Steve Postell * Renegade Music Group
Guitarist, vocalist, producer and composer Steve Postell was trained at The Mannes College Of Music in New York City. Steve Postell has had a successful, prolific career which spans his days playing with Pure Prairie League, performing on Broadway in shows such as “Evita” and “The Man Of LaMancha,” co-writing the score for the off-Broadway rock musical "Fallen Angel" (starring Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover), touring with Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Princess Lea in "Aladdin") as her musical director, and fronting the popular New York City band, Chain o' Fools. Steve has written scores for film and television including ESPN’s Sportsweek featuring Greg Gumble, and producer Lawrence Kasdan’s "Jumpin' At The Boneyard," a 20th century Fox production starring Tim Roth and Samuel Jackson. Steve wrote and produced Jingles for Right Sound Music in New York City for clients including Pontiac, AT&T, Dupont and many others. He has performed live on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show with Katie Couric, The Regis and Kelly and The Regis and Kathie Lee shows. Steve created a contemporary music club in New York City, The Dark Star Lounge, which became a hot spot for musicians, attracting artists as diverse as Phoebe Snow, John Waite, Billy Squier, and many of the city’s best players. Steve also released a well received solo CD on Renegade Records called "A Travelin' Man," and has written and recorded with John Oates, including performing on and co-writing the single for John’s new solo CD, “Phunk Shui,” on Rhythm & Groove Records.
Steve was co-founder and primary writer for the band Little Blue: together they recorded three CD’s for Renegade, Blue Rose and Taxim records. Little Blue received stellar reviews, including 4.5 stars in Rolling Stone Magazine for their Roscoe Beck-produced CD, “Angels, Horses & Pirates.” Over the years, Little Blue toured around the country and Europe playing concerts and festivals opening for acts such as Crosby, Stills & Nash and Ziggy Marley. They performed for corporate clients such as Deutsche Bank, Fortune and Maxim magazines, as well as for President Clinton. Little Blue played with great artists including David Crosby, Glenn Frey, Jimmy Buffet, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jennifer Warnes and many others. Steve has taught guitar, voice and songwriting at The American Institute Of Guitar, The Trinity School, The Dalton School, and privately for many years. Steve recently created "The Real School Of Rock", and has just returned from teaching a clinic in Colorado with former Bonnie Raitt and Hot Tuna bassist, Freebo.
Steve has recently relocated to Los Angeles where has opened a studio/production facility in Burbank with Steve Ferrone (illustrious drummer for Average White Band, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty) and Grammy award winning engineer/producer John Jones who has worked with Duran Duran, George Martin and Celine Dion. Steve coordinated the "20th Anniversary Edition of Famous Blue Raincoat", a Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen CD, released August 7, 2007 to rave reviews on Shout Factory records. His latest CD, "Until You Get Here" is available on Renegade Records. Steve has just completed a solo CD for Immergent Records which features a host of brilliant guests who have worked with Steve over the years. These include David Crosby, Jennifer Warnes, John Oates, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson Paul Barerre, Dave Koz and many others. He also produced a just released CD of Jazz standards by James Torme, son of Mel Torme. Steve has recently begun managing and working out of a beautiful studio in Santa Monica, "On The Path", where he has been working on commercials (including the new "Coke Zero" campaign), television/film scores and record production.