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UBilly Strings wayengakholelwa kuhlaselo loloyiko de abe nalo. Ngelixa wayekukhenketho kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, wavuka kwigumbi lehotele ngentsimbi yesi-5 ekuseni, eqinisekile ukuba wayesifa. Uthi: “Izandla zam zazinkenteza, imilebe yam imfusa, ndingakwazi ukuphefumla. “Ndaziva ngathi kumi indlovu esifubeni sam. »
Esoyika, uStrings waya esibhedlele. Ekupheleni kosuku, wayenomyalelo we-benzodiazepine alprazolam (ethengiswa phantsi kwamagama e-brand kuquka i-Xanax) kunye nonyango, ahlala embona rhoqo.
Xa sincokola ngevidiyo, usandul’ ukubuya kwiseshini, esanxibe ilokhwe eblue enepateni ebanxiba njengengubo yokuthuthuzela. Umdlali oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala ophumelele iGrammy uvuleke ngokuthandekayo, ikakhulu kuba ufuna abanye abantu bafumane uhlobo olufanayo loncedo kunye nethemba alifumeneyo. Iminyaka elishumi endleleni njengemvumi kunzima ngokwaneleyo, kodwa uWilliam Apostol - umakazi wakhe wamthiya igama elithi Billy Strings - wayenokuninzi ukujongana noko kunoko.
'Andijongi ngasemva, ndijonge phambili kuphela'...bukela ividiyo ethi Kukukhanya Kwasekuseni.
Umdlali wesiginkci uchitha ixesha elinqabileyo ekhaya eNashville phakathi kweegigs, ethatha ithuba lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwichibi elikufutshane kwisikhephe sakhe esincinci sokuloba, okanye abetheke kwiseti yebhokisi. "Ndiyonqena, uyazi? Ubanga, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo. Ukuba umculo oqhelekileyo udibana noBilly Strings - ngo-Okthobha, ufikelele kwiNombolo ye-XNUMX kwitshati yeBillboard yamaGcisa aPhumayo yase-US kunye necwecwe lakhe elitsha, uHlaziyo - ayisiyiyo yokusilela kwesicelo. IStrings ingomnye wabadlali abadumileyo nabadumileyo kwihlabathi leengcambu zaseMelika iminyaka eliqela, kunye nabalandeli abazinikeleyo abaye bawa nzima kuluhlu lwakhe lwe-virtuoso.
Umnyhadala owuthandayo, iikonsathi zakhe zitshata ibluegrass yesikolo sakudala kunye nokwehla kwamabhendi ejam kunye nobunye ubugcisa bomdlalo obukrelekrele kwisekethe. Wafunda ukunqula iqhawe lakhe kuBill Monroe, uFlatt kunye noScruggs kunye noDoc Watson kuyise wesibini ("Yiloo nto kanye oyenzileyo endlwini yam - uvuke, wanxiba iimpahla zakho zangaphantsi kwaye ubambe isiginci sakho"), kodwa wayedlala iibhendi zentsimbi. xa wayekwishumi elivisayo emfundisa indlela yokonwabisa isihlwele. “Sasibetha entloko, sibaleka phakathi kwesihlwele, sitshicela abantu – igazi kunye nokubila, yayiyi-vibe leyo,” uyahleka. "Ke ngoku ndingumxube ongekho ngcwele wazo zombini. »
Kufuneka uhambe kwizinto ezithile ukuze ukwazi ukucela ukuxolelwa kwikatala elineentambo ezintandathu
Iyasebenza, hayi ubuncinci ngenxa yokuba iingoma zakhe zizisa i-twist yanamhlanje kubomi obunzima obuthi ibluegrass yamandulo yabanjwa kakuhle. Ingoma yesihloko evela kwi-albhamu yokuqala ka-2017 nguStrings, Turmoil kunye neTinfoil, ithatha ubuntwana obuchithelwe kwintlupheko kwidolophu encinci yaseMichigan, emva kokuphulukana noyise ngenxa ye-heroin overdose eneminyaka emibini. Ingoma yakhe yokutyikitya echulumancisayo, uDust in a Baggie, evakala ngathi yingoma yentolongo kunye nenyanga-yenyanga ngqo kwi-bluegrass canon, ibonisa ubunyani bemihla ngemihla boluntu oludlakazwe yi-opioid akhulele kulo. Wayibhala xa wayeneminyaka eyi-19.
Bobabini umama kaStrings kunye noyise wesibini babengabasebenzisi beziyobisi. Umculo yayiyindlela yokuhlangabezana neeStrings kunye nomntakwabo, okhulele kwindawo ye-meth den, apho bahlala behamba bengenakutya, umbane okanye amanzi ashushu. Wemka ekhaya eneminyaka eli-14 ubudala, ephila ubomi obuyingozi de wathathwa ngumama womhlobo wakhe waza wamncedisa ukuba agqibezele amabanga aphakamileyo. “Kufuneka udlule ebunzimeni ukuze ukwazi ukucela uxolo ngesiginkci esineentambo ezintandathu,” utsho, uhlobo lobulumko lokuqaphela okungaphaya kweminyaka yakhe osoloko udibana nalo kumazwi akhe.
Emva kokuphumelela esikolweni, waphuncuka kwidolophu yakowabo waza wadibana nesandi esasiza kuba yinkuthazo kunye nosindiso - amaqela e-jamgrass anempembelelo yamatye afana neYonder Mountain String Band kunye neGreensky Bluegrass, umdlali wayo we-mandolin, uPaul Hoffman, waba ngumhlobo kunye nomcebisi. Ukususela ngoko, uStrings waqonda injongo yakhe. “Bendidlala i-200 kunye neegigs ezimbalwa ngonyaka. Ndaqhuba iveni, ndalayisha itreyila, ndathengisa iimpahla; Ndandingumphathi wezokhenketho, ndabhala iingoma, ndiqhuba iqela, ndasebenza kakhulu. Ndandicinga ukuba ndingenza nantoni na, kodwa eneneni ndicinga ukuba ndandisoyika ukubuyela emva, kuba nje ndibaleka intlupheko.
Ukuphuma kwibhendi yejam…kuMnyhadala kaLoliwe ka-2021 eLexington, eKentucky. Ukufota: Erika Goldring/WireImage
Impumelelo yakhe yeza emva kweminyaka elishumi esendleleni. Ngo-2019, iiStrings zatyikitywa neleyibhile ehloniphekileyo i-Rounder kwaye yavelisa iKhaya, icwecwe elalisokola apho livela khona. Ingoma enye, Kwanele Ukuhamba, yanikezelwa kubahlobo ababini abasweleke kukusetyenziswa kakubi kweziyobisi kwiveki eyahlukileyo. Ukuhlaziywa, ukulandelelana ukuya kunyaka odlulileyo, isandi somntu ekugqibeleni ulungele, ngamazwi kaStrings, "ukukhangela i-windshield, kungekhona isibuko esingasemva."
Umculo yindalo yendalo yohlobo lweStrings kwinto onokuthi uyibize ngengca evukelayo. Iqela lakhe izakhono ezimangalisayo ze-acoustic kunye nentlonipho enzulu yomculo wesintu zikhona kakhulu kunangaphambili, kodwa zidityaniswe nomsebenzi wokunyathela wovavanyo kunye ne-synths. I-spontaneity yabo idlala iingoma ezifana ne-Hide kunye ne-Seek, ebonisa isixhobo esiphuculweyo semizuzu emithandathu esirekhodwe kuthatyatho lokuqala-yayiyi "fuckin" ukukhanya, utshilo uStrings, kangangokuba zange bakwazi ukuyivelisa kwakhona.
Ndisanda kuthengela umama indlu. Ngoko, ngathi, wonwabile. Yayilusukelo olukhulu kum kangangexesha elide
Emva kokubukela i-documentary malunga neeDoors, i-Strings igqibe kwelokuba ibhale ngokubambisana ngakumbi kunye namaqabane akhe ebhendi ("uyaqonda ukuba ukukhanya koMlilo wam kubhalwe ngumdlali wegitare kwaye ucinge: linda umzuzu, yayingeyiyo nje imibongo kaJim Morrison ebekwe kuMculo") kwaye yabamba iveki yokurhoxa kwikhabhinethi yaseTennessee, apho iimvumi zazisebenza kwaye zidlala ngokulinganayo. U-Strings akazange asele utywala ukususela xa wayeneminyaka engama-23 ubudala, xa wafumanisa ukuba ukutya kwakhe emva komboniso kwakuphuma kulawulo; wayesoyikela ukuba bazakumbuyisela kwilizwe awayesandokubaleka kulo. Kodwa uhlala engumsebenzisi okhutheleyo we-cannabis kunye nee-psychedelics, ezincede ukubamba umoya wepati kwikhabhathi kuloo veki. I-Hide and Seek yakhawulwa ngenye intsasa kulandela i-hangover enkulu.
Isimbo se-Strings asizange sibe nanto yakwenza nee-ballads, kodwa Ngokukhanya Kwasekuseni yingoma yothando ethambileyo ebonakala ibekwe kakuhle kwimpumelelo ye-crossover. Waphefumlelwa ngokuzibandakanya kwakhe nentombi yakhe kunye nomphathi, uAlly Dale. “Inxalenye yesizathu sokuba ubomi bam buhle ngoku kukuba ndinalo mfazi umangalisayo ngaphakathi kum, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo wenze indlela yakhe kwirekhodi. »
Ulwalamano lwakhe nabazali bakhe lubaluleke ngokufanayo kuye. "Kwakukho ixesha apho ndandibona umama kuphela kwikonsathi kwaye ndambona imizuzu engama-20 emva koko ndahamba ndaya kwidolophu elandelayo kwaye wayebuhlungu..." uyaqhawula kwaye abe, okokuqala. , eneentloni engathethi. “Ndisandula ukumthengela indlu,” watsho ngokuzolileyo, ebonakala ethobekile. “Ngoko, ngathi, wonwabile. Yayilusukelo olukhulu kum kangangexesha elide. Ndicinga ukuba ... yinto embi kakhulu.
Kuthekani ngobutofotofo bayo - kufuneka kubekho ubunewunewu ngoku kuba iStrings iyintloko ye-bona fide? "Kakhulu! Abantu abaphambeneyo ! Ndiyi-diva queen ethotyiweyo – akufuneki nokuba ndibambe izixhobo zam, uyazi? Basiqhubela ukuya ekonsathini, babhukishe iinqwelomoya zethu, baqinisekise ukuba sinokutya…into endiyenzayo kukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo, ukutshaya ukhula nokuya kudlala kwimiboniso.
Usenokuba ufunde ukuyeka into esemva kwakhe, kodwa, njengoko iingoma zoHlaziyo zingqina, iya kuhlala ikwazisa into ephambi kwakhe. “Ukwazi ukuhlala ngasemva kwibhasi yokukhenketha kwaye ndizenzele isangweji, okanye ndifumane into efrijini, ngaba bahlekisa mna? Andiyithathi lula le kaka.
UBilly Strings ucula kwiHolo yeNdibano yaseIslington, eLondon, ngoMatshi 26-27
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