Pervis Spann

 

Pervis Spann (Agusta 16, 1932 - Maris 14, 2022) ya kasance mai watsa shirye-shiryen Amurka, mai tallata kiɗa, da halayen rediyo. Ya kasance faifan jockey akan WVON kuma yana da tasiri a cikin haɓaka kiɗan blues a Chicago, Illinois.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Spann a Ita Bena, Mississippi, a ranar 16 ga Agusta, 1932. A cikin shekarunsa na samartaka, ya kula da iyalinsa ta hanyar diban auduga da kuma kula da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Dixie - gidan wasan kwaikwayon baƙar fata kawai na gida - bayan mahaifiyarsa ba za ta iya yin hakan ba saboda ta sami bugun jini. Spann, 'yar uwarsa da mahaifiyarsa sun ƙaura zuwa Battle Creek, Michigan, a cikin 1949. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya koma Michigan, Spann ya bar aiki a Gary, Indiana, kuma ya yi lokaci a cikin sojojin a yakin Koriya . Daga baya ya koma Chicago, Illinois, inda ya yi aiki a masana'antar karfe, ya tuka tasi, kuma ya gyara na'urorin talabijin.

Sana'a

A karkashin GI Bill, Spann ya halarci Makarantar Watsa Labarai ta Midwestern, kafin ya fara aiki a rediyon WOPA a 1959. Ya shirya waƙarsa ta farko, tare da BB King da Junior Parker, a cikin 1960. Shekaru uku bayan haka, lokacin da Leonard da Phil Chess suka kaddamar da WVON, an ba Spann na yau da kullum da dare blues Ramin, kuma ya lashe hankali tare da 87-hour "bacci barci" a kan tashar don tara kudi ga Martin Luther King Jr. A cikin 1962, a wani nuni a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Regal a Chicago, Spann ya zama mutum na farko na Frank a Chicago, Spann ya zama mutumin farko na Frank .

A cikin shekarun 1960s, Spann ya gudanar da ayyukan manyan masu yin shuɗi da ruhi, gami da BB King, kuma ya yi iƙirarin yana da rawa wajen gano Jackson 5 da Chaka Khan . Ya mallaki kulake da yawa, gami da Burning Spear . Bayan an sayar da WVON a cikin 1975, ya taimaka kafa sabon tashar blues da bishara, WXOL, akan mitoci iri ɗaya a cikin 1979. Shekaru hudu bayan haka, ya sake zama WVON. Spann ya ci gaba da inganta bukukuwan blues, kuma ya gudanar da tashar WXSS a Memphis, Tennessee, a lokacin 1980s.