What an honor to have the McAuley patriarch Alec "Big Al" McAuley and his two sons, Sean & Tim, in the studio for a trip down memory lane about music, sports and sports legends, and most of all, about love & family.

The spotlight was on Big Al by design, and he did not disappoint. He brings us back to his life growing up the eldest of 10 children, playing high school basketball with Lew Alcindor (aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and his connection with the one-and-only Henry "Hank" Aaron. He tells the story of baby Sean arriving four weeks early and how he and the love of his life, Jane, delivered Sean in their apartment with the help of their Italian landlady. “Here a-comes-tha-baby!”

Fast forward to present day, Big Al and Jane just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary only a few short weeks ago. Congratulations you two lovebirds!

Sean and Tim take us back to their glory days on and off the football and baseball fields at Cornell Big Red in the late '80's. The McAuley brothers each share their perspectives on why music matters, and why it matters so much to the entire McAuley family.

Join us, and let's see where the energy takes us!

Swingtown music.apple.com/us/album/swingtown/1440842616?i=1440842907

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar youtube.com/shorts/xtXXTvmSHrQ?si=…

Hank Aaron youtube.com/shorts/…?si=…

Here We Go Again open.spotify.com/track/…?si=87cc639f14434732

Blackbird / Isabella McAuley (4 years old)

Cotton Fields (Sean, Tim, Big Al, and yours truly)

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After a brief hiatus, it's great to be back!

I'm joined by my friend Matt “Pooch” Kiernan and his band of brothers - Bernie “Bonzo” Kiernan (his actual brother), Scott “Deece” DeSimone, and Matt “needs-a-nickname” Catania.

Matt and I recently become fast friends through our mutual love of music, our love of our family, our passion for golf, and a new shared friendship with his brother and their two closest friends of over 50 years. I'm honored to call them all my friends now.

Matt is my co-pilot in this interview and he helps us navigate our way through the late 70’s to the present with recollections of having to choose between disco and polyester suits, or rock n’ roll. Each of the guys have similar but unique perspectives on which music mattered, and why. Their tastes ultimately spanning the likes of U2, The Clash, Matchbox Twenty, and…. wait for it….. Twisted Sister.

We close with tributes to those we lost along the way, and we pay tribute to their legacy and to the love they still bless us all with today.

Join us, and let's see where the energy takes us!

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This one-on-one conversation was a while in the making, and so well worth the wait.

Being a longtime customer of Grateful Fred and a fellow Deadhead, I’m honored to have hosted the founder of what I consider to be one of the premier Grateful Dead product producers in the country, Grateful Fred, Stephen McMennamy - https://grateful-fred.com/collections/badges

The episode is in no way intended to be an “infomercial” for either Grateful Fred or the podcast (I invited Stephen to be my guest, no strings attached), but more so it’s my way of sharing the story of a true entrepreneur, his love for the Grateful Dead, and how his passion to fuel his creative energy has reached new heights that he never dreamed possible.

Last but not least…. who is Fred anyway? Tune in. You won’t be disappointed :)

Join us, and let’s see where the energy takes us!

Grateful Fred

St Stephen 4.27.71

Tweezer 2.28.02

Wondering

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