“Finding the Good in Grief”, AL ANDREWS, counselor to Country Music Artists, & host BRAD WARREN (S1/E1)

The Good Grief Good God Show

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The Good Grief Good God Show is hosted by Grammy Nominee and Emmy award-winning hit songwriter of fifteen top #10 country songs, including nine #1's, Brad Warren of the Warren Brothers https://warrenbrothers.com/

Join Brad monthly on the first and third Tuesdays in audio and video as Brad finds the good in grief through RAW, HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SURVIVING THINGS THAT SUCK with a wide variety of special guests, including hit songwriters and recording artists, best-selling authors, hall of fame athletes, to family and friends.

As the host, Brad brings first-hand experience of finding the good in grief to his show. Brad has celebrated recovery since 2006, even after losing his oldest son Sage to an accidental fentanyl overdose. Since then, in addition to playing an active role in Nashville's recovery community for 17 years, he walks with grieving people, so they know they are not alone.

As the Warren Brothers, Brad and Brett have released four records, starred in CMT's first reality show, Barely Famous: with the Warren Brothers, and judges on USA network's Nashville Star. Since 2005, they have penned hit songs for artists including Taylor Swift, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and over thirty songs for Tim McGraw.

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🟥 GUEST BIO – AL ANDREWS

In 1999, Al Andrews was a counselor in a private practice in Nashville. After two years of counseling, he noticed that most of his clients were involved in the music business. A number of those clients were artists. After seeing artists for a while, he noticed something else. Because of their ever-changing schedules, artists couldn’t come regularly and many, particularly in the early years, couldn’t afford the hourly fee. In addition, it seemed to him that artists, given the unique lives they live, needed something other than a counseling appointment now and then to deal with the issues they face.

In 2001, upon the recommendation of a friend, Al set up an appointment with Peter York. At that time, Peter was the President of Sparrow Records. The two men had a conversation about the health of artists and within several months, Al was given a generous grant by the Sparrow Foundation to start a pilot project. Their only stipulation was that we would see artists from any label, not just EMI.

After three months of meeting with artists (at no charge), all of those involved realized that something good was happening. Artists had a place to go to be off-stage and a guide to help them. At the end of the pilot program, Bill Hearn and Peter met with Al and encouraged him to develop a plan to start a 501c3 non-profit organization whose purpose was to come alongside artists. Within 6 months, other industry leaders and labels joined in and Porter’s Call was born.

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