Grateful Dad & Friends
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!
Grateful Dad & Friends
Heart-to-Heart With Fellow Canterbury Saint, Justin Rubin
My friend of 50+ years, Justin Rubin, joins me and shares his recent experience facing the L.A. Wildfires and how the fires have affected his closest friends in the surrounding areas, and how L.A. is rising to the occasion as they enter the rebuilding process.
He relives his journey of his early days at Canterbury School when his world was rocked by the loss of his brother, Greg, from a brain tumor in 1984, followed by the loss of his sister, Carolyn, in 2004 from the same type of brain tumor that took Greg, exactly 20 years ago to the day. He describes how he has coped with the losses and how music helps heal his grief. We dive into lighter notes including his love of all genres, and he explains why “if it doesn’t suck, then I’m into it.” We close out the conversation by learning what his wife, Tara, and 3 young adult “children” are up to in 2025.
Join us, and let’s see where this energy takes us!
*Recorded on February 13th, 2025
Hello Sunshine / Bruce Springsteen https://music.apple.com/us/album/hello-sunshine/1459884961?i=1459885035
Jeremy / Pearl Jam https://music.apple.com/us/album/jeremy-live-mtv-unplugged/1530957891?i=1530958222
Elephant / Jason Izbell https://music.apple.com/us/album/elephant/644761037?i=644761044
Fire On The Mountain / Grateful Dead https://youtu.be/fStQUpqVLM8?si=rBdzZJ-LucTP3tUJ
Orange Sky / Alexi Murdoch https://music.apple.com/us/album/orange-sky/20782605?i=20782599