The thing that strikes you after listening to the eighteen songs that Dean Krippaehne has submitted is his remarkable mastery of writing and performing a wide variety of genres, including funk, ballad and country! All his songs are impeccably performed and recorded. Dean is a vastly experienced artist who runs Gracies Café and sponsors the "Gracies Cafe International Christian Art Festival." Our mission here at Gracies Cafe is simply to do all that we can so that "they may come to know Him... our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

Dean is currently the Director of contemporary music and worship leader at Grace Church in Des Moines, Washington (USA). Dean has also authored two books: "If you wanna catch a fish you've gotta have a hook" and "Joe Panic." Gracies Cafe Praise Band leads a new "cafe" style worship service at Grace Church in Des Moines, Washington and has released three full length CDs on Tri-West Records.