Ngokumangalisayo i-American blues guitarist kunye nevocalist Johnny ebusika, owaziwa ngokuba yi-virtuoso guitar solos kunye nelizwi elinomsindo, wafunyanwa efile kwigumbi lehotele ngaphandle kweZurich, amapolisa aseSwitzerland athi ngoLwesine. Wayeneminyaka engama-70 ubudala kwaye kunye nomntakwabo u-Edgar, imvumi eyaziwayo ye-blues, wayezinikele kwisithethe sase-Afrika-American blues kwaye waqala ukudlala ngexesha lakhe leshumi elivisayo. Izizathu zokubhubha kwakhe azikaziwa okwangoku.
UJohnny, ombonakalo yakhe yahlukile kuba yena nomntakwabo babezialbhino bobabini, waduma ngo-1968, xa imagazini iRolling Stone yayimbiza ngokuba yeyona mvumi ishushu ngaphandle kwaseJanis Joplin. Ngo-1969, wadlala kuMnyhadala weJazz waseNewport, apho wayecula noBB King, esinye sezithixo zakhe zomculo, naseWoodstock. Kwakhona wavelisa iirekhodi zesithixo sakhe, i-Muddy Waters, kwiminyaka yoo-70. Phakathi kweengoma ezaziwa kakhulu zaseWinter yayiyi "Usaphila kwaye Ulungile," awathi wayibhala emva kokululama kwi-heroin yakhe kwiminyaka yee-70.
Icwecwe elitsha laseBusika, elineendwendwe u-Eric Clapton kunye noBen Harper, liza kukhutshwa nge-2 kaSeptemba. Ingqokelela yemixholo yakhe ephambili kwiminyaka yoo-60 yaphuma kulo nyaka, izaliswe zintlonipho zamanye amagcisa athi ibe nefuthe eliphambili kwimisebenzi yawo. Kudliwanondlebe neNew York Times ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uBusika uthe ukonwabele ukukhenketha nokusebenza neemvumi ezincinci.
“Ndicinga kakhulu ngeli lifa, ndiyathemba ukuba ekugqibeleni bazakundikhumbula njengendoda ephum’ izandla. Yiyo yonke into endiyifunayo".
Ubusika bufunyenwe bubhubhile ngobusuku kwigumbi lehotele elingaphandle kwe Zurich, ngokwesithethi samapolisa. Umtshutshisi uyalele ukuba kwenziwe utyando lwesidumbu kuba awukacaci unobangela wokufa kwakhe, nangona kuthiwe thaca umntu wesithathu. Uphando lokuqala lwalatha kwisiganeko esinxulumene namayeza.
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