Dave’s Gone By #363 (10/1/2011): KIHN FOLK

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Here is the 363rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired Oct. 1, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: actress Bonnie Franklin, musician Greg Kihn

Featuring: Dave chats with actress Bonnie Franklin and musician and author Greg Kihn. Plus: Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (paint) and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Jewish Days of Awe.

Note: Bonnie Franklin passed March 1, 2013.

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN
00:17:30 GUEST: Bonnie Franklin
01:05:00 Sponsors
01:19:30 GUEST: Greg Kihn
02:00:00 Weather
02:03:00 BOB DYLAN: Sooner & Later – “When He Paints…”
02:41:00 Sponsors
02:44:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Days of Awe
02:50:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news)
02:56:00 Friends
03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

October 1, 2011 Playlist: “Do What You Gotta Do” (00:10:00), “Wherever There’s Smoke” (01:30:00), “Jeopardy” (01:16:00), “The Break-Up Song” (01:53:00) & “Little Red Book” (01:57:30; Greg Kihn); “Applause” (00:13:30) & “She’s No Longer a Gypsy” (01:02:00; Applause, 1970 Bway cast w/ Bonnie Franklin); “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (02:07:00), “Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight” (02:10:30), “Desolation Row” (live) (02:16:00), “I Shall Be Free” (Demo) (02:24:30), “She Belongs to Me” (live) (02:29:00) & “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (excerpt, 02:31:00), “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (live 1975) (02:35:30; Bob Dylan); “Great Big Love” (03:04:00; Bruce Cockburn).

Bonnie Franklin
Greg Kihn
Bob Dylan painting
Days of Awe

Dave’s Gone By #362 (9/24/2011): LEMMONY SNICKER

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Here is the 362nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired Sept. 24, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actor-musician Chris Lemmon & comedian Gallagher

Featuring: Dave chats with actor Chris Lemmon and comedian Gallagher. Plus: Dave Says Bye to R.E.M., Inside Broadway (news), and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Palestinian statehood.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:13:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Lemons
00:33:00 GUEST: Chris Lemmon
01:13:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & Dr. Selavy)
01:32:30 Weather & Sponsors
01:39:30 GUEST: Gallagher
02:26:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later
02:43:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #24: Palestinian statehood
02:51:00 Friends
02:59:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – R.E.M.
03:28:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 24, 2011 Playlist: “Lemon” (00:13:00; U2), “Baby Lemonade” (Syd Barrett; 00:20:00); “The Lemon Song” (00:24:00; Led Zeppelin); “Lemon Tree” (Peter, Paul & Mary; 00:30:00), “A Twist of Lemmon” (excerpt, Chris Lemmon; 01:06:00); “Jingle” (01:24:00), “Bankrupt Blues” (01:24:30), “Future for Sale” (01:26:00), “Requiem” (01:27:00) & “Life on the Inside” (01:29:00; Dr. Selavy’s Magic Theater, 1972 off-Bway cast), Gallagher youtube clips (01:39:30 & 02:19:30; Gallagher); “Clean Cut Kid” (02:27:00), “Country Pie” (02:31:00), “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (02:32:30), “Neighborhood Bully” (02:35:00; Bob Dylan); “Fall on Me” (02:47:30), “Mr. Richards” (02:59:00), “Disturbance at the Heron House” (03:03:00), “Near Wild Heaven” (03:06:30), “Nightswimming” (03:17:00), “Me in Honey” (03:21:00), “I Am Superman” (03:25:30) “It’s the End of the World as We Know it” (03:32:00; R.E.M.).

Gallagher
Chris Lemmon
R.E.M.
cover for Doctor Selavy’s Magic Theater

Dave’s Gone By #361 (9/17/2011): LOVELY RITA

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Here is the 361st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 17, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Actress Rita Gardner

Dave chats with actress Rita Gardner of the original Fantasticks. Plus an autumnal Saturday Segue, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (fall)  and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (9/11).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Autumn 1
00:33:30 GUEST: Rita Gardner
01:16:00 Sponsors
01:24:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Autumn 2
01:39:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:55:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Fall)
02:33:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on 9/11
02:41:00 DAVE GOES OFF – on Potato Day
02:52:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 17, 2011 Playlist: “Fall” (00:08:30; Bruce Cockburn); “The Leaves That are Green” (00:11:30; Simon & Garfunkel); “Autumn” (00:14:00; Moondog); “Summer’s Gone” (00:16:00; Frogs Gone Fishin’); “When Summer’s Ended” (00:20:00; Bill Morrissey); “The Summer of My Wasted Youth” (00:23:30; Amy Rigby); “The Last Rose of Summer” (00:27:00; Tom Waits); “Much More / I Can See It” (00:31:30) & “Try to Remember / They Were You” (01:11:30; Rita Gardner). “Much More” (00:47:00; The Fantasticks, 1960 off-Broadway cast); “Falling Leaves” (01:25:00), “Heart Full of Leaves” (01:29:00), “Autumn Sea” (01:30:30) & “Autumn is Your Last Chance” (01:34:30; Robyn Hitchcock); “Hotel California” (01:46:30; Eagles); “Golden Loom” (01:55:30), “Sitting on Top of the World” (02:00:00), “Spirit on the Water” (02:04:00), “Cat’s in the Well” (02:12:00), “The Wicked Messenger” (02:15:30) & “Idiot Wind” (02:17:30; Bob Dylan); “Hot Potatoes” (02:37:30; The Kinks); “Autumn Leaves” (02:57:30; Eva Cassidy).

Rita Gardner
Potato Day!
autumn
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #360 (9/3/2011): LABOR INTENSIVE

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Here is the 360th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 3, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Dave welcomes Labor Day weekend with a Saturday Segue (finest worksongs), Inside Broadway (news), Dylan – “Sooner & Later” (work), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (on Reb Levin). Plus: Dave Goes Off on the Telethon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:09:30 GUEST CALLER: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:43:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Finest Worksongs
01:35:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Porgy Problems (01:41:00)
01:53:30 Weather & Sponsors
01:59:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Labor
02:36:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #22: Reb Levin
02:44:30 DAVE GOES OFF on the MD Telethon
02:54:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 3, 2011 Playlist: “Hot Potato” (00:27:00; The Wiggles); “The Potato Song” (00:28:30; Cheryl Wheeler); “Work” (00:43:30; Bob Marley & the Wailers); “Don’t Talk to Me About Work” (00:47:00; Lou Reed); “Work for Your Money” (00:49:30; Howlin’ Wolf); “Go to Work You Jerk” (00:52:00; Benny Bell); “Why Don’t You Get a Job” (00:54:00; The Offspring); “Finest Worksong” (01:00:00; R.E.M.); “Working Class Hero” (01:04:00; Richie Havens); “Take a Job” (01:09:00; Do Re Mi 1999 off-Bway cast); “A Job of Work” (01:12:30; Tom Paxton); “Force on the Workforce” (01:15:00; Keith Hancock); “Get a Job” (01:17:30; The Silhouettes); “Losing Our Job” (01:20:30; The Roches); “Woman’s Work” (01:24:30; Tracy Chapman); “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)” (01:26:00; Randy Newman); “I Loves You Porgy” (01:49:30; James Brown); “Talkin’ New York” (01:59:30), “North Country Blues” (02:02:30), “Cantina Theme (Workin’ for the Law)” (02:07:30), “You Gotta Serve Somebody” (live) (02:16:30) & “Workingman’s Blues #2” (02:22:30; Bob Dylan); “Tangled Up in Blue” (02:10:00; Robyn Hitchcock); “Rock Me Jerry Lewis” (02:42:00; Mike Elliot & Bud LaTour); “I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work to See My Baby” (02:56:30; Tom Waits).

Jerreee!
Yehuda Levin
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #359 (8/20/2011): THE COWBOY WAY

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Here is the 359th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 20, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Riders in the Sky, comedian Aaron Berg and broadcaster Joe Salzone.

Featuring: Dave chats with comedian Aaron Berg and with Too Slim, Ranger Doug and Joey the Cowpolka King of the western swing band, Riders in the Sky. Plus: A chat with broadcaster Joe Salzone, Inside Broadway, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (downturn) and a brief Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later segment on schooldays.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:13:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – While We Were Out
00:42:30 GUESTS: Riders in the Sky (Ranger Doug, Too Slim & Joey the Cowpolka King)
01:31:30 GUEST: Aaron Berg
02:08:30 Sponsors
02:11:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the economic downturn
02:19:30 INSIDE BROADWAY – news
02:24:00 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (schooldays)
02:31:30 GUEST: Joe Salzone
02:57:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 20, 2011 Playlist: “Time is on My Side” (01:10:30; Rolling Stones); “When Summer’s Ended” (00:13:00) & “You’ll Never Get to Heaven” (00:20:30; Bill Morrissey); “Wake Up Alone” (00:17:00) & “You Know I’m No Good” (00:27:00; Amy Winehouse); “Pata Pata” (00:24:00; Miriam Makeba); “The Land Beyond the Sun” (00:39:00), “Saddle Up” (00:54:30), “Song of the Trail” (01:09:30), “There’s a Blue Sky Way Out Yonder” (01:25:30), “He Walks with the Wild and Lonely” (03:02:00; Riders in the Sky); “Carry That Weight” (01:30:00; The Beatles); “The Untitled (aka The Hardy Boys at the Y)” (02:02:30; Loudon Wainwright III); “Subterranean Homesick Blues, Take 1” (02:24:00) & “Life is Hard” (02:27:00) (Bob Dylan).

Riders in the Sky
Aaron Berg
Joe Salzone
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #358 (7/2/2011): KONIG FUR EINEN TAG

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Here is the 358th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 2, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: comedian Dave Konig, and Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian Dave Konig. Plus: a Saturday Segue of freedom songs, Inside Broadway (news & Nixon’s Nixon), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (July 4th), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflections on July 4th, and Dave & his wife Joyce reminisce about their trip to Italy.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Freedom
00:33:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Dave Konig
01:25:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (News & Nixon’s Nixon (01:38:30))
01:47:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – more freedom songs
01:53:30 Sponsors
02:01:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: July 4th
02:37:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #20: July 4th
02:45:00 DAVE GOES AWAY – to Italy (aka Wakka-Wakka Boom-Boom Pigs), w/ guest Joyce
03:11:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 2, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Absolutely Free” (00:08:30; Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention); “Freedom Now” (00:12:00; Tracy Chapman); “Free” (00:15:30; “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1996 Bway cast); “Set Me Free” (00:19:00; John Cale); “I’m So Free” (00:23:30; Lou Reed); Marriage (00:28:30) & Jewish (01:16:00; Dave Konig, youtube clips); (01:22:00; Follies 2004 Paper Mill Playhouse cast); “Free as a Bird” (01:47:30; The Beatles); “I’m Free” (01:51:00; The Rolling Stones); “Tears of Rage” (version 2) (02:02:30), “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” (02:05:00), “Tombstone Blues” (live) (02:09:00), “Lone Pilgrim” (02:13:30), “Angelina” (02:16:00), “Band of the Hand” (02:23:00) & “This Land is Your Land” (02:27:30; Bob Dylan); “Mambo Italiano” (02:43:30; Dean Martin); “Freedom” (live) (03:14:30; Richie Havens).

Dave Konig
waka waka boom boom pig
freedom

Dave’s Gone By #357 (6/25/2011): THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

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Here is the 357th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 25, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: lighting and theater designer Richard Pilbrow, radio host Bob Cudmore

Featuring: Dave chats with Broadway lighting wizard Richard Pilbrow. Plus: a Saturday Segue of light songs, Dave Says Bye to Peter Falk, Dave’s appearance with Bob Cudmore on WVTL’s “Coffee with Cudmore,” Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (light), Dave Says Bye to Clarence Clemons, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Light
00:30:00 GUEST: Richard Pilbrow
01:20:30 INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Peter Falk (01:25:30)
01:39:30 DAVE on “Coffee with Cudmore” w/ Bob Cudmore (WVTL-AM 1570, taped 6/21/11)
01:54:00 Sponsors & Weather
01:59:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Light)
02:32:30 DAVE – Upcoming
02:39:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on “Jackass'” Ryan Dunn
02:55:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Clarence Clemons
02:58:00 More Sponsors & Friends
03:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 25, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “In a Different Light” (00:09:00; Bangles); “In the Light” (00:12:00; Led Zeppelin); “It’s not the Spotlight” (00:19:30; Beth Orton); “Color and Light” (00:25:30; Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 Bway cast); “Arrows of Light” (00:55:30; Bruce Cockburn); “Shadows and Light” (01:16:00; Joni Mitchell). “When the Deal Goes Down (02:00:00), “Chimes of Freedom” (02:04:30), “Something’s Burning, Baby” (02:12:00), “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” (02:16:30), “Every Grain of Sand” (02:20:30) & “Moonlight” (02:26:30; Bob Dylan); “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (02:45:00), “Pink Cadillac” (02:48:00), “Bobby Jean” (02:52:00) & “The Long Goodbye” (03:06:00; Bruce Springsteen).

Richard Pilbrow
Bob Cudmore
Peter Falk
Clarence Clemons
Ryan Dunn
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #356 (6/18/2011): HEAVENLY FATHERS

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Here is the 356th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 18, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz

Featuring: Father’s Day episode featuring Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz, an Inside Broadway recap of the Tony Awards, plus a farewell to Wild Man Fischer, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later, and Dave’s thoughts on his trip to L’Aquila, Italy.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Summer
00:34:00 GUEST: Philip Lefkowitz
01:02:30 Sponsors
01:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – Tony thoughts
01:29:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Wild Man Fischer
02:09:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (dads & summer)
02:39:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Father’s Day
02:48:00 DAVE GOES AWAY – L’Aquila, Italy
02:58:30 Friends
03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 18, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Summersong” (00:08:00; The Decemberists); “Summertime Blues” (00:11:00; T. Rex); “In the Summertime” (00:14:00; Mungo Jerry); “Indian Summer” (00:17:30; Lee Konitz); “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” (00:20:00; Joni Mitchell); “All I Have to Do is Dream/A Summer Song” (00:23:00; Christine Lavin); “The Summer of My Wasted Youth” (00:26:00; Amy Rigby); “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer” (Nat King Cole; 00:29:00); “Sweet Little Papa” (00:59:00; Louis Armstrong); “Hello!” (01:27:30; The Book of Mormon, 2011 Bway cast); “My Name is Larry” (01:29:30), “Don’t Ever Get Mad at Me” (01:42:30), “I Light the Pilot” (01:43:30), “I’m Selling Peanuts for the Dodgers” (01:45:30), “Go to Rhino Records” (01:51:30), “The Wild Man Fischer Story” (02:02:00) & “Love, Love, Love in Everything You Do” (03:08:30; Wild Man Fischer); “Summer Days” (02:10:00), “In the Summertime” (02:15:00), “Ain’t Talkin'” (02:18:30), “Precious Memories” (02:27:30), “Sittin’ on Top of the World” (02:30:30) & “Father of Night” (02:35:00; Bob Dylan); “West of Rome” (02:44:00; Jeff Finlin).

Wild Man Fischer
L’Aquila, Italy
summertime

Dave’s Gone By #355 (6/11/2011): THE 7th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 355th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2011. info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Jonathan Abarbanel (theater critic, WBEZ Radio), John Ekeberg (programming & operations director, Denver Center Attractions), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (vice president, Drama Desk), Rosalind Friedman (theater critic, WMNR adio), Eric Grode (critic, New York Times), Brian Scott Lipton (editor, TheaterMania.com), Michael Portantiere (columnist, BroadwayStars.com), Michael Riedel (columnist, New York Post), Simon Saltzman (president, Outer Critics Circle), Richmond Shepard (producer), David Sheward (editor, BackStage). Bonus Guest: Paul Williams (composer, recorded June 2010).

Featuring: Dave celebrates the Tony Awards with NYC theater critics making picks and predictions on the 7th Annual TotalTheater Tony show. Plus: Chicago critic Jonathan Abarbanel, The Denver Center’s John Ekeberg, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and a chat with composer Paul Williams.

Note: Technical difficulties added slight audio hiccups and truncated the recorded versions of interviews with Leslie (Hoban) Blake and Jeff Goodman. Apologies!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00 GUEST: Michael Riedel
00:34:00 GUEST: Eric Grode
00:52:30 DAVE: Sponsors & Quiz, part one
00:57:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:18:00 GUEST: John Ekeberg
01:39:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
01:52:30 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman
02:05:00 GUEST: Jonathan Abarbanel
02:21:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
02:36:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard
02:51:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #17: the 2011 Tony Awards
02:59:00 GUEST: David Sheward
03:20:00 Quiz, part two
03:26:30 Dave – post-show message
03:30:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:42:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman
03:49:00 Quiz, part three
00:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT
03:56:30 BONUS GUEST: Paul Williams (2010)

June 11, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Overture” (00:00:02) & “The Company Way” (02:03:00) & “Exit Music” (03:54:30; How to Succeed in Business…, 2010 Bway cast), “Southern Days” (00:30:00) & “It’s Gonna Take Time” (02:08:30; The Scottsboro Boys, 2010 off-Bway cast); “Hello” (00:46:30) & “Turn it Off” (03:23:30; The Book of Mormon, 2011 Bway cast), “Finishing the Hat” (00:50:00; Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 Bway cast), “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (01:14:30; Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002 Bway cast). “Mad Tea Party” (01:32:00) & “Home” (02:47:30; Wonderland, 2011 Bway cast); “Tonight’s the Night” (01:33:00; Crazy for You, 1992 Bway cast); “Now I Have Everything” (01:34:30; Fiddler on the Roof, 1964 Bway cast); “Someday” (01:36:30; Memphis, 2010 Bway cast); “By the Sea” (01:48:30; Sweeney Todd, 1979 Bway cast); “If This isn’t Love” (02:19:00; Finian’s Rainbow, 1947 Bway cast); “It’s De-lovely” (02:33:00; Anything Goes, 1962 off-Bway cast); “The Song that Goes Like This” (03:16:00; Spamalot, 2005 Bway cast).

Jonathan Abarbanel
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
John Ekeberg
Rosalind Friedman
Eric Grode
Brian Scott Lipton
Michael Portantiere
Jeff Goodman
Michael Riedel
Simon Saltzman
Richmond Shepard
David Sheward
Paul Williams
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #354 (5/14/2011): RUSSELLMANIA

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Here is the 354th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 14, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: political satirist Mark Russell

Featuring: Dave chats with satirist Mark Russell. Plus: Inside Broadway (The Book of Mormon, Tony nominees), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Italy), Saturday Segue (Italians), Etta James get-well tribute, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Israel’s birthday.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:20:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Italy
00:33:00 GUEST: Mark Russell
01:31:30 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later: Italy
02:01:30 Items in the news
02:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (Tony nominees (02:05:00), The Book of Mormon (02:09:00) & news (02:16:30))
02:19:00 Get Well – Etta James
02:32:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Israel’s birthday
02:59:00 DAVE – Friends & Sponsors
03:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 14, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (00:10:00; Walker Brothers); “Mambo Italiano” (00:22:00; Dean Martin); “Calypso Italiano” (00:24:00; Bobby Darin); “Be Italian” (00:27:00; Nine, 2009 film soundtrack); “We Open in Venice” (00:31:00; Kiss Me, Kate, 1949 Broadway cast); Excerpt from 1976 PBS special (01:22:00; Mark Russell, youtube clip); “Tangled Up in Blue” (01:31:30), “Down the Highway” (01:37:00), “Joey” (live w/ The Grateful Dead) (01:40:30), “House Carpenter” (01:49:30) & “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (01:54:00; Bob Dylan); “These Foolish Things” (02:21:30) & “Slow and Easy” (02:25:30; Etta James), “Let’s Get Away from it All” (02:39:00; Frank Sinatra); “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day” (02:41:00; Sam Cooke); “Fly Me to the Moon” (02:43:30; Tony Bennett); “Young at Heart” (02:47:30; Jimmy Durante); “Opus I, No. 2, 2nd Movement – Minuetto Grazioso” (02:50:00; Frank Zappa); “The Vatican Rag” (02:52:30; Tom Lehrer).
(pictured: Mark Russell, Etta James, Italian flag, happy birthday Israel!)