Sean Weber-Small

Sean Weber-Small is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on music-related television specials for Country Music Television (CMT) and for his appearance in the 2025 HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. He has produced more than 30 television programs, primarily for CMT, and was previously recognized for his role as the stepson of musician Billy Joel during the height of Joel's early career. He is currently a Partner and President at the Experiential marketing firm AGENC.

Early life

Sean Weber-Small is the son of music manager Elizabeth Weber and film and television producer Jon Small. During the 1970s, his mother married singer-songwriter Billy Joel, and Weber-Small spent much of his childhood in Joel's household. Their family life during this period was later chronicled in the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes.

Grateful Dead Touring

Between 1985 and 1991, Sean Weber-Small contributed as a live audio location recording engineer, or "Taper", for a number of Grateful Dead performances. He is credited in multiple archived concert recordings for providing front-of-house audience recordings using high-end analog-to-digital conversion equipment, including modified Sony PCM-F1 units and Schoeps microphones. His recordings have been preserved by the Live Music Archive on archive.org and remain part of the public historical record of the Grateful Dead's musical legacy.

Career

Weber-Small began working in television production in the late 1990s becoming a Producer, Director and Executive Producer for a wide range of Film and Television programming many of which aired on CMT and MTV Networks.

He is also credited as the producer and writer of the independent film Block 57 (2016).

He currently serves as President and Partner at Agenc, an Experiential marketing firm.

Public recognition

In 2025, Weber-Small appeared in the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on HBO and Max. In the film, he discusses his experience growing up as the stepson of Billy Joel and reflects on his family’s private history and its impact on Joel’s early career.

Complete filmography

Film

Van Morrison: The Concert (1990, Video) – Associate Director
Free Enterprise (1998) – Second Assistant Camera
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (2001)(Special Edition Video) – Associate Editor
Still Life (2001, Short) – Producer
Block 57 (2016) – Producer, Writer

Television

CMT Making the Video: Rascal Flatts – Feels Like Today (2004) – Director, Executive Producer, Writer
CMT Total Access: Rascal Flatts (2004) – Executive Producer, Writer
CMT Total Access: Alison Krauss & Union Station (2005) – Director, Executive Producer, Writer
CMT Total Access: Dierks Bentley (2005) – Writer
CMT Homecoming: Brooks & Dunn Live at Cain’s Ballroom (2005) – Executive Producer
CMT Homecoming: Trisha Yearwood (2005) – Executive Producer
CMT Homecoming: Toby Keith (2005) – Executive Producer, Writer
CMT Greatest Moments: Reba McEntire (2006) – Executive Producer
CMT Greatest Moments: Alabama (2006) – Executive Producer
CMT Greatest Moments: Kenny Chesney (2006) – Executive Producer
CMT Greatest Moments: Toby Keith (2006) – Executive Producer
CMT Total Access: Miss America (2006) – Executive Producer
CMT Total Release: Reba McEntire (2004) – Executive Producer
CMT Total Release: Sara Evans (2004) – Executive Producer, Producer
CMT Total Release: Montgomery Gentry (2003) – Additional Editor, Producer, Writer
CMT Total Release: Most Wanted Live Tour (2003) – Executive Producer, Producer
CMT Total Release: Kenny Chesney (2002) – Producer, Writer
CMT Total Release: Toby Keith (2002) – Producer, Writer
CMT Making the Video: Reba McEntire – Somebody (2004) – Executive Producer, Producer
CMT Making the Video: Hank Williams Jr. – Why Can't We All Get a Long Neck? (2004) – Executive Producer, Producer
CMT Making the Video: Jimmy Buffett & Martina McBride – Trip Around the Sun (2004) – Executive Producer
CMT Total Access: Big & Rich (2004) – Executive Producer, Writer
CMT’s Greatest Tour Buses (2004) – Director, Executive Producer
CMT: 40 Sexiest Music Videos (2008) – Executive Producer

Selected Grateful Dead recording credits

March 22, 1987 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
March 23, 1987 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
March 24, 1987 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
May 3, 1987 – Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA
July 7, 1987 – Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, VA
July 8, 1987 – Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, VA
November 8, 1987 – Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
March 16, 1988 – Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
March 26, 1988 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
April 22, 1988 – Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA
July 15, 1988 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
July 17, 1988 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
February 5, 1989 – Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
February 10, 1989 – Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
February 11, 1989 – Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
June 8, 1990 – Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
June 9, 1990 – Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
June 10, 1990 – Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
September 14, 1990 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

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