The Tiger of San Pedro is a jazz song, by John LaBarbera. This song was made popular by trombonist Bill Watrous. It was the title song of the Grammy-nominated Columbia recording "Tiger of San Pedro" by Watrous' band "The Manhattan Wildlife Refuge." The band also did a self-titled album in 1974 before it disbanded and Watrous moved to Los Angeles.
The song is one of several based on the Sherlock Holmes stories. Don Juan Murillo is a deposed dictator from South America, formerly known as "The Tiger of San Pedro", living in England, in the story The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge.
Famous quotes containing the words tiger and/or san:
“The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“The gold-digger in the ravines of the mountains is as much a gambler as his fellow in the saloons of San Francisco. What difference does it make whether you shake dirt or shake dice? If you win, society is the loser.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)