Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/20/2014): ELLI (THE KING OF BROADWAY) MAYER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eliezer Mayer (aka Elli the King of Broadway)

Topics include: cabaret, Judaism, the Holocaust, Orthodox.

Segment aired Dec. 20, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #486 (11/29/2014): WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO BABY JANE

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Here is the 486th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 29, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer Baby Jane Dexter. Plus: Saturday Segue (this week), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Real Live), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Tracy Morgan).

Guests: singer Baby Jane Dexter, Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (late start, Thanksgiving with Frendy, Paul Williams)
01:04:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – This Week
01:27:00 More with Dave & Joyce (auto-correct, Sting)
01:35:00 Sponsors
01:53:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Baby Jane Dexter
03:26:00 Friends
03:31:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #14 – Tracy Morgan
03:34:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Real Live)
03:54:30 Weather
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 29, 2014 Playlist: “Baby Jane” (00:45:00; Rod Stewart). “Jelly Roll Gum Drop” (01:07:30; Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention). “Everybody’s Wrong” (01:12:30; Buffalo Springfield). “Little Wing” (01:14:30; Jimi Hendrix). “Norwegian Wood” (01:17:00; The Beatles). “Gimme Shelter” (01:19:00; The Rolling Stones). “The Kids are All Right” (01:23:30; The Who). “I Got Thunder” (01:50:30), “You Really Got a Hold On Me” (02:11:30), “One Meatball” (02:25:00), “Chickie Chickie Chickie” (02:46:30), “Fifteen Ugly Minutes” (02:51:30), “Everybody Hurts” (03:16:00) & “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart” (04:02:00; Baby Jane Dexter). “Tombstone Blues” ({Real Live version}; 03:44:00), “License to Kill” ({Real Live version}; 03:45:30) & “Ballad of a Thin Man” ({Real Live version}; 03:49:00; Bob Dylan).

Baby Jane Dexter
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Streema
Dylan’s Real Live

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/1/2014): SHERRY EAKER and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews producer Sherry Eaker

Topics include: Bistro Awards, Backstage, Broadway, theater.

Segment scheduled to air March 1, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/4/2014): TOM TOCE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews cabaret lyricist & Jeopardy champion Tom Toce

Topics include: Cabaret, Broadway, theater, Jeopardy, Andrea Marcovicci, Douglas J. Cohen.

Segment aired Jan. 4, 2014 as part of 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 about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #452 (1/4/2014): TWINKLE TOCE

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Here is the 452nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 4, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with lyricist Tom Toce;  Saturday Segues (Phil Everly, Stipe n’ Schlosser); Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (firsts).

Guests: lyricist Tom Toce, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (age-appropriate, parasites)
00:43:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Phil Everly
00:54:00 Dave & Joyce (quiet times & drug mules)
01:11:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tom Toce
02:23:00 Sponsors & Weather
02:29:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (firsts)
02:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Stipe & Schlosser)
03:20:00 Friends
03:24:00 Upcoming
03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 4, 2014 Playlist: “Cathy’s Clown” (00:45:00), “Crying in the Rain” (00:47:00), “Bye Bye Love” (00:49:00) & “All I Have to Do is Dream” (00:51:00; The Everly Brothers). “The Sweetness in the Air” (01:08:30) & “Shalom Santa” (01:27:00; Carole J. Bufford). “The Boy From” (01:32:00; Side By Side By Sondheim 1976 UK cast w/ Millicent Martin). “The Night I Fell in Love with Paris” (01:56:00; Jane Monheit). “You Make Me Laugh” (02:19:00; Jennifer Sheehan). “Long Time Gone” (02:30:30), “The First Noel” (02:34:00), “The Water is Wide” (02:36:30), “Things Have Changed” (02:42:00). “Misery Loves Company” (02:54:00), “Kurt Cobain” (03:00:30), “I Wanna Be Madonna” (03:04:00) & “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” (03:09:00; Art Paul Schlosser). “Every Day is Yours to Win” (2:57:00), “Sitting Still” (03:01:00), “Supernatural Serious” (03:05:30) & “I am Superman” (03:28:30; R.E.M.).

Tom Toce
Phil Everly
Art Paul Schlosser
Michael Stipe

Dave’s Gone By #450 (12/28/2013): PS I LOVE YOU

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Here is the 450th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 28, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with singer and record producer Philip Chaffin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (13/14, Christine Lavin), Dylan – Sooner & Later (insurance), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on the year gone by.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer Philip Chaffin, Dave’s wife Joyce.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (end of the year, numerical milestones, xmas food, cast recordings, pancake party)
01:00:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (13/14)
01:24:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & Top Stories of 2013)
01:56:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Philip Chaffin
03:02:30 Sponsors
03:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Insurance
03:30:00 Friends
03:37:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #86: New Year 2014
03:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Christine Lavin
03:59:30 Weather & Upcoming
04:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 28, 2013 Playlist: “Thirteen” (01:00:30; Big Star). “The 13th (Swing Version)” (01:03:00; The Cure). “Thirteenth Mountain” (01:07:00; Bruce Cockburn). “Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods” (01:11:30; Beck). “14th Street Blues” (01:14:30; Leon Redbone). “14th Street” (01:17:30; Rufus Wainwright). “Finale” (01:51:00; Dear World, 1969 Broadway cast). “Diga Diga Doo” (01:53:00), “A Cow and a Plough and a Frau” (02:50:00) & “Somethin’ Real Special” (02:58:30; Philip Chaffin). “The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me Blues” (02:10:30; Follies 2011 Broadway cast w/ Danny Burstein). “Around the World” (02:35:30; Grey Gardens 2006 Bway cast w/ Christine Ebersole). “Folies Bergere” (02:41:30; Nine 2003 Bway cast w/ Chita Rivera). “It’s All Right Ma, I’m Only Bleeding” ({live “Before the Flood” version}; 03:10:00), “Clean Cut Kid” (03:15:30) & “Desolation Row” ({live MTV Unplugged version}; 03:19:30; Bob Dylan). “Nobody’s Fat in Aspen” (03:40:30), “Rockaway” (03:44:00), “If I Ruled the World” (03:48:00), “Gettin’ Used to Leavin’ (03:52:30) & “Scatter New Seeds” (04:07:00; Christine Lavin).

Philip Chaffin
Christine Lavin
Goodbye old year . . .

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/16/2013): ANDREA MARCOVICCI

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actress and singer Andrea Marcovicci

Topics include: Cabaret, Broadway, “The Front,” “The Hand.”

Segment aired Nov. 16, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Host Andrea Marcovicci during the 2004 Nightlife Awards Concert at Town Hall January 12, 2004 in New York City. — PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Kramer/Getty Images

Dave’s Gone By #445 (11/16/2013): MARCO SOLO

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Here is the 445th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 16, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with actress-singer Andrea Marcovicci; Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Germany’s Crystal Spa; Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Bjork); Dylan – Sooner & Later (“Dylan” at 40).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: singer-actress Andrea Marcovicci

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (ornaments)
00:34:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Bjork)
01:07:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:39:00 GUEST: Andrea Marcovicci
02:37:00 Friends
02:46:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (“Dylan” at 40)
03:01:30 Weather
03:03:30 Sponsors
03:11:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #82 – Germany’s Crystal Spa
03:19:00 Joyce on Tape
03:21:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 16, 2013 Playlist: “Tidal Wave” (00:37:30), “Hit” (00:47:30) & “Birthday” (00:57:30; The Sugarcubes). “Cover Me” (00:40:30), “The Boho Dance” (00:43:00) & “Bachelorette” (00:51:30; Bjork). “Discussing Big Fish” (01:34:00; Andrew Lippa & John August). “All in Fun” (01:37:00), “Life, Love and Laughter” (02:02:00), “Sing Me Not a Ballad” (02:19:30) & “Shakespeare Lied” (02:30:00; Andrea Marcovicci). “Lily of the West” (02:49:00), “Mary Ann” (02:52:30), “Big Yellow Taxi” (02:55:00), “Sarah Jane” (02:57:30). “Get Me Out of Here” (03:25:30; Paul McCartney).

Andrea Marcovicci
Bjork
Have a Crystal Night!

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/29/2013): JAY ROGERS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comic actor Jay Rogers

Topics include: theater, cabaret, Howard Crabtree, When Pigs Fly.

Segment originally aired June 29, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our friend of the Daverhood, Jay Rogers, passed Oct. 28, 2022. 

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Dave’s Gone By #418 (4/6/2013): MEAT AND GREET

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Here is the 418th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 6, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Eric Mittenthal, Vice President of Public Affairs of the American Meat Institute. Plus: Rabbi Sol on the passing of Roger Ebert, Saturday Segues (Phil Ramone, Tom Lehrer & Tiny Tim) and Inside Broadway.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: meat promoter Eric Mittenthal

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Phil Ramone
01:02:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:02:00) & Indianapolis (01:11:00): The Whipping Man (01:12:00), Indy Fringe (01:17:00), Twelfth Night (01:19:30), Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook (01:23:00))
01:32:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eric Mittenthal
02:01:30 Sponsors
02:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (meat)
02:34:00 Friends
02:38:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #62 (Roger Ebert)
02:42:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tiny Tim & Tom Lehrer
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 6, 2013 Playlist: “The Happy Hot Dog Man” (00:04:30; TV ad). “Minstrel of the Dawn” (00:14:00; Gordon Lightfoot). “You Don’t Own Me” (00:17:30; Lesley Gore ). “Poetry Man” (Phoebe Snow; 00:20:00). “Rolling Home” (00:24:30; Peter, Paul & Mary). “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” (00:28:00) & “Questions for the Angels” (00:48:30; Paul Simon). “Only the Good Die Young” (00:31:00; Billy Joel). “Rag Mama Rag” ({live version}; 00:35:00; The Band). “Half as Big as Life” (00:39:00; Promises, Promises, 1968 Broadway cast w/ Jerry Orbach). “Once Before I Go” (00:41:00; The Boy from Oz; 2003 Broadway cast w/ Hugh Jackman). “Gloomy Sunday” (00:44:30; Sinead O’Connor). “All That Meat and No Potatoes” (01:30:00; Fats Waller). “Meat City” (01:59:00; John Lennon). “Honest with Me” (02:08:30), “Quinn the Eskimo” (02:14:00). “Disease of Conceit” (02:17:00), “Tough Mama” (02:20:00), “Diamond Joe” (02:24:30), “On the Road Again” (02:28:00) & “Yea, Heavy and a Bottle of Bread” (02:30:30; Bob Dylan). “Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight” (02:42:30), “Mickey the Monkey” (02:47:30) & “Santa Claus has Got the AIDS this Year” (02:51:00; Tiny Tim). “My Home Town” (02:45:00), “Silent E” (02:49:30), “The Vatican Rag” (02:54:00) & “When You are Old and Grey” (02:59:00; Tom Lehrer).

Eric Mittenthal
Michael Feinstein & Barbara Cook
The Whipping Man at Indiana Rep
Phil Ramone
Tiny Tim
Tom Lehrer
Roger Ebert
The Happy Hot Dog Man!