Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/20/2021): HERSHEY FELDER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-musician HERSHEY FELDER

Topics include: Sergei Rachmaninoff, theater, Bach, Chopin, coronavirus. 

Segment aired March 20, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #639 (2/3/2018): MERRY POOPINS

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Here is the 639th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: filmmaker Aaron Feldman (Poop Talk), educator Miriam Vatkin.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with director Aaron Feldman, Inside Broadway, Dave’s Big Dictionary, Saturday Segue (In the News).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (Italia, on doody)
00:17:00 DAVE GOES OFF (Benny Hill)
00:40:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
00:55:00 GUEST: Miriam Vatkin
01:10:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Aaron Feldman
01:55:00 Friends
02:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
02:53:00 Weather
02:54:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – ultra
03:08:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 3, 2018 Playlist: “What a Good Day is Saturday” (01:07:30; A Time for Singing 1966 Broadway cast). “Poop Talk” {film excerpt} (01:49:00; “Poop Talk”). “Shipoopi” (01:52:30; The Music Man 1958 Broadway cast w/ Iggy Wolfington). “Good Morning Mr. Walker” (02:08:30; Joseph Spence). “Eagles Fans” (02:11:00; Artie Lange). “24K Magic” (02:18:00; Bruno Mars). “Classified 1A” (02:23:00; Cher). “Falling” (02:36:30; Matthew Sweet). “Punxsutawney Rock” (02:49:30; Groundhog Day 2017 Broadway cast). “Make a Difference, May Kadoody” (03:12:30; Sarah Silverman).




(pictured: Aaron Feldman, Poop Talk, U for Ultra, Benny Hill)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/5/2013): MARIO FRATTI & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Mario Fratti

Topics include: theater, Nine, The Vatican Knows, off-off-Broadway, Tennessee Williams, theater criticism.

Segment aired Oct. 5, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #358 (7/2/2011): KONIG FUR EINEN TAG

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Here is the 358th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 2, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: comedian Dave Konig, and Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian Dave Konig. Plus: a Saturday Segue of freedom songs, Inside Broadway (news & Nixon’s Nixon), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (July 4th), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflections on July 4th, and Dave & his wife Joyce reminisce about their trip to Italy.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Freedom
00:33:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Dave Konig
01:25:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (News & Nixon’s Nixon (01:38:30))
01:47:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – more freedom songs
01:53:30 Sponsors
02:01:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: July 4th
02:37:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #20: July 4th
02:45:00 DAVE GOES AWAY – to Italy (aka Wakka-Wakka Boom-Boom Pigs), w/ guest Joyce
03:11:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 2, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Absolutely Free” (00:08:30; Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention); “Freedom Now” (00:12:00; Tracy Chapman); “Free” (00:15:30; “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1996 Bway cast); “Set Me Free” (00:19:00; John Cale); “I’m So Free” (00:23:30; Lou Reed); Marriage (00:28:30) & Jewish (01:16:00; Dave Konig, youtube clips); (01:22:00; Follies 2004 Paper Mill Playhouse cast); “Free as a Bird” (01:47:30; The Beatles); “I’m Free” (01:51:00; The Rolling Stones); “Tears of Rage” (version 2) (02:02:30), “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” (02:05:00), “Tombstone Blues” (live) (02:09:00), “Lone Pilgrim” (02:13:30), “Angelina” (02:16:00), “Band of the Hand” (02:23:00) & “This Land is Your Land” (02:27:30; Bob Dylan); “Mambo Italiano” (02:43:30; Dean Martin); “Freedom” (live) (03:14:30; Richie Havens).

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Dave’s Gone By #356 (6/18/2011): HEAVENLY FATHERS

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Here is the 356th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 18, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz

Featuring: Father’s Day episode featuring Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz, an Inside Broadway recap of the Tony Awards, plus a farewell to Wild Man Fischer, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later, and Dave’s thoughts on his trip to L’Aquila, Italy.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Summer
00:34:00 GUEST: Philip Lefkowitz
01:02:30 Sponsors
01:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – Tony thoughts
01:29:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Wild Man Fischer
02:09:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (dads & summer)
02:39:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Father’s Day
02:48:00 DAVE GOES AWAY – L’Aquila, Italy
02:58:30 Friends
03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 18, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Summersong” (00:08:00; The Decemberists); “Summertime Blues” (00:11:00; T. Rex); “In the Summertime” (00:14:00; Mungo Jerry); “Indian Summer” (00:17:30; Lee Konitz); “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” (00:20:00; Joni Mitchell); “All I Have to Do is Dream/A Summer Song” (00:23:00; Christine Lavin); “The Summer of My Wasted Youth” (00:26:00; Amy Rigby); “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer” (Nat King Cole; 00:29:00); “Sweet Little Papa” (00:59:00; Louis Armstrong); “Hello!” (01:27:30; The Book of Mormon, 2011 Bway cast); “My Name is Larry” (01:29:30), “Don’t Ever Get Mad at Me” (01:42:30), “I Light the Pilot” (01:43:30), “I’m Selling Peanuts for the Dodgers” (01:45:30), “Go to Rhino Records” (01:51:30), “The Wild Man Fischer Story” (02:02:00) & “Love, Love, Love in Everything You Do” (03:08:30; Wild Man Fischer); “Summer Days” (02:10:00), “In the Summertime” (02:15:00), “Ain’t Talkin'” (02:18:30), “Precious Memories” (02:27:30), “Sittin’ on Top of the World” (02:30:30) & “Father of Night” (02:35:00; Bob Dylan); “West of Rome” (02:44:00; Jeff Finlin).

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L’Aquila, Italy
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Dave’s Gone By #354 (5/14/2011): RUSSELLMANIA

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Here is the 354th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 14, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: political satirist Mark Russell

Featuring: Dave chats with satirist Mark Russell. Plus: Inside Broadway (The Book of Mormon, Tony nominees), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Italy), Saturday Segue (Italians), Etta James get-well tribute, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Israel’s birthday.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:20:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Italy
00:33:00 GUEST: Mark Russell
01:31:30 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later: Italy
02:01:30 Items in the news
02:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (Tony nominees (02:05:00), The Book of Mormon (02:09:00) & news (02:16:30))
02:19:00 Get Well – Etta James
02:32:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Israel’s birthday
02:59:00 DAVE – Friends & Sponsors
03:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 14, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (00:10:00; Walker Brothers); “Mambo Italiano” (00:22:00; Dean Martin); “Calypso Italiano” (00:24:00; Bobby Darin); “Be Italian” (00:27:00; Nine, 2009 film soundtrack); “We Open in Venice” (00:31:00; Kiss Me, Kate, 1949 Broadway cast); Excerpt from 1976 PBS special (01:22:00; Mark Russell, youtube clip); “Tangled Up in Blue” (01:31:30), “Down the Highway” (01:37:00), “Joey” (live w/ The Grateful Dead) (01:40:30), “House Carpenter” (01:49:30) & “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (01:54:00; Bob Dylan); “These Foolish Things” (02:21:30) & “Slow and Easy” (02:25:30; Etta James), “Let’s Get Away from it All” (02:39:00; Frank Sinatra); “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day” (02:41:00; Sam Cooke); “Fly Me to the Moon” (02:43:30; Tony Bennett); “Young at Heart” (02:47:30; Jimmy Durante); “Opus I, No. 2, 2nd Movement – Minuetto Grazioso” (02:50:00; Frank Zappa); “The Vatican Rag” (02:52:30; Tom Lehrer).
(pictured: Mark Russell, Etta James, Italian flag, happy birthday Israel!)