Ngaba u-Eric Clapton wasebenzisa 'voodoo' ukuba umfazi kaGeorge Harrison?

Xa kuziwa kumbuzo wokuba u-Eric Clapton wasebenzisa 'voodoo' ukuba abe umfazi kaGeorge Harrison, akukho mpendulo ecacileyo. Nangona kunjalo, kukho iithiyori ezinomdla apha ezibonisa ukuba uClapton usenokuba usebenzise uhlobo oluthile lomlingo okanye ukupela ukuze aphumelele umfazi kaHarrison, uPattie Boyd. Kuthiwa uClapton wayethabathekile nguBoyd ukusukela oko wadibana naye kwaye wayedla ngokumjonga ixesha elide. Kwakhona kuthiwa ubhale iingoma ezininzi ngaye, kuquka u-'Layla', ekukholelwa ukuba malunga nothando lwakhe olungenasiphelo ngoBoyd. Ngo-1972, uHarrison noBoyd baqhawula umtshato kwaye kungekudala emva koko, uClapton waqala ubudlelwane noBoyd. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba uClapton wasebenzisa 'voodoo' okanye olunye uhlobo lomlingo ukwenza oku. Ukuba ngaba uClapton uye wasebenzisa i'voodoo' ukuba umfazi kaHarrison okanye hayi, kusaxoxwa. Nangona kunjalo, into yokuba wayexakeke kakhulu kuBoyd kunye nokuba ubudlelwane babo baqala emva nje kokuqhawula umtshato kwakhe noHarrison, yenza kubonakale ngathi yinto engaphezulu nje kwengozi.

U-Eric Clapton kunye noGeorge Harrison babengabahlobo abasenyongweni njengoko unokufumana, babelana ngeqonga ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwaye ngokuphawulekayo, ubuhlobo babo basinda xa umfazi kaHarrison owayesakuba nguPattie Boyd waphinda watshata noClapton. USlowhand waye wathandana noBoyd ngelixa wayesekunye neBeatle, nto leyo eyenza amathuba okuba bobabini babe kunye abancinci kakhulu. UClapton wade wabhenela kwivoodoo njengoko wayenethemba kwaye wathandazela ukuba nothando lwakhe lwamaphupha.

UHarrison noBoyd babetshatile ngo-1966 kodwa njengoko iminyaka yayihamba baye bahlukana kunokuba bakhule kunye. Ukwahlukana kwabo ekugqibeleni kwakuza kufika kwi-1974 kwaye ukuqhawula kwabo umtshato kuya kugqitywa ngo-1977. Isiphumo sokuqhawula umtshato sasininzi phantsi kokungathembeki kukaGeorge rhoqo, uBoyd wachaza ukuba umcimbi wakhe kunye nomfazi kaRingo Starr uMaureen wayeyi-straw yokugqibela eyaphelisa umtshato wabo. . Umdlali wegitala wayeza kuphinda atshate no-Olivia Arias ngo-1978 awayeza kuchitha ubomi bakhe bonke. U-Ringo emva koko uya kunikwa uqhawulo-mtshato ngo-1975, owathi kamva wavuma, ngenxa yezenzo ezingaphandle komtshato ngaphandle kobudlelwane bukaMaureen noHarrison.

Ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1960, uClapton noHarrison baba ngabahlobo abasenyongweni emva koko baqala ukubhala nokurekhoda umculo kunye. Ngeli xesha uClapton wathandana noBoyd. Ngomzamo wokwanelisa uthando lwakhe, uClapton waya ngokufutshane ukuya kudade kaBoyd uPaula. Ngo-1970, ingqondo yakhe ayizange ikwazi ukubaleka ekucingeni ngaye kunye necwecwe lakhe noDerek kunye neDominos, ULayla kunye nezinye iingoma zothando ezihlukeneyo libali lothando lwakhe olungagungqiyo kuBoyd. UClapton kamva wathi wafumana inkuthazo kuyo Ibali likaLayla kunye noMajnun ngumbhali ongumPersi uNizami. Ibali libalisa intsomi yenkulungwane yesixhenxe uNejdi Bedouin imbongi uQays ibn Al-Mulawwah kunye nesithandwa sakhe uLayla bint Mahdi, yayingumzekelo wothando olungafikelelekiyo uClapton alufumana lula ukunxulumana nalo.

Ngoku ka I-Daily Mail , ukugqithiswa kokuthambekela kwakhe kwakuthetha ukuba wafuna uncedo kumandla angaphezu kwawemvelo ngendlela yemvumi emhlophe yeblues kunye nomdlali wepiyano ogama linguGqr John, ekwakusithiwa unamandla omlingo wevoodoo. U-Eric waya kuGqr John ngoJuni ka-1970, waxelela igqwirha konke malunga neentlungu zakhe, umzabalazo wakhe wokufumana ingqalelo kaBoyd kunye nemeko yakhe embi. UGqr John wafumana iyeza waza uClapton wanikwa ‘iyeza lothando elingunombolo 9’, awaxelelwa ukuba liya kumenza amshiye eGeorge ngenxa yakhe.

UClapton wemka nebhokisi encinci yeendiza ezilukiweyo wayalelwa ukuba ayiphathe epokothweni yakhe kunye nemiyalelo ebhaliweyo yesithethe esiya kuthi sifezekise iphupha lakhe. Ngexesha elizayo xa bewela iindlela bekuya kuba ziiveki ezimbalwa kamva xa uClapton noBoyd bobabini beye kubusuku bokuqala bomculo. Owu! Calcutta! kwiWest End.

UHarrison wakhetha ukuhlala ekhaya kunokuba aye kumculo kodwa waziva enyanzelekile ngomzuzu wokugqibela ukuba aye kwitheko lasemva kwaye wayengazi ukuba wayeza kujongana ngantoni xa efika. Wabuza ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni, uBoyd wakhumbula kwi-Daily Mail malunga nendlela uHarrison asabela ngayo xa ebabona bekunye xa efika, kwaye ndothuka, uEric wathi, 'Kufuneka ndikuxelele, ndoda, ukuba ndiyamthanda nawe. umfazi.'

Kamva ngo-1970, wafumana ingalo yakhe okwesihlandlo esinye eFriar Park kwaye wanika uBoyd isigqibo esoyikekayo sokuba ukuba akamshiyi uHarrison ngenxa yakhe wayeza kuphulukana neheroin. Xa wathi hayi, yiloo nto kanye awayenzayo kwaye wachitha iminyaka emithathu elandelayo esilwa ne-heroin yakhe. Yayilixesha elimnyama lelinye lawona manani aqaqambileyo elitye.

Emva kokuba ebethe umlutha wakhe ngo-1974, uClapton waphinda wasukela uBoyd, kwaye emva kokuba ediniwe kukungathembeki kukaHarrison wagqiba ekubeni abheje ngoClapton. Bobabini batshata ngo-1979, bahlala benobuhlobo kunye noHarrison, owathi wabiza uClapton 'umkhwenyana wakhe' kwaye wade wenza emtshatweni wabo.

UClapton kunye noBoyd babeza kuqhawula umtshato ngaphantsi kweshumi leminyaka kamva, nangona kunjalo, uHarrison wachitha yonke imihla yakhe etshatile no-Olivia, ngoko ke ukuba le 'voodoo' yaseSlowhand isebenze yayiyi-Beatles guitarist owayengumxhasi omkhulu.