Tschudin, Michael

He is a singer-songwriter, keyboardist and musical director whose name is pronounced “Shudin”.

He has worked with many artists and groups throughout the course of his musical career who include David Bowie, Jimmy Buffett, James Cotton Blues Band, Tim Curry, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy and many more.

As a songwriter he has co-written the songs “Quietly Making Noise” and “Cousin in Miami” with Jimmy Buffett. Albums he can be heard on include his own Michael Shudin and Fruitcakes and Barometer Soup by Jimmy Buffett, Have You Gone Bald Inside Your Head by Shep and The Fort Mudge Memorial Dump.

His work in the movies has seen him as the composer of the scores for the 1973 Injun Fender and 1974’s Honeybaby, Honeybaby, on the TV he has composed for the series “Dear Alex and Annie” and on stage he has been the musical director/conductor of Reggae, Don’t Step On My Olive Branch and Oh! Calcutta.

After his wife passed away in 2004 he stepped back from touring and became the Artist-in-Residence at Palm Beach Public School and also joined the West Palm Beach First Lutheran Church as their Director of Music Ministries.

Here he is on keyboards with Bricks Mortar in a performance of “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”…

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