Mike Henderson

**Michael James Henderson** (14 ga Yuli, 1953 - 22 ga Satumba, 2023)   mawaki ne kuma ɗan ƙasar Amurka. Baya ga aikinsa na kaɗaici, wanda ya haɗa da kundin waƙoƙi guda biyar na studio, Henderson memba ne na ƙungiyar mawakan ƙasar The SteelDrivers daga 2005 zuwa 2011 kuma abokin aikinsa ne na rubuta waƙa ga tsohon abokin aikinsa na ƙungiyar SteelDrivers Chris Stapleton .

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Henderson a Independence, Missouri, a shekarar 1953.   Ya kasance memba na asali na ƙungiyar blues Bel Airs lokacin da suka kafa a Missouri a shekarar 1981.   Sun fitar da wani kundin wakoki, *Need Me a Car*, a cikin Blind Pig Records a shekarar 1984.   Henderson ya bar ƙungiyar a shekarar 1985 ya koma Nashville .   A shekara mai zuwa, ya shiga ƙungiyar roots rock The Roosters.  Shi ma memba ne na ƙungiyar da aka yi wa lakabi da The Kingsnakes.  The Kingsnakes sun fara yin wasa duk mako a Bluebird Cafe a watan Yulin 1986.  Sun rage sunansu zuwa The Snakes lokacin da Curb Records suka sanya hannu.  Curb ya fitar da wani kundin wakoki, *The Snakes*, a shekarar 1989. 

A shekarar 1988, The Fabulous Thunderbirds ta yi fim ɗin "Powerful Stuff", wanda Henderson ya rubuta wa The Snakes, don waƙar fim ɗin *Cocktail* .   Daga baya Henderson ya zama ma'aikacin waƙa na EMI .  Dixie Chicks, Trisha Yearwood, Gary Allan da Patty Loveless sun yi rikodin waƙoƙinsa, da sauransu.   Henderson kuma ya sami aiki a Nashville a matsayin mai kunna gitar slide .  Ya buga a cikin kundin waƙoƙi na Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Joy Lynn White da Kelly Willis .  

### ''Waƙar Ƙasa Ta Sa Ni Yin Hakan''
Waƙoƙin Henderson sun jawo hankalin kamfanin kiɗan ƙasar RCA Nashville .  RCA ta sayi Henderson ta kuma fitar da kundin wakokinsa na farko, *Country Music Made Me Do It*, a watan Maris na 1994.  Bob Cannon na *Entertainment Weekly* ya ba kundin waƙar maki A−, inda ya rubuta cewa "waƙoƙin Henderson masu ban sha'awa da kuma waƙoƙin guitar ɗinsa masu ban sha'awa suna ba da isasshen haske don kunna waƙoƙin."  Dan Kening na *[[Chicago Tribune]]* ya ba kundin wakoki taurari uku da rabi, yana mai cewa "Henderson ya rage girman guitar ɗinsa a kundin wakokinsa na farko don fifita rubuta waƙoƙinsa da kuma waƙoƙinsa masu ƙarfi kuma ya wanke kansa da kyau."  Kundin wakokin ya kuma sami kyakkyawan bita daga Peter Cronin na *Billboard*, wanda ya bayyana cewa "Henderson ya zo bikin da kyawawan halaye da kuma ra'ayi na musamman." 

Kundin farko na kundin, "Hillbilly Jitters", ya kai lamba 69 a kan jadawalin Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks . [1] Lokacin da waƙoƙin da suka biyo baya "The Want To" da "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" suka kasa tsarawa, Henderson ya bar lakabin.[2] "Idan Jukebox Took Teardrops" daga baya ya zama ƙaramin ginshiƙi ga Danni Leigh a cikin 1998.

### ''Yankin Dare''
Bayan da RCA ta fitar da shi, Henderson ya kafa kamfanin Dead Reckoning Records tare da Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Tammy Rogers da Harry Stinson .  Kundin wakokinsa na biyu, *Edge of Night*, an sake shi ta hannun Dead Reckoning a watan Janairun 1996.   CMT ta ƙara bidiyon waƙar farko, murfin waƙar Eddy Clearwater mai suna "I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down", a watan Fabrairun 1996.  Tony Scherman na *Entertainment Weekly* ya ba wa kundin waƙar maki B+, yana rubuta cewa Henderson "ƙwararren marubuci ne, koda kuwa yana sanya tasirinsa a sarari."  Parry Gettelman na *Orlando Sentinel* ya ba kundin taurari biyar, yana mai cewa "muryar Henderson mai ƙarfi, mai ɗan sandpaper tana da ƙarfi kamar yadda take da ƙarfi."  Chet Flippo na *Billboard* shi ma ya yi bitar kundin da kyau, yana mai cewa "Henderson ya sami damar yin sauti mai daɗi a lokaci guda cikin gajiya da farin ciki a cikin jerin kayan asali da kuma kayan kwalliya na ƙasar." 

### ''Jinin Farko''
Daga baya a shekarar 1996, Henderson ya kafa ƙungiyar mawakan blues Mike Henderson & the Bluebloods tare da Reese Wynans a kan piano, Glenn Worf a kan bass da John Gardner a kan ganguna.   Sun fitar da kundin *First Blood* a watan Oktoba na 1996 a kan Dead Reckoning.   Mark Knopfler ya rubuta bayanan layin kundin.  Alanna Nash na *Entertainment Weekly* ya ba kundin maki A, yana rubuta cewa "Murfin blues mai ban sha'awa da mara kyau na *First Blood* ya tabbatar da [Henderson] a matsayin mai guitar kuma babban jarumi."  Wani sharhi a cikin *People* ya bayyana cewa "lokacin da haɗin piano, bass, ganguna da guitar mai amfani da wutar lantarki yana da ƙarfi kamar yadda yake a cikin kundin farko na Bluebloods, ba kwa buƙatar wasu kayan kida, waƙoƙi na asali ko ma ra'ayoyi da yawa na asali don isar da bugun ƙwallo."  Linda Ray ta *No Depression* ta kuma ba wa kundin sharhi mai kyau, tana yaba wa "gitar da muryoyin Henderson masu kyau" kuma tana cewa "yadda yake buga wannan zamewar wataƙila haramun ne a jihohi da dama."  Waƙar "Pay Bo Diddley" ta sami wasu shirye-shiryen rediyo. 

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