Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/3/2011): BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews playwright and screenwriter Bruce Jay Friedman

Topics include: Steambath, Lucky Bruce, Splash, The Heartbreak Kid, Stir Crazy.

Segment originally aired Dec. 3, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Bruce Jay Friedman, passed June 3, 2020 at age 90.

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Bruce Jay Friedman

Dave’s Gone By #369 (12/3/2011): MAGIC GARDENS & STEAMY BATHS

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Here is the 369th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 3, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: singer Carole Demas and writer Bruce Jay Friedman

Featuring: Dave chats with actress Carole Demas and author Bruce Jay Friedman. Plus: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Coca Cola, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Don DeVito tribute), Inside Broadway (news & Judd Woldin tribute), Saturday Segue (rock birthdays).

Note: Bruce Jay Friedman passed June 3, 2020 at age 90.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:13:30 GUEST: Carole Demas
00:54:30 GUEST: Bruce Jay Friedman
01:49:30 Sponsors
01:57:30 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later: Don DeVito
02:27:00 Weather
02:31:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (02:31:30), Judd Woldin)
02:39:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Rock Birthdays
03:01:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #31: Coca Cola
03:10:00 Friends
03:19:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 3, 2011 Playlist: “The Magic Garden” (08:00) & “See Ya” (Carole Demas & Paula Janis on “The Magic Garden”; 03:21:00). “Summer Nights” (Carole Demas & Barry Bostwick in Grease 1972 original Broadway cast; 00:51:30). “In the Garden” (Van Morrison; 09:30:00). “Bruces” (Monty Python; 01:45:00). “Going, Going, Gone” (01:58:30), “You’re a Big Girl Now” (02:07:00), “Black Diamond Bay” (02:11:30) & “Shelter from the Storm” (live) (02:21:00; Bob Dylan). “Finale” (02:36:30; Raisin 1973 Broadway cast). “Jenny Jenny” (02:40:00; Little Richard). “City Girl” (02:42:00; Joan Armatrading). “Goodbye to Romance” (02:46:00; Black Sabbath). “This is a Rebel Song” (Sinead O’Connor; 02:51:30). “Barcarolle” (02:54:30; Tom Waits).

Carole Demas, then & now
Bruce Jay Friedman
Bruce Jay Friedman’s book
Don DeVito
Edwin Judd Woldin
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/3/2011): CAROLE DEMAS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews singer and “Magic Garden” TV host Carole Demas

Topics include: The Magic Garden, Grease, cabaret.

Segment originally aired Dec. 3, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/26/2011): PETER SCHICKELE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician and PDQ Bach archivist Peter Schickele

Topics include: classical music, Schickele Mix, radio, PDQ Bach, comedy.

Segment originally aired Nov. 26, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #368 (11/26/2011): SCHICKELE MIX

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Here is the 368th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 26, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Peter Schickele

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musicolologist Peter Schickele and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on his own stage show, Shalom Dammit!. Plus: Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (classical music), Inside Broadway, Book Reviews (Patti Smith & Bob Mould), Saturday Segue (shopping).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:37:30 INSIDE BROADWAY – News
00:50:00 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – Book Reviews (Patti Smith (00:50:30) & Bob Mould (01:01:30))
01:24:00 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Peter Schickele
02:19:30 Sponsors
02:27:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (classical music)
02:53:00 Friends
03:09:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION on Questions about his stage show
03:14:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 26, 2011 Playlist: “Window Shopping” (00:14:30; Hank Williams). “Window Shopping” (00:17:00; Lisa Loeb). “Shopping” (00:20:00; Pet Shop Boys). “Shopping” (00:23:30; The Jam); “Shopping” (00:27:00; Barenaked Ladies). “Shoppin’ for Clothes” (00:30:00; The Coasters). “Shop Around” (00:33:00; Smokey Robinson & the Miracles). “Bonnie and Clyde” (00:40:30; Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot). “See a Little Light” (01:05:00; Bob Mould). “Fuga Meshuga” (01:21:30), “Howdy There” (from “Oedipus Tex”) (01:50:30) & “Iphigenia in Brooklyn” (02:08:00) & “Love Me” (Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach; 03:16:30). “Saigon Bride” (01:36:00; Joan Baez). “Tombstone Blues” (live; 02:30:00), “Hard Times in New York Town” (Witmark demo version; 02:34:00), “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (“No Direction Home” version; 02:36:00), “Handy Dandy” (02:42:00) & “If Dogs Run Free” (Bob Dylan; 02:46:00). “You’ve Got Possibilities” (02:55:00; Linda Lavin). “Wedding Vows” (Karon Blackwell; 03:03:30).

Peter Schickele

Rabbi Sol Solomon and David San Miguel on the set of Shalom Dammit!
Dave

Dave’s Gone By #367 (11/12/2011): HELLO DERE

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Here is the 367th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 12, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Marty Allen

Featuring: Dave chats with veteran comedian Marty Allen. Plus: Inside Broadway (Man & Boy), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (on Shalom Dammit! live), Saturday Segue (coaches) & Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (covers).

Note: Marty Allen passed Feb. 12, 2018.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:35:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (00:35:00); Man and Boy (00:54:00)
01:11:00 GUEST: Marty Allen
01:55:00 Sponsors
02:04:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: covers
02:45:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Shalom Dammit! live
02:51:00 Dave Goes Off – A Sound Opinion on Tom Waits
03:04:00 Friends
03:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 12, 2011 Playlist: “Coney Island Baby” (00:13:30; Lou Reed); “There’s a Coach Comin’ In” (00:20:00; Paint Your Wagon 1951 Broadway cast); “Mystery Train” (00:22:00; Neil Young); “Earache My Eye” (00:24:30; Alice Bowie/Cheech & Chong); “Centerfield” (00:27:00; John Fogarty); “Venus in Furs” (00:48:00; Velvet Underground); “The Punch-Drunk Fighter” (01:07:30) & “The Golf Pro/Let’s Face the Music and Dance” (01:49:00; Allen & Rossi); “Love is a Four Letter Word” (02:07:30; Joan Baez); “Seven Days” (02:12:00; Ron Wood); “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (Cat Power; 02:17:00); “Can’t Leave Her Behind” (stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo; 02:24:00); “What Good Am I” (02:26:00; Barb Jungr); “Chimes of Freedom” (02:30:00; The Byrds); “I’m Still Here” (02:49:30; Tom Waits).

Marty Allen
Frank Langella & Adam Driver in Man and Boy
Sound Opinions
Dave Lefkowitz

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/12/2011): MARTY ALLEN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews comedian Marty Allen

Topics include: comedy, Allen & Rossi

Segment originally aired Nov. 12, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Marty Allen, passed Feb. 12, 2018 at age 95.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/5/2011): PHYLLIS NEWMAN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actress Phyllis Newman

Topics include: Adolph Green, Subways are for Sleeping, Bells are Ringing, theater, Broadway.

Segment originally aired Nov. 5, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Phyllis Newman

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/5/2011): WYLIE GELBER of Dawes

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Dawes band bass player Wylie Gelber

Topics include: Dawes, music.

Segment originally aired Nov. 5, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #366 (11/5/2011): OPENING DAWES

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Here is the 366th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 5, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: actress Phyllis Newman & Dawes bassist Wylie Gelber

Featuring: Dave chats with two-time Tony-winning actress Phyllis Newman and with Wylie Gelber, bass player for the roots band, Dawes Plus: Inside Broadway (reviews of The Judy Show & Voca People), Saturday Segue (time changes), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (times a-changin’), and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Kardashian divorce.

Note: An audio glitch glitch towards the one-hour mark rendered about five minutes of the program unrecorded but did not affect the rest of the broadcast or audio archiving.

Note: Phyllis Newman passed Sept. 15, 2019.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 Dave on Dawes
00:25:30 DAVE GOES OFF on Daylight Savings Time
00:29:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: time changes
00:53:30 GUEST: Phyllis Newman
01:19:00 AD: Shalom Dammit – An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon
01:21:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:21:30), The Judy Show (01:27:00) & Voca People (01:30:00)
01:49:00 GUEST: Wylie Gelber
02:20:00 Sponsors
02:23:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Kardashian divorce
02:27:00 Friends
02:32:00 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (times a-Changin’)
02:46:00 DAVE GOES OUT w/ Joyce Weil

Nov. 5, 2011 Playlist: “My Girl to Me” (00:16:00), “Time Spent in Los Angeles” (01:37:00), “The Way You Laugh” (01:41:30), “Come Back to a Man” (01:45:00), “How Far We’ve Come” (02:13:30) & “When My Time Comes” (02:54:00; Dawes); “Time to Ring Some Changes” (live) (00:29:30; Richard Thompson); “Turning Time Around” (00:32:30; Lou Reed); “Beat the Time” (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians; 00:37:00); “Time Precious Time” (00:40:00; Lindsey BUckingham); “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” (00:44:00; Eva Cassidy); “What’s New at the Zoo” (00:50:00; Do Re Mi 1999 off-Broadway cast); “Casual” (01:16:00; Julius LaRose & Phyllis Newman); “Black Crow Blues” (02:32:30), “Where are You Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat)” (02:35:00) & “Highlands” (excerpt, 02:42:00; Bob Dylan).

Phyllis Newman now
Phyllis Newman then
Wylie Gelber
Judy Gold
Voca People
Rabbi Sol Solomon