Review Fix Exclusive: DawgGoneDavis Talks ‘Here Comes Santa Dawg’

November 17, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with DawgGoneDavis about her new holiday track, “Here Comes Santa Dawg.”

Review Fix: How was this song written?     

DawgGoneDavis: It was written as a fun and serious tribute to my Hans, dachshund.  He made it to almost 14.  Hans Von Noodles Davis was a cool personality Doxie.  He was a huge comfort after double mastectomy surgery seven years ago.  He was a lover to anyone.  Hans would make eye contact to make you melt.   I wrote the lyrics and Hellmut Wolf put the perfect music to it; perfect!

Review Fix: What makes it special for you?   

DawgGoneDavis: This song is special as it, too, is completely honest about our childhood with mom and dad.  We did not have much, but somehow Christmas was always pulled off with Lego’s, Barbie Campers, hilarious movies and Love.

Review Fix: What do the holidays mean to you?  

DawgGoneDavis: Holidays mean food and fun – lots of kids, babies, and craziness (oh, and Jesus!)   We play hoops and touch football.  We watch a lot of football on TV, of course!  Scrabble games with lots of competitiveness and yelling.

Review Fix: How has COVID affected your holiday preparing?   

DawgGoneDavis: Hugely this year after different nieces and nephews in four States have had COVID or exposed to it.  So it is difficult for all American’s and the whole world.   Usually we have big ole parties; sadly we have small parties of about four total in different homes.  Very hard; we are a large extended family – just like everyone else.

Review Fix: How do you want this song to be remembered?  

DawgGoneDavis: I am sooooo pleased this song took off and stayed all year round.   I wrote it fast from the heart.  I hope it is remembered for its funny references to Canine Teeth compared to Two Front Teeth for Christmas.  I hope kids try to also stuff their bodies into Barbie campers and boats.   I hope it is remembered for it’s love for our pets.   Remembered for your pets; they are family and we cry when they leave permanently.

Review Fix: Where do you think it stands compared with your other work?   

DawgGoneDavis: I have seen this Christmas song of ours standing the test of time (and that is amazing – so proud of the Hans and Franz).  I think it is up there in the top five as folks can identify with it and laugh.  That is what I strive for imagery and laughing.

Review Fix: What’s next?    

DawgGoneDavis: After two hits with Chago G. Williams, Hellmut Wolf and I are working on a third song now with Chago.  It is serious in topic and will come out at the beginning of 2021.  We also pray for the world to open up so we can perform live with audiences.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?   

DawgGoneDavis: Thanks to Stephen Wrench for getting Santa Dawg out to backyards and Radios.   Thanks to  Hellmut, Tom Estey, Chago G., drummer Jack T Perry, and Romain Duchein, guitarist, during the last two and a half years!!  More Rap Diversity with Rock & Roll to come – we will never stop the “shock and awe.”    Merry Christmas and God Bless us, Everyone. Big Smiles.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14251 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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