Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2014): FRED CLEAVER, WENDY HIGHBY, UTE, CHUCK, JULIE BOYLE, DON KOONTZ, MARY SHEN BARNIDGE & JOYCE W.

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As part of the show’s annual New Year’s Eve special, host Dave Lefkowitz and his wife Joyce chat with friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, and their friends Ute, Chuck, Julie Boyle, and Don Koontz. Plus a phone call from Chicago theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge.

Topics include: New Year’s Eve, David Byrne.

Segment aired May 9, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Please Note: The Mary Shen Barnidge interview has been abridged here, but the full chat is also available on this site and on the full episode (Full Episode)

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Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby (2nd & 4th from left) with Dave

Dave’s Gone By #490 (12/27/2014): THE GRAPPLES OF ROTH

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Here is the 490th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 27, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical producer Ari Roth. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crime Beat, Saturday Segues (Joe Cocker, Patti Smith), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Beach Boys), Dylan – Sooner & Later (John Wesley Harding).

Guests: theatrical producer Ari Roth, Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (New Year’s plans, graffiti)
00:27:00 GREELEY CRIME BEAT
01:30:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Joe Cocker
01:51:30 Sponsors
01:59:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – 2014 Overview
02:27:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ari Roth
03:19:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY (Beach Boys)
03:22:30 Friends
03:31:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (John Wesley Harding)
03:56:00 Weather
03:59:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Patti Smith
04:27:30 Thanks
04:31:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 27, 2014 Playlist: “First We Take Manhattan” (01:35:00), “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” (01:38:30), “Have a Little Faith in Me” (01:41:00), “The Letter” {live 1970} (01:45:00) & “Feelin’ Alright” (04:35:30; Joe Cocker). “I Never Know When” (02:23:30; Goldilocks Bway cast w/ Elaine Stritch). “In My Room” (03:17:00; The Beach Boys). “As I Went Out One Morning” (03:40:30) & “I am a Lonesome Hobo” (03:47:30; Bob Dylan). “Pity the Poor Immigrant” (03:43:30; Judy Collins). “All Along the Watchtower” (03:51:00; Jimi Hendrix). “Amerigo” (04:01:30), “Citizen Ship” (04:06:00), “Break It Up” (04:14:30), “Redondo Beach” (04:18:30) & “After the Gold Rush” (04:22:00; Patti Smith).

Ari Roth
Joe Cocker
Patti Smith
The Beach Boys