David Miotke (born December 15, 1944) is an American keyboard player and singer, who under the name Dave Michaels was co-founder of the 1960s acid rock band H. P. Lovecraft.
While an undergraduate in 1967, and performing under the name Dave Michaels, he joined folk singer George Edwards in forming the band H. P. Lovecraft.
Miotke graduated with honors and continued to work as a musician; singing, playing and arranging many national radio and television commercials.
[3] In 1997, he became music director at Max's Opera Cafe in San Francisco and also worked with the cabaret group Bizou.
[4] He also specializes in performing the standard American songbook repertoire of writers such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Rodgers and Hart.