Dean made the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson album everything we were hoping for. It has the polish and punch of the studio, yet retains all the energy and immediacy of the live show.

Whether producing my records or supervising my shows, Dean is sensitive, focused, and in command. From four musicians to forty, he consistently puts together the finest orchestras I have ever heard.

The Last Ship is primarily a play about community; it was important that all of us telling the story formed our own community of spirit and common purpose. Dean understood this implicitly, both as musician (he stood in as drummer on a number of occasions) and in the musicians he selected for our ensemble as music coordinator. I couldn’t have been happier.