James Colbert:  

Life Hello past friends and acquaintances! So much has happened since Kalani. I have thought of you often and those wonderful years I spent in Honolulu from ‘66-‘75. I returned for my first visit in ’97 and was pleased that things, though changed, still seemed familiar. KC drive-in, manapua and cone su-shee were still to be found. I could deal with all the rest! Here is a bit of what I have been up to, I’ll try to make it easy..lol! I attended art school in S.F. before being drafted into the world of music when the Punk thing hit in ‘76. I played in a S.F. band at the time who had a “single” (lol!) and was deep into the culture of the scene. I knew all the N.Y. and L.A. groups that would visit S.F. and play and formed friendships with many of the members- Blondie, the Ramones, Mumps. Television etc… This eventually prompted me to leave S.F. and relocate in N.Y.C. in the Summer of 1977. I eventually led four different bands from ’78-’85. I bartended at CBGB’s for several years to make ends meet and for a while lived in Debby Harry’s old loft on the Bowery. lol! The title of the Chris Columbus film “Almost Famous” best describes my career. I even opened for Duran Duran! I came close to the brass ring many times- but no cigar. As a songwriter and producer I got the opportunity to go to Buenos Aires, Argentina in ‘85 to record an album and eventually form a band. We were a curiousity and soon we were on TV, in magazines, and everyone knew my name. I stayed on surviving a surreal ex-pat rock star life in a country where I barely spoke the language. Two years later, dissullusioned with the music business and missing my native tongue and culture, I went to London...Expand for more