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Russ & Julie, Wrecking Crew band

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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

Wrecking Crew Benefit

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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.

Night Train Music Club

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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

Steve & Michael Chapdelaine

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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!!

The Stronghold Gigs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

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.

Namm Show 2010

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

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

Club 705 Songwriter Showcase

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

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 )

Far West

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

(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.

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

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.

Brio Spa & Wine Chronicle Gig JULY 30

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700