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).