The Crocodile and the Chihuahua
Editorial Reviews While attending The Evergreen State College between 1973-1975, he met his long time music partner, flutist Randy Mead with whom he has played in numerous ensembles and produced many CDs of original music. The duo has toured Europe and the Western United States. They've been featured on PRI's 'Echoes' program and their music has been used on radio, cable and network television and videos internationally. David spent most of the '80s in the San Francisco bay area, collaborating with master ethnic musicians and producing his own style of world-fusion music. In 1990 he moved to Port Townsend where he operates his independent record label Purnima Productions and also offers production services for other musicians. Still working actively with Randy Mead, the duo also provides custom underscoring for various media.
The Crocodile and the Chihuahua, Music, David Michael, Ethnic Fusion, Irreverent songs of love and loss with fun band using styles like swing, mariachi, '60s rock, folk, country, blues and classical.
About the Artist
Harpist David Michael has been playing stringed instruments most of his life. He studied cello and piano as a child, gravitated to guitar as a teenager and went on to become a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, taking up bouzouki, viola-da-gamba, psalteries, zithers and other harp-like instruments before eventually realizing he'd been "trying to make a guitar sound like a harp" for years. In 1983 he discovered his forte, the Celtic harp.
Album Description
Take elements like Dan Hicks, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, David Bromberg, Tom Lehrer, Tom Paxton, Frank Zappa, throw in some Latin sounds, 60s rock and classical, shake them up and voila! David's latest irreverent masterpiece. Mainly, this is a batch of sardonic ballads about love gone wrong, served up as Swing, Country, Folk, Blues etc. with a hefty helping of comic gags and a Mexican theme. There is also a heart-warming finish to the CD, highlighted by a song about love gone right...very right! Here You Are is a joint work that David and Dari Michael wrote for their wedding while on holiday in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Michael explains: "I had been there the previous year alone and learned of the tragically hilarious true story about a crocodile and a Chihuahua....OK, OK, I know the ending is predictable but check out the motley Mariachi band I assembled to tell the tale on the title cut. It includes my 9 year old niece Ani, who I dragged out here to Port Townsend from Seattle to sing in her first ever studio performance. She's been to Zihuatanejo herself and saw Leroy the crocodile (subject of the song). When she first heard the song, she immediately wanted to learn it and every time I come over to their house with guitar in hand, she always insists, "Play the crocodile song Uncle David!" Not to be left out, we got her little brother Jeremy into the act too."
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The Crocodile and the Chihuahua
David Michael Manufacturer: Purnima Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B0002EP342 Release Date: 2004-06-01 |
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Album Description
Take elements like Dan Hicks, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, David Bromberg, Tom Lehrer, Tom Paxton, Frank Zappa, throw in some Latin sounds, 60s rock and classical, shake them up and voila! David's latest irreverent masterpiece. Mainly, this is a batch of sardonic ballads about love gone wrong, served up as Swing, Country, Folk, Blues etc. with a hefty helping of comic gags and a Mexican theme. There is also a heart-warming finish to the CD, highlighted by a song about love gone right...very right! Here You Are is a joint work that David and Dari Michael wrote for their wedding while on holiday in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Michael explains: "I had been there the previous year alone and learned of the tragically hilarious true story about a crocodile and a Chihuahua....OK, OK, I know the ending is predictable but check out the motley Mariachi band I assembled to tell the tale on the title cut. It includes my 9 year old niece Ani, who I dragged out here to Port Townsend from Seattle to sing in her first ever studio performance. She's been to Zihuatanejo herself and saw Leroy the crocodile (subject of the song). When she first heard the song, she immediately wanted to learn it and every time I come over to their house with guitar in hand, she always insists, "Play the crocodile song Uncle David!" Not to be left out, we got her little brother Jeremy into the act too."Music:
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