Joey Molland

Joseph Charles Molland II (21 ga Yuni 1947 – 1 ga Maris 2025) mawaki ne na Ingilishi kuma mai kidan rock wanda aikinsa na rikodin ya ɗauki shekaru hamsin. An fi saninsa da zama memba na Badfinger, wanda shine mafi nasara a cikin ayyukan da ya yi da shi. Molland shine memba na ƙarshe da ya tsira daga cikin jerin waƙoƙin gargajiya na ƙungiyar.

 Sana'a 
Aikin rikodin Molland ya fara da gaske a shekarar 1967 lokacin da ya haɗu da Gary Walker (tsohon ɗan'uwan Walker Brothers ) a cikin ƙungiyar Gary Walker & The Rain.  Ƙungiyar ta fitar da waƙoƙi da yawa, EP, da kuma kundin waƙoƙi a kan lakabin Polydor da Philips a Burtaniya da Japan tsakanin 1967 da 1969. Kundin mai taken #1, ya ƙunshi waƙoƙin Molland guda huɗu kuma an karɓe shi sosai a Japan,  amma ƙungiyar ta wargaje a farkon 1969. 

Molland ya shiga Badfinger a matsayin mai buga guitar a shekarar 1969. A lokacin da Molland ke hulɗa da Apple Records, ya yi baƙunci a cikin kundin waƙoƙi guda biyu na George Harrison, All Things Must Pass da The Concert for Bangladesh , da kuma kundin waƙoƙin John Lennon na shekarar 1971, Imagine, ciki har da waƙar " Jealous Guy " da aka fitar a shekarar 1985.  

Molland ya bar Badfinger a ƙarshen 1974 saboda rashin jituwa kan shugabanci, [1] watanni kafin ɗan ƙungiyar Pete Ham ya mutu ta hanyar kashe kansa a watan Afrilun 1975. [2] Daga nan Molland ya haɗu da Jerry Shirley (tsohon ɗan Humble Pie ) kuma ya kafa ƙungiya mai suna Natural Gas. [3] Ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundin waƙoƙinta mai suna a Private Stock Records a 1976, kuma ta yi yawon shakatawa mai nasara tare da Peter Frampton a shekara mai zuwa. A cewar Molland, rashin tsari gabaɗaya ya haifar da mutuwar ƙungiyar a ƙarshen 1977

 Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa 
An haifi Molland a Edge Hill, Liverpool a ranar 21 ga Yuni 1947.     Ya auri Katherine Lee "Kathie" Wiggins,  wacce 'yar asalin Minnesota ce, daga 1972 har zuwa rasuwarta a 2009.   Sun haifi 'ya'ya maza biyu, Joey III da Shaun.  A lokacin rasuwarsa a watan Maris na 2025, Molland yana da dangantaka ta dogon lokaci da Mary Joyce. 

Molland ya mutu sakamakon matsalolin ciwon suga a wani asibiti da ke St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a ranar 1 ga Maris, 2025. Yana da shekaru 77.     
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1947
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