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Bio.
First Guitar & First Television Appearance!
I received my first guitar from my parents at about age 7 and a second at 12 by a Chilean, traditional folk dancing group.
A third guitar was given to me by a friend on my 15th birthday, September 1984.
However, it wasn't till June 1985 that I started guitar lessons for 3 months.
Exactly 12 months later, September 5th 1986 and aired the following night, I found myself performing on national television on Hey Hey It's Saturday's (Red Faces) segment.
Band & Live Performance Recording!
In 1987 I joined a band as a guest singer called Syndrome.
Performing at weddings, birthday and dinner functions.
Listen to our live performance of,
Second Television Appearance!
December 1994 found me performing on television once again, but as Alfonso Rufatt on this occasion, on the talent show, Pot Of Gold.
Writing & Recording!
In the early 1990s, I started writing my own material and recorded my first album in 2008 titled Cheyenne, after my daughter.
In 2014 I recorded my second album,
Happiness Express, (Spotify)
and in 2021,
Cheyenne Plus, (Spotify.)
An album consisting of 7 rerecorded tracks from the original 2008 Cheyenne album, (Plus) 3 new tracks.
My 2 Most Recent Recordings!
In March 2023, I recorded 2 instrumental singles, now available on Spotify etc.
Radio Plays!
i've also had the privilege of having my music played on several radio programs since 2008, to this day.
For instance, from my 2014 Happiness Express album, Sunbury Radio's Bill Kirk plays,
From my 2021 Cheyenne Plus album, 3BBR's Greg King plays,
From my 2014 Happiness Express album, Inner FM's Geoff Putnam plays,
I was honoured to have Sunbury Radio's Bill Kirk conclude his 19 years at the station, May 2024, appropriately with my,
Now at 3BBR, Greg King also honoured me by concluding his 10 years at Inner FM, February 2023, with my,
Since 2015, 3BBR's Greg King has used my "Happiness Express" track,
his various programs.
An instrumental version of my "Happiness Express", during his,
Gig Guide.
In fact, my "Happiness Express" accurately sums up Greg's attitude, he used it on a promo for a former program,
Greg continues using my "Sorrento" piece from my Happiness Express album, during his,
Some radio presentations of my music, can be heard at my,
Streaming, Downloading & CDs!
Stream my albums by telling your Smart Device,
play "Cheyenne Plus album", "Happiness Express album", "Jill by James Rufatt" & "La Rubia by James Rufatt".
Stream from,
Purchase CD copies from my,
& Happiness Express shopping cart.
Both albums and my "Jill" & "La Rubia" instrumentals, can also be streamed from,
Future Plans!
Currently, I'm slowly working on writing material for the next album, which will include my recently released, "Jill" & "La Rubia" singles.
Also, 2024 marks my 2014 Happiness Express album's 10th Year Anniversary since it's release! Yay!
So I plan on re-recording the whole album to celebrate the occasion!
My other musical pursuits go on as usual, such as entertaining on Puckle Street and possibly returning to entertaining at private functions, restaurants etc.
I also upload the occasional home video performance on my website here and my socials.
Such as my recent covers of,
As well as my guitar cover of,
Watch more videos at,
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