'Colt the Warrior' plays homage in song
ICOLT'S SONG: Danny Kennedy and Rick Ornellas have composed a country-flavored song, performed by The Mana'o Company, which pays homage to Colt Brennan, the University of Hawai'i Warriors hero. It's called "Colt the Warrior" and is the stuff of legends, about the heartbeat and soul of the Manoa football team that united the state and made believers out of everyone.
"He never took credit, always gave it to his team," Ornellas' lyrics say. "Just look at what he achieved because he believed."
It's sort of a folk-hero ditty, in the realm of, say, "Davy Crockett," with a sweet and harmonic rendering by Kaulana Pakele, who sang "Moloka'i Slide" with the group Ehukai.
"I wrote the song in December," says Ornellas, who brought the words to Kennedy to provide the melodic framework.
Alas, with topical tunes like this, timing is everything, so with football season pau, Colt Brennan getting his pro ball career going and June Jones (mentioned only as "coach" in the song) also history, "Colt the Warrior" is a rallying cry unleashed after the game. Michael W. Perry and Larry Price aired it the other morning on KSSK. There are plans to have the tune, crisply engineered by the brilliant Dave Tucciarone, available on iTunes in a few weeks.
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