Here is the 587th episode–our annual New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, Dec. 31, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: composer Brian Gari, Chicago theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, cousins Bobby & Debra O’Brien, and wife Joyce
Featuring: Dave and Joyce welcome the new year with songs, segues, phone calls, n’ banter. Plus: The Best of Greeley Crimes and Old Times.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:03:00 GUEST: Dave’s aunt Esther Brower
00:08:00 GUESTS: Dave’s cousins Debra and Bobby O’Brien
00:30:00 GUEST: musician Brian Gari
01:14:30 GUEST: theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge
02:01:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Passings
02:31:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #142 (2016 Farewell) {originally aired 12/24/16}
02:40:00 BEST OF GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
02:56:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Seventeen
03:10:30 DAVE GOES OUT
“War” (00:51:30; Bob Marley). “Happy New Year to You” (00:57:30; Sun Ra). “Where are We Now?” (02:02:30) & “Heroes” ({live Stage version}; David Bowie). “Fight for Your Right to Party” (01:04:30; The Beastie Boys). “Gravy and Potatoes” (01:58:00; Dan Crow). “Diamonds and Pearls” (02:07:00; Prince). “If We Make it Through December” (02:09:00; Merle Haggard). “Faith” (02:20:30; George Michael). “You Want it Darker” 02:23:30; Leonard Cohen). “So Funky” (02:27:00; Blowfly). “Gotta Travel On” (02:36:30; The Limeliters). “Auld Lang Syne” (02:53:30; Guy Lombardo). “Alive” (02:57:00; Sia). “Seventeen” (02:57:00; Heathers 2014 off-Broadway cast). “Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)” (03:05:00; The Sound of Music w/ Mary Martin).
(pictured below: Brian Gari, Mary Shen Barnidge, Esther Brower, Debra O’Brien, Dave n’ Joyce)