Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/28/2020): B. J. THOMAS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer B.J. Thomas

Topics include: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, marriage, touring, candles, Hank Williams, James Brown, religion, spirituality

Segment aired Nov. 28, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: B. J. Thomas passed away May 29, 2021 at age 78.

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Dave’s Gone By #488 (12/13/2014): SOPHIESTRY

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Here is the 488th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 13, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Spike Jones, Keef), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Wig), Greeley Crime Beat.

Guests: singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins; Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (Dog Toilet, Barefoot)
00:49:30 GREELEY CRIME BEAT
01:21:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Spike Jones
01:38:30 Sponsors
01:45:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:14:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sophie B. Hawkins
03:33:00 Friends
03:45:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #16 w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (Wig)
03:50:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (candles)
04:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Keith Richards
04:35:30 Weather
04:46:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 13, 2014 Playlist: “Siam” (01:24:30), “Red Wing” (01:27:00), “I’m Forever Blowing Bubble Gum” (01:29:30) & “People are Funnier than Anybody” (01:33:00; Spike Jones). “Brand New You” (02:07:00; 13 Broadway cast w/ Ariana Grande). “Right Beside You” (02:10:30), “Lose Your Way” (02:25:30), “Damn, I Wish I was Your Lover” (02:39:30), “As I Lay Me Down” (03:01:00) & “Georgia” (03:28:30; Sophie B. Hawkins). “Women Walking Wearing Wings” (03:43:00; Christine Lavin). “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (03:52:00) & “Black Diamond Bay” (04:03:00; Bob Dylan). “Love Minus Zero (No Limit)” (03:55:00; Joan Baez). “Gates of Eden” (03:57:30; Arlo Guthrie). “Happy” (04:16:30), “Thief in the Night” (04:19:30), “Little T&A” (04:24:30) & “Slipping Away” (04:28:00; The Rolling Stones). “How I Spent My Fall Vacation” (04:39:00; Bruce Cockburn).

Sophie B. Hawkins
dog on a toilet
Spike Jones
Keith Richards