Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2016): ESTHER BROWER, DEBRA O’BRIEN, & BOBBY O’BRIEN

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Dave’s cousin Debra O’Brien and aunt Esther Brower join Dave for the 2016 New Year’s Eve special.

Topics include: 2016

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #587 (12/31/2016): UNC RADIO NEW YEAR SPECIAL IV – HELLO 2017!

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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)

 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/23/16): ESTHER BROWER

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his aunt, Esther Brower

Topics include: birthdays.
Segment aired Jan. 23, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program (birthday special) hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #542 (1/23/2016): 52 PICKUP

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Here is the 542nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 23, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave celebrates his 52nd birthday with friends & family. Plus: Inside Broadway, Dylan – Sooner & Later (birthday), Saturday Segues (passings, recent favorites), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (nightclub)

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, writer Lisa Arata, broadcaster Joe Salzone, Dave’s mom & dad, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, Dave’s mother in law, Rosemary, friends Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver, and Dave’s oldest friend Ozer Teitelbaum

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:02:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
00:13:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Dave’s birthday, Joyce’s camera)
00:26:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:40:30 GUEST: Lisa Arata
00:53:00 MORE GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:25:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Nightclub
01:29:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Passings
01:53:30 GUEST: Mama Weil
01:55:00 Sponsors
02:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 
02:10:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
02:42:00 GUEST: Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz 
02:49:00 MORE INSIDE BROADWAY
03:18:00 GUEST: Joe Salzone
04:01:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (birthday)
04:17:00 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum
04:38:00 Friends
04:45:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Recent Favorites
05:06:30 Weather
05:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 23, 2016 playlist: “Ice Cream Man” (01:10:30; Jonathan Richman). “Arnie, Ice Cream Sergeant” (01:14:30; Billy Childish & Sexton Ming). “Shitting On the Dock of the Bay” (01:35:00). “Baby, Let Me Do it to You” (01:40:30) & “The Sperm is Gone” (01:45:00; Blowfly). “Take it Easy” (01:37:00; The Eagles). “All the Young Dudes” (01:41:30; Mott the Hoople). “Some People” (03:15:00; Gypsy 1993 TV cast). “Farewell Angelina” (04:02:00; New Riders of the Purple Sage). “Not Dark Yet” (04:05:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “My Back Pages” ({live}; 04:08:00; Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Neil Young, George Harrison etc.). “Airborne” (04:46:00; Wussy). “What’s in it For” (04:49:30; Avi Buffalo). “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” (04:55:00; Tame Impala). “Plundered My Soul” (04:58:00; Rolling Stones).

Brenda & Philip Lefkowitz
Rosemary Weil & Dave
Joe Salzone
Ozer Teitelbaum
Esther Brower
Lisa Arata
Joyce, Dave, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/23/2016): PHILIP & BRENDA LEFKOWITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his mom and dad, Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz

Topics include: birthdays.
Segment aired Jan. 23, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program (birthday special) hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2015): DEBRA O’BRIEN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his cousin, Debra O’Brien

Topics include: family, New Year’s Eve.

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 2015 New Year’s special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #539 (12/31/2015): UNC RADIO NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL III – HELLO 2016!

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Here is the 539th episode–our annual New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired Dec. 31, 2015 on UNC Radio.

Featuring: Dave rings in the new year with wife Joyce, aunt Esther Brower, cousin Debra O’Brien, composer Brian Gari, theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge, and friends Wendy Highby, Fred Cleaver, Chuck Turner, plus: The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Miles Davis), Greeley Crimes and Old Times, Rabbi Sol Solomon on the old year.

Guests: composer Brian Gari, theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge (Windy City Times), aunt Esther Brower, cousin Debra O’Brien, friends Wendy Highby, Fred Cleaver, and Chuck Turner.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:03:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
00:10:00 GUEST: Debra O’Brien
15:30:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce
00:30:00 SEGUE – 16
00:42:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:34:00 Friends
01:47:00 SEGUE – End of the Year
02:00:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Miles Davis
02:05:30 DAVE GOES EVEN FURTHER IN
02:10:30 GUEST: Brian Gari
02:20:00 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge
03:07:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #134 – Farewell 2015
03:22:00 GUESTS: Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver
03:29:30 GUESTS: Chuck Turner and Julie
03:41:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2015 Playlist: “Sweet Little Sixteen” (00:31:30; The Beatles). “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” (00:34:00; Neil Sedaka). “Sixteen Candles” (00:36:30). “Auld Lang Syne” ({live radio version}, 01:02:00) & “Auld Lang Syne” (02:02:30; Guy Lombardo). “Stand By Me” (01:14:00; Ben E. King). “Louie Louie” (01:17:00; The Kingsmen). “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows” (01:20:00; Lesley Gore). “That’s How Strong My Love Is” (01:21:30; Percy Sledge). “Dandy” (01:23:30; The Rockin’ Vickers w/ Lemmy).
“Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne” (01:47:00; Richard Thompson). “Sigh’s Smell of Farewell” (01:51:30; Cocteau Twins). “Here is Where the Story Ends” (01:55:00; The Sundays). “16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six” (02:08:00; Tom Waits). “Sweet Sixteen” (02:57:30; B.B. King). “When You were Sweet Sixteen” (03:16:30; Al Jolson). “It was a Very Good Year” ({live at Meadowlands}; 03:47:00; Frank Sinatra).

Esther Brower
Debra O’Brien
Brian Gari
Mary Shen Barnidge
Joyce, Dave, Fred Cleaver, Wendy Highby
Chuck Turner
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/7/2015): JEFF GOODMAN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews former Dave’s Gone By guest co-host Jeff Goodman

Topics include: Dave’s Gone By, family, Las Vegas.

Segment aired March 7, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 500th Anniversary Special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/7/2015): PHILIP & BRENDA LEFKOWITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his dad and mom, Philip and Brenda Lefkowitz

Topics include: family, air force, military.

Segment aired March 7, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 500th Anniversary Special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2014): ESTHER BROWER with DEBRA O’BRIEN

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Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, along with her daughter, Debra O’Brien, calls in to the 2014 Dave’s Gone By New Year’s Special

Topics include: family.

Segment, co-hosted by Joyce Weil, aired Dec. 31, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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