Mick Ralphs

Michael Geoffrey Ralphs (31 Maris 1944 - 23 Yuni 2025) ya kasance ɗan wasan guitar na Ingila, mai ba da murya da kuma marubucin waƙa. Ya kasance memba ne na kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Ingila Mott the Hoople da Bad Company .  Duk da cewa ba memba ne na yau da kullun ba, ya bayyana a kowane kundin studio da duka ƙungiyoyin biyu suka fitar. A shekara ta 2011 ya kafa Mick Ralphs Blues Band tare da mawaƙa da ya sadu a cikin jam session.

An bayyana Ralphs a matsayin "mai ba da gudummawa da ƙwarewar guitarist wanda zai iya kunna komai daga ƙarancin ƙarfi zuwa ƙarancin sauti" kuma a matsayin "babban mai ba da gud gudummawa".

Ralphs was born on 31 March 1944 in Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire. He did not start playing until he was 18, and described the music when he was growing up as bubblegum like Cliff Richard and Bobby Vee. He began his career playing with the blues-rock band the Buddies and released a single with them in 1964 before joining the Mod Doc Thomas Group in 1966. After a debut album that band changed its name twice, first to Silence in 1968 and then to Mott the Hoople in 1969. Ralphs remained with the band until 1973; he left soon after they achieved their commercial breakthrough with the David Bowie-produced album All the Young Dudes. Ralphs's last appearance with Mott The Hoople was on the Mott album in 1973 which featured the hit "All the Way from Memphis". The lyrics tell the story of Ralphs having his guitar stolen on Long Island before a gig in Memphis in 1972.

Ralphs ya kafa Bad Company tare da mai magana Paul Rodgers daga Free .  An bay'Yanci' shi a matsayin "babban rukuni na dutse", manajan su Peter Grant shine manajan Led Zeppelin, kuma Bad Company sune ƙungiyar farko da ta sanya hannu ga lakabin Swan Song na Zeppelin. Kundin farko na ƙungiyar, Bad Company a cikin 1974, ya haɗa da waƙar da Ralphs ya rubuta, "Can't Get Enough",  wanda ya saita guitar dinsa a buɗe-C tuning. Ya ce bai yi sauti daidai ba a cikin daidaitattun sauti: "Yana buƙatar buɗe C don samun wannan zobe. "  Kundin farko ya kai lamba ɗaya a Amurka. Ralphs ya ci gaba da yin rikodin da yawon shakatawa tare da Bad Company har sai sun ninka a 1982, bayan da aka saki Rough Diamonds . Ya yi sharhi, "Kamfanin Bad ya zama babba fiye da mu duka kuma ci gaba zai lalata wani ko wani abu". 

 Rayuwa da mutuwarsa 
Ralphs ya yi aure sau uku. Aure na farko ya ƙare da kisan aure. Matarsa ta uku ita ce Susie Chavasse . Yana da 'ya'ya biyu da' ya'ya uku.

Ralphs ya shafe shekaru na ƙarshe na rayuwarsa a kan gado bayan bugun jini. Ya mutu a wani wurin kulawa a Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, a ranar 23 ga Yuni 2025, yana da shekaru 81.

 Hanyar da gado 
A rubuce-rubuce a cikin labarin mutuwar Ralphs ga The Guardian, Adam Sweeting ya ce, "Ko da yake mai tawali'u game da nasarorin da ya samu, ya kasance mai ƙwarewa da ƙwarewar guitar wanda zai iya kunna komai daga ƙididdigar ƙarfi zuwa karɓar sauti mai sauƙi, kuma ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga rubuce-wallafen waƙa. "
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1944
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