumakonzati nebhendi reAmerica. Bartlett, mushure mekuteerera kunziyo, akasarudza kuti vakanga varasikirwa nemumwe muimbi.
Mushure mekuburitswa kweBlack Betty track, iyo NAACP yaive nechido chechokwadi muboka. Nekuda kwemazwi erwiyo urwu, Congress of Racial Equality yakadana kuratidzira. Pasinei neizvi, rwiyo urwu ruchiri kupinda munziyo gumi dzakasimba kwazvo muUnited Kingdom neAustralia. Kwapera chinguva, Ted Demme akashandisa rwiyo (seruzha) mubhaisikopo rake Cocaine (Blow).
Muna 1978, discography yeboka yakazadzikiswa neyechipiri studio album. Iyo album Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram yakapfuura zvose zvinotarisirwa nevatsigiri.
Iri dambarefu rakarumbidzwa zvikuru nevatsigiri nevatsoropodzi vemimhanzi vane simba. Yakazoita kuti ive pamusoro pezana paMartin Popoff's "Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 100: The Seventies" zvinyorwa.
Munguva imwecheteyo yenguva, Jimmy Santoro akazobatana nechikwata. Yechipiri album yakanzwika zvakanyanya kuoma kupfuura basa rekutanga. Tinotenda Santoro uye mazwi ane simba eSkeyvon, akatsiva Bartlett, tinofanira kutenda Santoro neruzha rwemhando yepamusoro. Panguva ino, wekupedzisira akanga atosiya bhendi uye akanga aita basa rekusimudzira solo.
Kuparadzana kweRam Jam
Fans havana kuziva kuti kunetsana kwaikura mukati mechikwata. Chikonzero chekusawirirana kwaive kurwira hutungamiriri. Mukuwedzera, nekuwedzera kwekuzivikanwa, mumwe nomumwe wevanoimba solo akatanga kutaura maonero avo pane izvo repertoire yeRam Jam band inofanira kuzadzwa nayo.
Muna 1978, zvakazozivikanwa kuti boka racho rakaparadzana. Vaimbi veboka reRam Jam vakaenderera mberi ne "free float". Munhu wese akatanga project yake.
Mukutanga kwema1990, vaimbi vakaungana. Kubva zvino zvichienda mberi, vanotamba pasi peyekugadzira pseudonym Iyo Yakanyanya Kunyanya yeRam Jam. Makore mashoma gare gare, vaimbi vakazadzazve discography yeboka neiyo Golden Classics muunganidzwa.
