Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: The yokutanga chete yakabudiswa kubva Mona Bone Jakon aiva "Lady D'Arbanville", iro Stevens akanyora pamusoro musikana wake muduku American Patti D'Arbanville. Iyo rekodhi, ine madrigal kurira kwakasiyana nemimhanzi yakawanda inoridzwa panhepfenyuro yepop, ine manzwi edjembes uye bass mukuwedzera kune magitare aStevens naDavies, akasvika nhamba 8 muUK. Yakanga iri yokutanga yenziyo dzake dzakakunda kuti dziparidzirwe chaizvoizvo muUnited States. Yakatengesa makopi anopfuura miriyoni imwe, uye yakapiwa chinyorwa chendarama muna 1971. Dzimwe nziyo dzakanyorerwa D'Arbanville dzinosanganisira "Maybe You're Right", uye "Just Another Night". Mukuwedzera, rwiyo "Pop Star", pamusoro pezviitiko zvake semutambi wechidiki, uye "Katmandu", inoratidzira mutungamiri weGenesis Peter Gabriel achiridza flute, yakaratidzwa. Mona Bone Jakon aiva muenzaniso wekutanga wevaimbi-vanyori venyaya album format iyo yakanga yava kufarirwa kune vamwe vanyori zvakare. Magazini yeRolling Stone yakaenzanisa mukurumbira wayo neyaElton John's Tumbleweed Connection, ichiti yairidzwa "kuburikidza nebhodhi, pamafomu enhepfenyuro".Mona Bone Jakon aive mutangiri weStevens's international breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman, iyo yakave yepamusoro 10 Billboard hit. Mukati memwedzi mitanhatu yekuburitswa kwayo, yakanga yatengesa makopi anopfuura mazana mashanu ezviuru, ichiwana chinzvimbo chegoridhe rekodhi muUnited Kingdom neUnited States. Mubatanidzwa werudzi rutsva rwaStevens rwedombo uye mazwi anowanikwa anotaura nezvemamiriro ezvinhu ezuva nezuva nematambudziko, akasanganiswa nekutanga kwemibvunzo yemweya nezvehupenyu, yaizoramba iri mumimhanzi yake kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi. Iyo album inoratidzira Top 20 single "Wild World"; rwiyo rwekuparadzanisa mushure mekunge D'Arbanville aenda. "Wild World" yave ichinzi ndiyo rwiyo rwakapa Tea for the Tillerman 'kutsiva kwakakwana' kuti iridzirwe paFM radio; uye mukuru weIsland Records, Chris Blackwell, akanokorwa mashoko achidana kuti "album yakanakisisa yatakamboburitsa". Dzimwe nziyo dzealbum dzinosanganisira "Mukadzi Akaoma Musoro", uye "Baba neMwanakomana", rwiyo rwakaimbwa zvese mu baritone uye tenor, nezvekurwira pakati pavanababa nevanakomana vavo avo vanotarisana nesarudzo dzavo dzega muhupenyu. Mukati...  Mubvunzo: Ndiani aiva mumwe wevanhu vokutanga kubudisa dambarefu romunyori-muimbi ari oga?
Mona Bone Jakon