Steve Postell Delivers on ‘Our House – CSNY Music’ Tour, Solo Album

The spring 2025 “Our House: The Music of CSNY” tour, fronted by former David Crosby music director and bandmate Steve Postell, resumes Thursday, April 17, with a concert at District Music Hall in Newtown, Connecticut.

Joining the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer on dates through early May performing classics from the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young songbook are guitarist-singer Jeff Pevar (CSN; CPR; Crosby & Nash), singer-guitarist-harmonica player Chris Pierce (Neil Young’s opener on the 2023 “Coastal” tour), keyboardist-singer Teresa James (who fronts her own killer rock/R&B band, The Rhythm Tramps), bassist Ted Russell Kamp (Shooter Jennings), and one of three drummers.

Depending on the city, it’ll be either Craig Macintyre (GooGoo Dolls, Josh Groban), Clint de Ganon (Stevie Wonder, Art Garfunkel, Carole King Broadway musical “Beautiful”), or Steve Holley (Wings, Ian Hunter/Mott the Hoople, Elton John) on the skins.

Introducing the Our House band onstage “via satellite” is longtime CSNY photographer and musician friend Henry Diltz (who is planning a cross-country slideshow tour in May). During the show, concertgoers see Diltz’s iconic images of CSNY projected on a large screen onstage behind the band.

The tour opened April 2 (with Macintyre) at the historic Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, drawing a full house (capacity 604) and an audience whose enthusiasm was as elevated as its average age.

With Postell and Pevar up front, sharing vocals, guitar interplay, and stories of their sessions and tours with Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Young, augmented by Pierce’s powerful vocals and a tight rhythm section that also provided vocal support, the Our House ensemble sounded far more credible than your basic tribute/cover band.

Musically and vocally, Postell and his bandmates are intimately familiar with the material, which was lauded in its time and still is after more than half a century. They sing and play these songs with passion and respect. Their sound is about as authentic as it’s going to get without CSN or Y.

The set opened with “Long Time Gone,” followed by “Southern Cross,” “Bluebird,” “You Don’t Have to Cry,” “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Carry On”/”Questions,” “Wooden Ships,” “Guinevere,” and “Déjà Vu” before a brief intermission.

The second half began alliteratively with “Helplessly Hoping,” then “Helpless,” “Love the One You’re With,” “4 & 20,” “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” “Southern Man,” “Teach Your Children,” “Woodstock,” and closed with “Our House.”

They encored with “Find the Cost of Freedom” and “Ohio,” which both resonated deeply with the audience, many of whom were first-generation CSNY fans experiencing déjà vu, not just musically.

A few more images from the Lobero show:

The next night, April 3, the Our House ensemble played the Coach House in Capistrano, then took a break before heading east to carry on in Connecticut.

Here’s the complete “Our House – The Music of CSNY” tour schedule for spring 2025:

4/2 Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
4/3 The Coach House, Capistrano, CA
4/17 District Music Hall, Newtown, CT
4/18 The Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
4/19 The National, Richmond, VA
4/20 Ramshead, Annapolis, MD
4/22 Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA
4/23 The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
4/24 Jergels, Warrendale, PA
4/25 MGM Northfield Park Center Stage, Northfield, OH
4/29 Memorial Hall, Cincinnati, OH
4/30 Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI
5/1 The Des Plaines Historic Theatre, Des Plaines, IL
5/4 The Arcada, St. Charles, IL
5/7 The Parker, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
5/9 Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, FL

More info and tickets: https://bit.ly/ourhousecsny.

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Going Postell with ‘Walking Through These Blues’

Steve Postell’s Our House excursion follows the March release of “Walking Through These Blues,” his latest solo album of originals and co-writes, on Quarto Valley Records.

Here’s a clip of Postell singing a solo acoustic version of the album’s title track:

Postell Interview: ‘Our House’ & Immediate Family Previews

The noted producer and bandleader also co-founded the Immediate Family with fellow L.A. session aces Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Lee Sklar, and Waddy Wachtel. To date they’ve released four singles, three EPs, and two albums, with a third album due later in 2025.

Among Postell’s earlier credits, he composed music for “Dying to Know,” the 2014 film documentary about Timothy Leary and Dr. Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass.

In a Zoom interview with this writer on Sunday, April 6, a few days after the Lobero show, the two Steves talked about all the above and more, including Postell’s cinematic, storytelling approach to songwriting, and a preview of the upcoming third Immediate Family album – “all the hits” the members wrote, co-wrote, played on, and/or produced, Postell said.

For more info, visit the Our House page on Bands in Town and Postell’s website.

Special thanks to Brent Mitala, Chip Ruggieri, and the Lobero management and staff.

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Stephen K. Peeples was raised in Miami and Los Angeles in the ’50s and ’60s by career newspaper journalists and music lovers. Based in Santa Clarita, California, he celebrates his 50th year in media in 2025. Along the way he’s earned a few awards and honors, including a Grammy nomination in 1994 as co-producer and liner notes writer for the “Monterey International Pop Festival” box set (Rhino/MIPF). For more info, see the “About” page on Peeples’ website. You’ll find more of his original stories and exclusive interviews posted on his site and on his YouTube channel.

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