Search - David Michael :: The Crocodile and the Chihuahua

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."