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Welcome to Grateful Dad & Friends! GD&F is a series of conversations with host and lifelong music lover, Andy Staib, and his closest friends touching on the common threads that bond them together - namely their shared love of music, family, friends, and life. The show was born from the notion that music helps keep us all connected throughout our collective long strange trip. We all have a story to tell. Here are a few of those stories. Join us and see where the energy takes us!
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BIG thanks to all my guests on Season 2, it was an honor and a privilege to have hosted each of you! I loved my field trips to record the remote interviews in Charlotte, Hilton Head, and Las Vegas as well. Special shoutout to the Citizens of Sound team behind the scenes that help me create each episode of Grateful Dad & Friends - Will & Charis Reth…
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Going Full Circle With John Buckholtz
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In the closing episode of Season 2, I have the privilege of hosting fellow Huntington native and fellow Deadhead (and the only friend I know that calls me “Enzo”:), Mr. John Buckholtz, who I call Johnny B. Together we cover our glory days in the early ‘80’s at the The Bay Club on the shores of Huntington Bay and we share how we’ve stay connected ov…
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Chiming In From Sin City With Garvin Hammer
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On Day 2 of my recent pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the Dead & Company shows at Sphere, I sit down with the person that I have proudly seen the most concerts with over the years, fellow Canterbury School alum and lifelong Deadhead, Mr. Andrew “Garv” Hammer. Garv and I take a walk down memory lane revisiting life at boarding school, exploring the bond…
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Somehow, it took 8 months and 23 episodes of Grateful Dad & Friends before I was succesful in securing an interview with a Canterbury prep school friend. In Season 2, Episode 10, I have the pleasure of sitting down with the first friend I met at Canterbury back in the fall of 1983, lifelong Deadhead and all around amazing human being, Mr Geoff “Sha…
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Campfire Chronicles with Chris Campion
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The man needs no introduction, but for the few that don’t have the pleasure of knowing him, I’ll go out on a limb and introduce my friend. On Season 2, Episode 9, I proudly host Mr. Christopher John Campion, aka Campy, aka Old Sea Dog, aka Lights, aka America’s Guest, aka Marketing Genius, aka Jermaine Jackson. For any Huntington native, the Campio…
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After a little nudging to get her past her hesitation to be on a guest on my admitedly music-centric podcast, I was honored to host none other than my mother, Ms. Edie Staib. Mom shares her story of how Al Staib swept her off her feet back in 1960 despite her being engaged to her high school sweetheart at the time, and how they were married less th…
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From One Musician To Another w/ Mike “Comfort" O’Rourke
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I have the pleasure of introducing Mr. Mike “Comfort” O’Rourke to the world on Episode 7 of GD&F. Back in the early 1980’s, I was “Kathy and Tom’s little brother, Anzo” to Comfort but over the years he and I began to forge our own connection through our mutual friends, a shared love of music, and the occasional paddle tennis game. Comfort takes us …
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Searching For The Sound With Dave & Rusty
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Hailing from Greensboro, North Carolina, these two gentlemen have become my newest wingmen, and although we’ve yet to meet in person we’re quickly bonding through our comradary and our shared love of music. Listen as Dave Dulaney takes us back to his first show in ‘74 and shares his recollections of the Grateful Dead’s legendary Wall of Sound, and …
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I was fortunate to share some very special quality time with my gracious and beautiful niece, Ms Carly Marie Staib. Carly recalls her recollections of “Loud Music Fridays” with the family, her first concert seeing “Uncle Billy” Joel, a Taylor Swift concert with Dad, and later Dead & Company. She explains how she faced and CONQUERED an unexpected an…
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Join my BFAM Chris Kline aka Dudley and I as we share war stories from back in the day, including “Black Wednesday” in 1983, summers “dragging hose” the late ‘80’s, backpacking through Europe in late 1990, discovering “The Meadows” in the early ‘90’s, and recapping a few of the countless laughs we had along the way. Dudley reveals that in addition …
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Fellow avid golfer and devoted music lover, Bobby Rogan, joins me in the studio and recalls how the music of the 70’s shaped his musical tastes before he evolved into a Deadhead. We touch on the “glory days” on the golf course and we highlight how golf and music connects us through thick and thin. Bobby explains how he is facing a recent and unexpe…
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There are few Huntington families that are as musically gifted and universally loved as the Campion family. In Episode 2, I’m privileged to sit down with Kevin Campion, lifelong Deadhead and current lead singer for Huntington’s own Soghat. Kevin takes us back to the late 70’s when he got on the bus, and explains how today he pays tribute to his lat…
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A Conversation With A Wise Old Owl…aka “Pops”
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Season 2, Episode 1 of Grateful Dad & Friends kicks off with a conversation with a gentleman who is a true treasure to me, and who reminds me of my own father, His name is Doug Smith. To those who know him best, his real nickname is Pops, but for the sake of adding context to the conversation, I consider him as wise as they come and therefore will …
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Before I recap Season 1 of Grateful Dad & Friends and provide a brief glimpse of Season 2, it may prudent to share why I launched this podcast in the first place. The purpose of GD&F is to be a gift. A gift to my guests, and a gift to their friends and family. Let me explain…. A few years back, on my way to Lake Champlain, I was driving with my par…
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Well, it doesn’t get much better than wrapping up the first season of Grateful Dad & Friends by sitting down with the four most special women in my life - Margs, Hannah, Hope and Lilly. The ladies share their earliest recollections of music, and my daughters reveal some secrets about how they really felt about Grateful Dead music way back when. We …
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Flashback to ‘72 with Richard Sutton
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In Episode 11 of GD&F, lifelong music-lover Richard Sutton gives us a firsthand peek into the buildup to the Grateful Dead’s August 27th 1972 benefit concert in Veneta, Oregon to help save the nearly bankrupt Springfield Creamery. In what would turn out to be one of the Dead’s most legendary performances, Richard was behind-the-scenes working with …
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On the road with DSO keyboardist, Rob Barraco
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What a treat to have Long Island native and longtime keyboardist for Dark Star Orchestra, Rob Barraco, join me on Episode 10 of Grateful Dad & Friends! We cover when Rob “got on the bus” in ‘72, through his musical collaborations with among others, Freddie Jackson, The Zen Tricksters, Phil & Friends, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Dark Star Orchestr…
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Connecting with my confidants TJ Staib & John Gulino
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In Episode 9, I sit down with two of my closest confidants - my nephew and DWS wingman, TJ Staib, and our COO and friend, John Gulino. We explore the backstory of how in less than five years TJ evolved to become the president and 5th-generation in our family’s 159-year legacy, DWS Printing & Packaging. We retrace John’s lifelong love of music and d…
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Exploring the Energy w/ Kathy Staib and Rainer “TITAN” Jenss
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In Episode 8, I had the extremely privilege of having the true definition of “friends + family” join me in the studio, namely my friend Rainer Jenss aka TITAN, and my sister Kathy Staib. Learn about TITAN’s year-long trip around the world with his family, his insights into what makes music the common bond among friends and family, his battle agains…
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Hosting my two guests on Episode 7 of GD&F was a HUGE treat for me, and those guests are brothers, Brendan and Billy Ryan. I grew up only a pitching wedge away from the Ryan family and have known them my entire life. I admire Brendan & Billy on many levels, but mostly because they are simply amazing human beings. The musical talents that they explo…
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My guest on Episode 6, Ted Bahr, is in many ways to me a true inspiration on how to follow your vision and create the life of your dreams. After working in corporate America for more than a decade, then building (and selling) two start-up companies, Ted decided it was time to start a new chapter and weave his passion for music and his appreciation …
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I like calling my closest friends by their nickname and my guest on Episode 5, Rob Diestel, is no exception. Rob and I share many bonds, and one of them is a LOVE of the Rolling Stones and Monkey Man from the Stones’ 1969 release, Let It Bleed. Rob isn’t just “Rob” to me, he’ll always be Monkey Man. But there’s more to the story than that. Find out…
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A conversation with Cornell Bouse, also known as “Keith”
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Technically, this gentleman is my cousin-in-law, but to me he’ll always be more a brother than a distant relative. Sit back and enjoy our conversation as we uncover Cornell’s many interests, talents, and his unique musical tastes. Talents that include being a skilled handyman, an automobile aficionado, a defense attorney, real estate expert, and le…
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In our third episode of GD&F, we’re joined by Deadhead and Dallas native, David McQuaid. By a simple twist of fate, my daughter, Hannah, and I had the good fortune to meet David and his family tailgating outside their psychedelically painted tour bus, Sugaree. David paints a vivid picture of how he, his wife, and grown children tour the country on …
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In the second episode of GD&F I connect with my friend of 25+ years, Cary Crane. A lifelong Deadhead, devoted family man, and wildly successful businessman, Cary is a true mensch. He brings us back to his early days seeing the band at the closing of the Fillmore West and Summer Jam at Watkins Glen. He recounts his career in his family’s juice busin…
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Inaugural episode of Grateful Dad & Friends with Fred Weiss
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In the first episode of GD&F, I’m honored and proud to welcome my friend, fellow Deadhead, and all around amazing human being, Fred Weiss. Join us as Fred takes us back to the early 70’s when he got on the bus. He shares his memories of a firsthand encounter with promotor, Bill Graham. He brings us inside Winterland in the Fall of ‘78 with the Dead…
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Welcome to Grateful Dad & Friends! GD&F is a series of conversations with host and lifelong Deadhead, Andy Staib, and his friends and family touching on the common threads that bond them together - namely their shared love of music, family, friends, life, and the Grateful Dead. The show was born from the notion that music helps keep us all connecte…
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