The Whippoorwill Presents

*UPDATE*
Hey friends. I have been taking some time off from booking to focus on my family and day job. It has been a great much needed break. and I are getting married in October and have been merging our families together. Can’t wait for that special day. We’ve been learning and growing and falling more in love. I am still not ready to book shows consistently, but we are going back to my roots and sprinkling in some house shows at our home. If you would like to sign up for my mailing list dm me with your email. Next show is July 10th with Shaley surprised me by booking this show for my Birthday. It’s gonna be a great time. Be on the look out for details in a separate post. Lots of love to you all. ❤️🙏

12/11 - with at Tickets on sale now at

Not long after crossing beyond the neon into Al’s Tavern, one might catch murmurs drifting up and down the bar during Dean Johnson’s bartending shifts – nudges and whispers that he might just be the best songwriter in town. “Wait ’til you hear him sing. Just don’t ask him to do it, because he won’t. He might do another show this year, but probably not.” Al’s regulars, howsoever biased, speak of his talent like a family secret – Seattle folklore. How many times, and for how many years, has Dean elusively replied to some variation of the question, “When will there be a record?”

The phrase “hidden gem” would seem appropriate here, but it’s a misnomer when talking about Dean Johnson. He shines bright, in plain sight, and it was only a matter of time before people stopped to take a look. Dean’s gentle and passionate approach to songwriting has inspired many, and his work provides the listener the opportunity to believe once more that a song can be more than the sum of its parts. If you catch even a phrase of his melodies or the sobering tone of his voice, it waltzes its way into your heart like a letter written, signed, sealed, and delivered just for you.

His debut album Nothing for Me, Please was recorded at Mashed Potato Records in New Orleans with the help of Sam Gelband and Charlie Meyer, Dean’s bandmates in The Sons of Rainier; as well as Mashed Potato regulars Sam Doores, Duff Thompson and Steph Green. The record is a hazy, relaxed daydream – anthems for those who know the sweetness and coldness of quiet moments, the power and the pain of love. Whether you’ve been waiting patiently these many for Dean to release these songs, or you’re just now coming across his work for the first time, the name Dean Johnson, much like his songs, won’t soon leave your mind.

Nothing for Me, Please is out now on Mama Bird Recording Co.

12/14 - Whitney Wolfe & Travis Ehrenstrom in the living room at This will be an intimate listening room show. Only 50 tickets available. Tickets on sale now at www.thewhippoorwillpresents.com

Meet the newest project from : “Whitney Wolfe.”

Created by Steven James Whitney and Jordan Wolfe, this project is the fruit of years of friendship and collaboration in , Sugar Mama, and in the Wolfe House Records studio for many other projects.

The dream with the party focussed bands like DBT and Sugar Mama has always been to use the income consistency of a cover project to support originals projects.

After starting to see early traction for this vision with local projects like Mamasboy and Denver Says, it is finally time to debut Whitney Wolfe.

Jordan’s love for poetry, philosophy, and his unique singing voice is framed and amplified by Steve’s prodigious keys and guitar ability. You can feel the deep trust between the two shaped from years of grappling through life together. The music flowing from their unique friendship will help you laugh, cry, and feel a little less alone in the ups and downs of life.

brings quality musicianship and well-crafted original songs to every performance. Whether gigging with his band TEB or performing solo, Travis is accompanied by an old soul and the spirit of John Prine, Jackson Browne, and Bob Dylan. He has released four albums—Selections (2020), Northwest Americana (2019), Something on the Surface (2018), Remain A Mystery (2013) since his 2007 debut, Somewhere in Between. Travis’s last project, titled “Our Creative States,” saw him traveling to and writing & releasing songs about most of the states in the America. Look for Travis across America or at home in the Pacific Northwest.