Chris Bailey (mai kiɗa, an haife shi a 1950)

**Christopher Mark Bailey** (31 ga Mayu 1950 - 4 ga Afrilu 2013) ya kasance dan wasan bass na Australiya kuma mai ba da murya. Ya kasance memba na kungiyoyi daban-daban na dutse ciki har da Headband (1971-1974), The Angels (1976-1982, 2008-2013), GANGgajang (1984-2013), da The Stetsons (1987, 1997). Bailey ya mutu daga ciwon daji na makogwaro, yana da shekaru 62.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Christopher Mark Bailey a ranar 31 ga Mayu 1950 a Keith, wani gari na karkara kimanin kilomita 225 kudu maso gabashin Adelaide .  Iyayensa Alfred "Bill" Bailey da Gladys (née Spencer) sun kasance masu karɓar haraji. An tura Bailey zuwa Kwalejin Prince Alfred a Adelaide a matsayin mai shiga makaranta tun yana da shekaru biyar.

Tun yana da shekaru 15, Bailey ya fara buga bass guitar tare da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na Adelaide. Kungiyarsa ta farko ita ce Tattered Sole, wacce ya kafa a 1966 yayin da yake makaranta, tare da James Ashby (guitar / murya), Rick "Fred" Frolich (shugaban murya), Rob Tillett (shugaban guitar / murya, da Bob Wiltshire a kan drum. A shekara ta 1967 ƙungiyar ta maye gurbin Bob Wiltshire da wani abokin makaranta, John Freeman (drums / vocals), Freddy Frohlich tare da Richard Tipping (murya / percussion) da Jim Ashby tare da Robert "Jakes" Jacobs a kan rhythm guitar.

A shekara ta 1968, Tattered Sole ya zama madadin kayan dutse, Red Angel Panic, wanda ke nuna Rob Tillett (guitar / murya), Chris Bailey (bass guitar / murya, John Freeman (drums / murya"), Ken Skinner (keyboards) da Robert "Jakes" Jacobs a kan rhythm guitar. Chris ya bar Red Angel Panic a cikin 1971, lokacin da layin ya ƙunshi Rob Tillett (guitar / murya), Chris a kan bass da murya, Leon "Moses" Carmen a kan maɓallan da Peter McCormack a kan drum. Kungiyar ta sake fasalin a farkon 1971 tare da Ron Anderson a kan bass guitar, Lee Cass a kan drum, Moses a kan keyboards da Rob Tillett a kan lead guitar da vocals. Daga baya a wannan shekarar Peter McCormack ya koma ƙungiyar, ya maye gurbin Lee Cass. Kungiyar ta rabu a shekarar 1972, lokacin da Rob Tillett ya gurgunta yatsunsu uku a hannunsa na hagu bayan hadarin mota. Koyaya, Red Angel Panic ya sake fasalinsa a cikin 1975, tare da jerin taurari, gami da Chris Bailey (bass), Mick Jurd (guitar), Russ Johnson (guitar / flauta), Graham Davidge (guitar) (keyboards), John Freeman (drums), da Rob Tillett (murya). Daga baya ƙungiyar ta haɗa da Graham "Buzz Throckman" Bidstrup (drums), sannan lokacin da Buzz ya shiga The Angels a 1976, JJ Hackett a kan drums. Masanin kiɗa na Australiya, Ian McFarlane, ya bayyana salon ƙungiyar a matsayin "psychedelic / cosmic blues rock" kuma sun kasance "ɗaya daga cikin kayan ado na farko na rana don tallafawa ajandar zamantakewa da siyasa. Kungiyar ta buga zagaye na kwaleji, da kuma zagaye na yau da kullun na dakatarwar da zanga-zangar". An rubuta Bailey a kan Red Angel Panic na farko, "Viet Rock" / "Private Investigator" (ƙarshen 1970) da kuma wasu rikodin da ba a sake bugawa ba tsakanin 1970 da 1977, waɗanda yanzu ana sake su don a sake su a cikin 2015. (Wasu daga cikin waɗannan waƙoƙin Red Angel Panic da ba a sake bugawa ba yanzu suna samuwa a kan SoundCloud.)  

A watan Fabrairun 1971, Bailey ya kafa Headband tare da Joff Bateman a kan drum, Peter Beagley (daga baya aka sani da Peter Head) a kan maɓallan maɓalli da murya, da Mauri Berg a kan guitar da murya. McFarlane ya bayyana salon wannan rukuni a matsayin "progressive / blues rock ...  buga komai daga blues da jazz zuwa mutane da ƙasa". Sun rabu a shekara ta 1974 kuma, a watan Maris na shekara mai zuwa, Bailey ta fitar da guda ɗaya, "Sunday Too Far Away", a kan RCA. Bailey ya koma Head a Mount Lofty Rangers, wani "kayan dutse na musamman na ƙasa", wanda ke da layi mai canzawa ciki har da Bon Scott .  A cikin 1975 Bailey ta dauki bakuncin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na kiɗa a kan Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Australiya (ABC), Solid Air. Tsakanin 1975b da 1977 ya koma Red Angel Panic (a lokacin Dangerball) kuma ya rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa tare da ƙungiyar, waɗanda ake sakewa don a sake su a cikin 2015. Ya yi ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da wata ƙungiyar, Salvation Air Force. 

A shekara ta 1976, ya shiga masu ba da labari, The Angels, tare da Graham Bidstrup (wanda aka fi sani da "Buzz Throckman") a kan drum, John Brewster a kan rhythm guitar da murya, ɗan'uwansa Rick Brewster akan jagorar guitar, da Bernard "Doc" Neeson a kan jagorar murya. Bayan ya shiga Bailey "ya ba Neeson damar mayar da hankali kan ayyukansa a matsayin mai gaba", Neeson a baya ya buga bass guitar ga kungiyar. A lokacin Sabuwar Shekara ta 1979, Mala'iku sun yi a kan matakai na Sydney Opera House, inda Bailey da Neeson dukansu suka sami yankan kai wanda ke buƙatar sutura daga kwalabe da masu sauraro suka jefa. Bailey ya bar ƙungiyar a farkon 1982 bayan ya yi aiki a kan kundi biyar na farko.

Bailey ya yi aiki tare da masu fasaha da yawa ciki har da Gotham City (tare da tsohon abokin ƙungiyar, Rob Tillett, a 1982), PM, Invisible Men, Wendy Saddington Baƙi, The Famous Nobodies, da Rat Tat. A ƙarshen 1983, Bailey tana zaune a Sydney kuma ABC ta kusanci shi don shiga ƙungiyar mawaƙa da ke aiki a wasan kwaikwayo na TV, Sweet and Sour (Yuli-Agusta 1984). Bailey ya rubuta waƙoƙi tare da Bidstrup da Mark Callaghan (tsohon Riptides a kan guitar da murya), tare suka kafa ƙungiyar pop rock, GANGgajang, tare da Geoffrey Stapleton (tsohon The Aliens) a kan maɓallan, guitar da muryoyi. Bailey ya kasance tare da kungiyar har zuwa mutuwarsa. Lokaci-lokaci daga shekara ta 2001 ya kuma yi a cikin layi daban-daban na Mala'iku.

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