Cautionary Tales

Dean Johanesen - Circus Swing & American Roots Music

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CAUTIONARY TALES - A record Inspired by The Greatest Show on Earth (Cecil B. DeMille) Cautionary Tales, (Hilaire Belloc) Peter and The Wolf, (Sergei Prokofiev) Water For Elephants (Sara Gruen) as well as the history of the Circus, Prohibition and the War of Currents.

Musically taking it's cues from Django Reinhardt's Hot Club Jazz, Bob Wills'

CAUTIONARY TALES - A record Inspired by The Greatest Show on Earth (Cecil B. DeMille) Cautionary Tales, (Hilaire Belloc) Peter and The Wolf, (Sergei Prokofiev) Water For Elephants (Sara Gruen) as well as the history of the Circus, Prohibition and the War of Currents.

Musically taking it's cues from Django Reinhardt's Hot Club Jazz, Bob Wills' Western Swing
& Louis Jordan's jump Blues and Swing Jazz. The music of the late 20's / 30's weaves it's way back in this current day release dragging the dark and buried truth to light in songs with it.

Label under Circus Swing and American Roots Music.

Swing on by. !![:{)>

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    1 Good King Rex (intro) 2:05
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    Step Right Up 4:16
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    The Wizard Of Menlo Park 4:41
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    Circus Queen 2:53
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    Oh Quel Son (Oh What A Sound) 0:43
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    Strike Up The Band 4:29
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    Walkers pure Extract 4:01
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    It Was Beauty That Killed The Beast 4:11
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    You and Me Tonight 2:59
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    Mr Delaware 4:18
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    Red Eyed,Red Light, Goodnight! 2:56
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    Good King Rex (Outro) 1:24
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You and Me Tonight

Dean Johanesen

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You and Me Tonight - Tim Burton / Steamboat Willie - Corpse Bride style cartoonish Love song

This song follows it was Beauty that killed The Beast.

In my mind a love song from Alfredo to Lillian. Alfredo wants to keep Lillian with him after she passes.

He kind of dreams of hiding her away and plans to stay with her and continue their love /

You and Me Tonight - Tim Burton / Steamboat Willie - Corpse Bride style cartoonish Love song

This song follows it was Beauty that killed The Beast.

In my mind a love song from Alfredo to Lillian. Alfredo wants to keep Lillian with him after she passes.

He kind of dreams of hiding her away and plans to stay with her and continue their love / relationship after her death

I often see a cartoon style video for this with a Tim Burton flare and with some inspiration of the old Steamboat Willie cartoon from 1928.

VIDEO Steamboat Willie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4

This song was written on the road home in my truck during a tour out to Texas. It is personal, in a way, to my wife and I but also fits the mold at the time for bringing the idea in line with the story of Codona and Lillian.

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“Johanesen doesn’t hide his admiration for Django Reinhardt across the listen, and his current proximity to all the circus history in Florida is present, too, as he pens a very unique and nostalgic record that’s just as enjoyable today as it would have been 100 years ago. Travels well with: Pokey LaFarge- In The Blossom Of Their Shade; Parker Millsap- Be Here Instead” - Tom Haugen

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“Surpassing our wildest expectations on his newest record Cautionary Tales, Dean Johanesen truly outdid himself...” - Austin Sher

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““What a sound Dean Johanesen, producer / engineer Steve Connelly and the musicians got on “Cautionary Tales.” The songs I already knew are done magnificently. “Strike Up the Band,” “Circus Queen,” “Walker’s Pure Extract,” “Mr. Delaware,” and “Red Eyed, Red Light, Goodnight!”—highlights of most Dean Johanesen performances—are captured in a beautiful multi-year labor of love. And the songs I didn’t know are fast becoming favorites. The additional treats between some of the tracks remind me of how much I love James Taylor’s first “Apple” album and the Rascals “Once Upon a Dream” and “The Who Sell Out.” The finest records of any decade can carry you into the following decades, and this one by Dean is timeless! It’s now a world where there is more music than anyone can possibly consume. Do not miss Dean Johanesen’s “Cautionary Tales.”” — Steve Huntington, Sirius/XM Radio” - Steve Huntington, Sirius/XM Radio

Mr. Delaware - SINGLE Version - March 2023

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Dean Johanesen - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Carillon parts, percussion and bacground / harmony vocals

Rob Pastore - Upright Bass

Dan DeGregory - Drums

Steve Connelly - Additional guitar outro work on “Mr. Delaware”

Gram Rea - Violin

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