Mike Sawitzke

Mike Sawitzke is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, composer, and audio engineer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a long time member of the indie-rock band Eels (band) as well as a touring member of the indie/roots band Dispatch (band).
==Early Life==
Sawitzke was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family moved to Tempe, Arizona when he was 7. He joined the Elementary school band and began learning to play trumpet. Soon after he started playing guitar, bass, drums, french horn, and piano. He attended the University of Arizona and completed a bachelors degree in Classical Guitar Performance and then moved to Los Angeles where he completed a Masters Degree in Studio/Jazz guitar at The University of Southern California..
==Career==
Soon after moving to Los Angeles, Sawitzke began working in studios around LA as an audio engineer, guitar player, and television composer. His work with film composer Lyle Workman lead to him meeting and working with Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett (aka E). Sawitzke began working with E on Eels records and ultimately being asked to join the band, under the nickname P-Boo. Sawitzke has toured extensively with Eels, recorded and mixed records, and co-written songs such as the singles Today Is The Day and Who You Say You Are
On an Eels tour in 2011, Sawitzke met songwriter, composer, and producer John Dragonetti who was performing as the support act for the Eels tour in his band The Submarines. Sawitzke and Dragonetti soon became friends and collaborators including working on the debut album of Communicant’s Dylan Gardner, Adventures in Real Time and co-producing, performing on, and mixing the Dispatch records America Location 12, Location 13, and Break Our Fall. Sawitzke’s relationship with Dispatch ultimately lead to him becoming a touring member of the band.
==Discography==
===Studio Albums===
Year	Artist 	Title 	Role 	Label
2022	Eels 	Extreme Witchcraft 	Performer/Songwriter/Engineer/Mixer 	E Works/PIAS
2021	Dispatch 	Break Our Fall 	Producer/Performer/Engineer/Mixing 	Bomber Records
2020	Eels 	Earth to Dora 	Performer/Songwriter/Engineer 	E Works/PIAS
2019	Various 	Woodstock - Back To The Garden 	Engineer 	Rhino Records
2018	Dispatch 	Location 13 	Producer/Performer/Engineer/Mixing 	Bomber Records
2018	Eels 	The Deconstruction 	Performer/Songwriter/Engineer/Mixing 	E Works/PIAS
2017	Dispatch 	America, Location 12 	Producer/Performer/Engineer/Mixing 	Bomber Records
2015	Cardinal Family Singers	Tilter 	Producer/Performer/Engineer/Mixing 	NC Records
2014	Eels 	The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett	Performer/Songwriter/Engineer/Mixing/Arranger	E Works/Relativty
2014	Dylan Gardner 	Adventures In Real Time 	Performer/Engineer/Mixing 	Bingo Masters Records
2013	Eels 	Wonderful, Glorious 	Performer/Songwriter/Engineer/Mixing 	Vagrant
2012	Holmes 	Complication Simplified 	Performer 	Groove Gravy Records
2011	AM & Shawn Lee 	Celestial Electric 	Engineer 	ESL Music
2011	Holmes 	Covers 	Performer 	Groove Gravy Records
2011	Cardinal Family Singers	This Is What We Did 	Producer/Performer/Engineer/Mixing 	NC Records
2010	Ilse DeLange 	Next To Me 	Engineer 	Firefly/Universal
2009	Oz Noy 	Schizophrenic 	Engineer 	Magna Carta
2009	Holmes 	Holmes 	Performer 	Groove Gravy Records
2008	Holmes 	Basement Tapes - EP 	Performer 	Groove Gravy Records
===Live Albums===
Year	Artist 	Title 	Role 	Label
2023	Eels 	Live at Largo 	Performer/Mixer	E Works
2019	Dispatch	Live 18 	Performer 	Bomber Records
2013	Eels 	Eels:Live at Royal Albert Hall	Performer 	E Works
2012	Eels 	Tremendous Dynamite 	Performer/Mixer	E Works
Category:American multi-instrumentalists
Category:American songwriters
Category:American producers
Category:People from Cleveland, Ohio