Steve Postell * Renegade Music Group: News

What a wonderful night we had. Here's the "new" crew! (For more info on this great film www.wreckingcrewfilm.com )

Playing a show to raise money for this wonderful documentary on the amazing musicians who played almost all the hits in the 60's, from Beach Boys to Sinatra to The Monkees. Featuring myself, John Batdorf, Freebo, Amy Raasch, Stevie Gurr, Mari Wilson, Dale LaDuke, Rchard Marintez. Should be fun, at Russ & Julie's House Concert series.

Tonight is our 2nd night, special guests Heather Waters, Kara Grainger, Mitch Grainger. Last week was a blast with guests Dan Navarro & Amy Raasch. This week's band:

STEVE POSTELL: (guitar, train conductor) Jennifer Warnes,
John Oates, PPL
TARIQH AKONI: (guitar, tall dude) Christina Aguilara, Stevie Wonder, Huey Lewis
JON OSSMAN: (bass, big chief mohawk) Marc Cohn, Paula Cole
JEBIN BRUNI: (keys, fashionista) Aimee Mann, Liz Phair
CRAIG MACINTYRE: (drums, groovemeister) Josh Groban, Colbie Caillat

CELIA CHAVEZ: (voice, the cute one) Pink, Lili Hadyn

A weeks worth of wonderful duo gigs with Michael Chapdelaine, award winning classical and finger-style guitarist. Next up is a get out the vote concert, Sunday, May 30th, at Stronghold. I will be playing with Vonda Shepard, Lili Hadyn, Wendy Starland, Tom Freund, as well as playing my own set. Special guests include Matt Keating, and Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett.

with Chapdelaine ... concentrating!!

I've had a series of great gigs recently at a new venue in Venice called The Stronghold. The band has included Shannon Moore, Amilia K. Spicer, Peter Adams, Mark Gorman, Tariqh Akoni, Debra Dobkin, Craig Macintyre and the great Jackson Browne. We'll be back on March 25th.

Jackson Browne sitting in.

This year was sensational at NAMM as Steve Ferrone and I hosted the Sabian Live show with an allstar band. Guests from Jimmy Messina to Siedah Garrett, we had quite a night, soon to be re-broadcast at www.drumchannel.com

 

Steve Ferrone, Leland Sklar, Tariqh Akoni, Kevin Ricard & many more out of the frame

Jodi Siegel and Alfred Johnson host a weekly songwriter showcase on Wednesdays at Club 705 in Hermosa Beach. I went down to see Kenny Edwards & Freebo, and ended up jamming with the gang.

( Lisa Haley, Freebo, Kenny Edwards & Alfred Johnson )

(late night jam with Freebo, Severin Browne, and others)

The Far West Folk Alliance in Irvine CA was a blast. Got to play with many terrific artists and see many more. Had a terrific show with Dan Navarro in Renee Bodie's room, with Kenny Edwards & Amilia Spicer sitting in, as well as other cool shows with Mark Goldberg and Tracy Newman.

I had the great honor of recording a new piece written by Ravi Shankar and conducted by his daughter Anoushka. This was for a documentary being filmed by my friend Alan Kozlowski, in which we captured the creative process of teaching the music, all the way to the concert at Hollywood Bowl.

Back from very succesful shows with Jennifer Warnes. We also got to fill in for David Lindley at Vancouver Island Musicfest, then hang out with him at Ottawa Bluesfest. Great trip.

 

We had a wonderful & succesful trip, Portland/Seattle/Vancouver and finally McCabes in LA. Jeff Pevar Debra Dobkin, Chris Caswell, JW, moi

Getting ready to play with the great Jeff Pevar at Trilogy Guitars in Playa Del Ray on Sunday. (Check CALENDER for details) Also looking forward to MUSIC @ AXE in Venice on May 5th, with many friends sitting in. see you there.

Hey, I finally made People Magazine ... no, I'm not dating Jennifer Aniston! I'm tiny in the background, but it still counts.
Lots of fun gigs coming up, with Jennifer Warnes / with Jeff Pevar / with Amy Raasch / All star band with Steve Ferrone ... keep an eye out in Calender dates.

Just got back from Austin where I recorded a video shoot with "Rob Brandon and The Outpost Band." Here I am on the set.

We all got through NAMM; Jeff Pevar & I played for Bill Asher guitars and had a tiring but great show. Last week I played with the Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp Allstars at the People Magazine Sag Awards party. Great band: Teddy Andreadis (Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper), Micky Dolenz (The Monkees), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Mark Hudson (Grammy-winning producer/songwriter for Aerosmith, Ringo Starr, Ozzy Osbourne), Simon Kirke (Bad Company) and Kip Winger (Winger). I got to play "I'm A Believer" with Mickey Dolenz, so life is good. Sat in with the great band "Spoonful" at Cordial the other night. Hear I am concentrating hard with Tariqh Akoni.

Made it through another year! I got my record out in 2008, and ended the year with a great gig at "The Sunset" with the fabulous Ellis Hall and a great cast: Craig Macintyre on drums, Dan Pearson on bass, and guests Heather Waters, Gary Miller and Eric Schwartz. Next up Jeff Pevar and I are performing at NAMM show, Friday & Saturday (Jan 16/17) at 11am and 4pm, for Bill Asher guitars, Booth 1454 in Hall E. Bill makes the beautiful lap steel guitars that Ben Harper plays, and does spectacular work with pickup systems, including all of Jackson Browne's instruments. See you there!

The new CD is available. Go to amazon.com for CD, itunes for downloads. Look for audiobook "Wake Up To Your Life" by Ken McLeod, which I recorded and produced. New Years Eve with Ellis Haul coming up at The Sunset restaurant. Had a great night playing with Steve Bruton and Jeff Bridges, playing tunes from Jeff's upcoming movie, "Crazy Heart". Have a great Holiday! Here's a pic of me with Richard Thompson rehearsing for McCabes 50th.

Much has happened in the past few weeks. I'm just resurfacing to planet earth. Sept 13, we had a wonderful CD release concert at "Russ & Julie's House Concert" series, we sold out the room and had a great night. (The CD comes out officially October 21) Later in the week I sat in with Michael Chapdelaine at "The Coffee Gallery" and "Trilogy Guitars". Then it was off to Canada for 4 shows with Jennifer Warnes, 2 of which I opened. And capped it off with the 50th anniversary of McCabes show at Royce Hall, where I played with Jennifer Warnes and shared the stage with so many amazing artists, including Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Louden Wainwright and many others.

Bernie Grundman, the MASTER, finished mastering the CD. Today Mel Canlas, (graphic designer for Immergent records) and I finished the packaging design. Goes out tomorrow!! It's almost here...
with Bernie Grundman

We shared the headline slot with The Wallflowers at "The Parkland Solstace Festival" in Calgary, Canada. Wallflowers were very cool, nice guys. Jennifer sang beautifully, band rocked. We even got to watch female kickboxers beat the sh*t out of each other. Jeff Pevar (bass, mandolin, lap steel) Chris Caswell (accordian, keys) and moi on guitars.

We had a wonderful night, Friday May 30th, as we kicked off the "On The Path Concert Series", with the lovely Amilia Spicer opening the show, and Vonda Shepard playing a great set of new material. In between I was joined for my set by Jeff Pevar, Peter Adams, Debrah Dobken, Amilia & Little Feat's Paul Barerre. After a few well deserved glasses of wine, the evening ended with a jam session featuring myself, Jeff and Jackson Browne.

On WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26th, I have the real pleasure of being joined by the magnificent guitarist and my great friend JEFF PEVAR. We have played together for over 20 years, and aside from his work with CS&N, Rickee Lee Jones, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker and many others, he is the only musician who has played on every record I have ever made. Jeff is featured prominently on my new IMMERGENT RECORDS CD, which will be released later this spring. We always have a great time playing, please join us next Wednesday for a beautiful sunset, excellent food and some great music.

The Sunset Restaurant
6800 Westward Beach Road
Malibu, CA 90265
310-589-1007
Wednesday Nights
7pm - 10:30pm

The weekly gig at The Sunset Restaurant in Malibu is turning into a great hang. This week I was joined by my friend Grammy winning producer/keyboard player Peter Wolf, drummer Jack Irons (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chile Peppers) bassist Dion (George Michael, Elton John), percussionist Rich Martinez, and my friend Suzanne Paris on vocals. Look for future gigs with Chris Cornell guitarist Yogi, and my friend and favorite guitarist Jeff Pevar.

We've gotten carried away, many fun hours in the studio for the "Crazy Heart" sessions. A real treat as the legendary bassist Charlie Haden joined us for some tunes, harkening back to his traditional country roots in Missouri. ( a little intimidating as I have to play dobro after Charlie's recent sessions with Jerry Douglas ) In other news, Chad Smith, drummer from the Red Hot Chile Peppers, sat in at The Sunset Restaurant, my weekly gig in Malibu. Fun was had by all.