UGeorge Harrison weBeatles wayekholelwa ukuba wonke umntu kufuneka abe nokulele

UGeorge Harrison, owayesakuba ngumdlali wesiginkci ophambili weThe Beatles, wayekholelwa ukuba wonke umntu kufuneka abe ne-ukulele. Ucatshulwe esithi, 'Ukulele sisixhobo esisifanelekela ngokupheleleyo isandla somntu. Kulula kakhulu ukuyidlala.' UHarrison wayengumdlali ozifundisayo ukulele kwaye wayedla ngokwenza iiseti zokulele eyedwa ngexesha leekonsathi zeBeatles. Ukongeza ekubeni yimvumi, uHarrison wayekwangumvelisi wefilimu ophumeleleyo kunye nomdlali weqonga. Uphumelele iiMbasa zeGrammy ezininzi kwaye wangeniswa kwiRock kunye neRoll Hall of Fame njengelungu leBeatles ngo-1988.

Ukuba unokususa i-spate yamakhwenkwe e-emo athatha i-uke ngendlela yokuthambisa ibhendi yabo eqinileyo kwiinzame zokuchola amantombazana, ke ukulele othobekileyo inokuba sesona sixhobo sivuyayo ngalo lonke ixesha. Ngokuqinisekileyo uGeorge Harrison wayecinga njalo.

Nangona uHarrison wayesebenza njenge-fulcrum yeBeatles ngokudlala kwakhe isiginci, iimvumi ethi 'Zonke Izinto kufuneka Zidlule' yayingeyonto ngaphandle kwe-purist. Ngapha koko, uHarrison wayesaziwa ngokuthanda zonke iintlobo zomculo ukuya kwinqanaba elithile, kodwa mhlawumbi isixhobo sakhe awayesithanda kakhulu yayikukulele kwakhe.

Isenokuvakala ibubudenge kodwa iinyani zezokuba uHarrison, enye yeegitala eziphambili zerock and roll wayesithanda eso sixhobo se-wacky. Umdlali wegitare waqinisekisa ukunqula kwakhe ikatala encinci xa wayethenga i-complex eHawaii kwaye waqala ukuyithenga ngeebhetshi. Ngapha koko, uninzi lwabantu abaye badityaniswa iindlela kunye noGeorge Harrison ongasekhoyo ongasekhoyo mhlawumbi bemkile kutshintshiselwano ne-ukulele entsha ecwebezelayo yokuqalisa.

Kwinqaku elivela kwi-1999, onokuyibona ngezantsi, uHarrison uchaza ngothando ukudlala kunye nomculo wokulele othobekileyo, Wonke umntu endimaziyo okwi-ukulele 'uyi-crackers,' ubhala uGeorge, awukwazi ukuwudlala kwaye ungahleki!

Yayiyindlela yokuba uHarrison ahlale ezimisele naxa ejongene neemeko ezininzi ezibeka ubomi esichengeni, kubandakanya nomhlaza womqala owawuza kuthatha ubomi bakhe kwakamsinya.

Njengoko wayesondela ekupheleni kobomi bakhe kwi-2001, u-Harrison wasebenzisa i-ukele ukugcina umoya wakhe njengoko kunokubonwa kwikliphu engezantsi ebona uHarrison, nangona umqala obomvu, ebetha umlozi.

Ngokukhawuleza baba yintsika yayo nayiphi na indawo yokuhlala yaseHarrison kwaye xa itheko liza kuphelela kwindawo yakhe, wayehlala ekhawuleza ukukhupha uke.

Iqabane lakhe kunye nomhlobo wakhe, uPaul McCartney ukhumbula kakuhle ukuthanda kukaHarrison, Nanini na xa ujikeleza indlu kaGeorge, emva kwesidlo sangokuhlwa ii-ukuleles zaziphuma kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuzifumana ucula onke la manani amadala.

Ngezantsi ungabona uHarrison kwinto yakhe kule kliphu evela kwi-1988 ebona uGeorge ethatha i-ukelele kwaye ehlabelela kunye noJools Holland kwipiyano, njengoko bethatha 'Phakathi kukaMtyholi kunye noLwandle oluLwandle oluLwandle'.

Kodwa mhlawumbi elona bali limnandi lothando lukaHarrison kwisixhobo livela kwikliphu engezantsi. Njengongasekhoyo uTom Petty, umhlobo kaHarrison kunye neqela lakhe kwiWilburys eHambayo, ukhumbula i-Quiet Beatle imnika owakhe ukulele. Ekuqaleni uPetty wayethandabuza kodwa waguquka emva kokuba uHarrison ethembise ukumfundisa indlela yokudlala.

Iiyure kunye neeyure esi sibini sazichitha sihamba, kangangokuba uPetty wavuka ngosuku olulandelayo enesihlungu esibuhlungu. Uthe xa ehamba ndaphuma ndaya emotweni wathi ‘Yima, ndifuna ukushiya ukulele apha. Kwaye sele endinike enye. Ngoko ‘ndinayo enye’. Wathi ‘Nah, sisenokufuna okungakumbi.’

UPetty ukhumbula ukuba uHarrison wavula ilori yakhe ukuze aveze ezinye izixhobo zokusebenza. Ndicinga ukuba ushiye ezine endlwini yam kwaye wathi, 'Ewe, uyazi, awusoze wazi ukuba unokuzifuna nini. Kuba wonke umntu akayiphathi enye.'