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!
Episodes
43 episodes
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 ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:16:22
A Look Behind The Curtain With Will Retherford
Grateful Dad & Friends would not exist if it weren’t for my guest, Will Retherford, who founded and owns the Tulsa-based production company, Citizens of Sound. I have my friend Lawrence Zarian - who some of you may kno...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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48:48
Love Stories - With Lindsey & Will and Anzo & Margs
Love really IS in the air as we approach Valentine’s Day. On today’s episode, I’m joined by the love of my life, my bride Ms Margs, and our friends, Lindsey Janes and Will Derasmoto, to celebrate their love and to toast to their recent en...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:08:24
Riding The 2025 Energy Train With Dave “Fetts” Fetterolf
The Energy Train keeps rolling with an unforgettable guest: Dave “Fetts” Fetterolf. A dynamic personality with boundless energy, Fetts is a man of many talents—insane athletic ability, a battery that never quits, a wildly successful career, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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52:21
Ringing In 2025 With Film Producer and Music Lover, John “Johnny Gowanus” Hennegan
Kicking off Season 4 and ringing in 2025 with a cool cat that has widened my musical lens TENFOLD, Mr. John “Johnny Gowanus” Hennegan. Although I’ve known John since the early 80’s and we’ve run with the same group of guy...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:16:11
A Conversation With Another “Wise Old Owl,” My Friend, Mr. Tom White
Similar to Season 2, Episode 1 when I sat down with Doug “Pops” Smith, who I like to refer to as a “Wise Old Owl”, in this episode I have the pleasure of connecting with a friend that I consider in the same first-class league, Mr. Tom White....
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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49:28
SAY YES. DON’T WAIT. A tribute to Rainer Jenss with Tim “Tmac” McGuire
I don’t always subscribe to the notion that “everything happens for a reason,” but as the universe would have it, the recent loss of a mutual friend, Rainer “TITAN” Jenss, has reconnected me with a gentleman that I am now proud to call one o...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:20:37
Love Is Real, Not Fade Away with John Macario
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, show the ones you love just how much they mean to you, and share your appreciation and gratitude for the gift of life, the gift of love, and the gift of energy that we all share. Thank you ALL for the gift of YOUR...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:17:55
A Rare and Different Tune with Beau Carino
To those that know him, the man needs no introduction. For those that don’t, his name is Beau Carino and he’s the founder of one of Long Island’s hottest live music venues, Beau’s Bar, in the village of Greenlawn. For nearly 20 y...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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55:54
Life, Loss and Love, with Austin Koerner and Hope Staib
With the exception of a select few cameo appearances by my previous guests’ significant others, this is the first episode where I sit down start-to-finish with a young couple, none other than my daughter, Ms. Hope Staib, and her significant ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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56:34
Rocking Against Hunger, The Extraordinary Story of Syd Mandelbaum
S3, E6 begins with the story of the Mandelbaum family in the late 1930’s and 40’s, and includes the harrowing tale of those family members who miraculously survived the holocaust, and the tragedy of those family members who didn’t. He ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:19:27
Completing The Trifecta With Billy Campion
To complete the “Campion Brothers Trifecta”, I was beyond stoked to host Mr. Billy Campion, otherwise known as Young & Tender Willoughby, or The Captain, and in later years, Vic Thrill. For those that know Billy, founding member an...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:01:34
Texas Talk with Mark Hamer
On S3, E4 of Grateful Dad & Friends, I’m proud to host a friend who could easily have a career in radio, one of my closest music, golfing, and paddle tennis wingmen, Mr. Mark Hamer. Mark takes us back to hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:27:06
One More Saturday Night With The Peer Family
On the final day of Dead & Company’s 30-show residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, I was honored to sit down with Huntington natives and fellow Deadheads, brothers John and Tommy Peer and Tommy’s son Thomas Peer. We spent our...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:00:26
In High Gear At The Sphere With Paco Keville
In my second trip of the summer to catch Dead & Company at Sphere in Las Vegas, I was honored to host my friend of 40+ years, fellow Canterbury “Saint” (term used loosely), avid Deadhead, and all around amazing human being, my cohort Pac...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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49:35
My Friend of the Devil, Tommy Mills
To kick off Season 3, I’m joined by lifelong friend and fellow Deadhead, Tommy Mills, with a special cameo by his better half, Ms Karin Mills. Karin proved to be an integral part of my conversation with her husband in that she served a...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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55:51
Season Two: A Look Back
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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10:10
Going Full Circle With John Buckholtz
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 d...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:02:02
Chiming In From Sin City With Garvin Hammer
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. And...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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40:07
Going Old School With Geoff Shaffer
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 f...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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46:14
Campfire Chronicles with Chris Campion
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,...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:15:26
A Visit With Mom
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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55:43
From One Musician To Another w/ Mike “Comfort" O’Rourke
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:02:40
Searching For The Sound With Dave & Rusty
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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49:31
Carving out time with Carly Staib
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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47:11
