Dean Johanesen plays Localtopia at Williams Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 4, 2017. Credit: facebook.com
It should come as no surprise that some of the Bay area’s best musicians flock to Dean Johanesen.

The songwriter with an old-timey, 1920s aesthetic is one of the scene’s most unique artists, and on his new album Cautionary Tales he’s joined by a host of friends including trumpeter James Suggs and bassist Rob Pastore, fiddler Rebecca Zapen, plus members of the Jazz Phools and even Chris Sgammato on clarinet.

The official album release show happens in Bradenton on Friday, but this concert from Dean Johanesen on Sunday, Feb. 5 at Independent Bar & Cafe in Seminole Heights is a chance for Bay area fans to catch him without paying a cover.

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This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...