It is said that it is necessary to become famous as soon as possible, but he officially debuted as a singer-songwriter at the age of 37.
The age of 40 was a watershed in his life, and he became popular.
He has a great love for **, but he couldn't cry at a commercial acupuncture performance at the age of 64, and he said bluntly on stage:
This is the last time I put it to work.
Since then, he has disappeared without a trace, but when it comes to his name, few people must not know him.
Dick Cowboy, the singer who has glimpsed many people's youth.
When he was 10 years old, his originally well-off family underwent great changes.
Dad's billiard hall was destroyed by an accidental fire, and the store's passbooks and cash were reduced to ashes.
Since then, the family has been living in a rented cottage.
Dad was hit hard and collapsed for a long time, and only Mom was the only one to earn money to support the family.
The change in his family's circumstances had an indelible impact on his childhood.
In order to escape such a dark life, he often went to the video store to listen to music after school, and in **, he briefly left the oppressive atmosphere at home.
He listened to thousands of records in the video store one by one, and he didn't have the dream of being a singer at that timeBut he bought a guitar and taught himself, and wearing a guitar on his back gave him a sense of security.
By the age of 18, he entered the army and joined the army.
He liked freedom, but did not choose to stay in the team after the expiration of the compulsory military period, but returned home.
At the age of 20, he had no success in his studies and no job, and under the introduction of his mother, he went to the ferry port to sell tickets, and met his former classmates, who all went to college, so he worked early.
And they all talked about it, saying:
Lin Jinzhang is already working and selling tickets.
He was still young and too sensitive to stand the ridicule of his former classmates, and he soon resigned.
Then his mother found him a few more jobs, but he couldn't stay long.
It wasn't until he was 25 years old that he got a job as a salesman at Rolling Stone Records.
He said he was a salesman, but he was actually selling records.
He rode his motorcycle through the streets and alleys, and the horn carried by the motorcycle was along the street ** popular songs.
In 2005, after he became popular, a reporter interviewed him in the past, and when he talked about his experience, he said bluntly:
I remember that the best seller at that time was Chen Shuhua, and then there were singers such as Zhang Xinzhe and Zhang Hongliang.And after becoming popular, he covered all the best-selling songs at that time, and received his "Roar" in the **.
During the period when he was selling records, he got married and had children, completing the transformation of his identity.
The pressures of life also began to force him to seek change.
At the age of 28, after selling records for 3 years, he began to decide to try singing in a bar.
He sells records during the day, works part-time at bars at night, and is often so sleepy that he wants to sleep while driving.
Knowing that such a life could not last, he persevered for a year, and after a relatively stable job at the bar, he quit his job as a salesman.
After officially running the bar at the bar, whenever he and the band members went to a place, the bar owner would suggest a band name.
It wasn't until they came up with the name "Dick and the Cowboy", which didn't have any deep meaning, it was the name of a bar.
In addition to singing in bars, he also teaches students, because most of the people who come to learn guitar are ignorant teenagers who have just entered adolescence, and he is in the young ** groupGradually, he got the nickname "Daddy".
Luck finally befell him.
After 9 years in the bar, his love for this job is obvious to all.
In 1996, Shanghua Records prepared to create a film called "Pub Heroes", looking for 10 potential bar bands on the island to record a song each.
Dick & Cowboy, the band and the power train, both stand out in this recording**.
After the band was discovered by the record company, Dick and Cowboy changed their name to "Dick Cowboy", and he was signed as the lead singer.
At the age of 38, he became a newly signed artist of the record company, so that at an age with no commercial value in the entertainment industry, he sat on the cold bench a lot.
The following year, he participated in the recording of "Pub Heroes Club 2" and sang a cover of "So You Don't Want Anything".
This song is cold in Taiwan, and not too many people like it, which inevitably makes him feel cold.
Who knew that this song became popular in Hong Kong, he went to Hong Kong to perform, and for the first time in his life at the bar of "China mix", he saw so many people in the audience cheering for him.
In September of that year, his first concert was held at the Elizabeth Pavilion in Hong Kong.
Later, he released the album "Roar".
*It is full of popular songs, from "If the Wine Sells Nothing" and "Love Like a Tide" to "When I Wake Up" and "Kiss Goodbye", and also includes the live version of the popular "So You Don't Want Anything".
The songs that were already popular had a different charm when sung from his mouth, and his fame skyrocketed.
Since then, his "Forget Me or Forget Him" and "How Much Love Can Come Again" have helped him step by step to a higher place.
His shortcomings are also gradually revealed in the development of the times.
Since 2004, led by Mango Satellite TV, the mainland has opened a singer draft like "Super Girl".
Year after year, by the time of "Happy Girl" in 2011, singer-songwriters have sprung up, from Ye Qian and Cui Tianqi in the local competition area to Liu Xin and Duan Linxi who entered the national finals.
It's no surprise that he can write songs, and Dick Cowboy, who makes a living from covers, has been pushed to the brink of obsolescence by the torrent of the times.
After 2014, the number of times Dick Cowboy was active in front of the screen became less visible to the naked eye.
He announced his retirement.
But in 2015, he performed at an unknown ** festival again.
In 2016, he announced his comeback and sang the theme song of the movie "Evaporating Pacific".
After that, he was silent again.
At this time, he was 57 years old.
At the end of 2021, it was his last appearance on the big stage.
sang "Great China" with Jia Nailiang at the grand ceremony to welcome the East Olympics.
By September 2023, at the age of 64, he burst into tears on the stage, and tears flowed throughout the performance.
He finally grew old, and his physical illness forced him to leave the stage.
When it comes to the name Dick Cowboy, almost everyone knows it.
But when it comes to his songs, he can't escape comparing his covers with the true interpretation of the original songs.
From a fire to a dying old man, he eventually became a shock in the times and was forgotten by those who came after.
If, at the time of the fire, he wrote a few original songs of his own, would he be able to escape quickly?
But nothing can be done again, he's a unique dick cowboy.
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