Dave’s Gone By #601 (4/8/2017): MERSCH MADNESS

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Here is the 601st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, April 8, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: author Michael Merschel (Dallas Morning News), friend Wendy Highby, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer Michael Merschel (“Revenge of the Star Survivors”). Plus: Inside Broadway, A call from Frendy (Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Brandeis Skyline), Saturday Segue (In the News, Tom n’ Tim)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (chicken suit, NEA/USC)
00:14:00 GUEST: Wendy Highby
00:35:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Bette n’ Joan, Cheese Weasel Day, Gary Austin, Blind Date in Chennai)
01:06:00 Sponsors
01:08:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:19:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom n’ Tim
01:45:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:28:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Michael Merschel
03:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Brandeis Skyline)
03:40:00 Friends
03:50:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:34:00 Weather
04:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 8, 2017: “Caffeine” (00:28:00; Wendy Highby). “Be Prepared” (01:27:00), “She’s My Girl” (01:31:00) & “Oedipus Rex” (01:36:00; Tom Lehrer). “All That I Want is You” (01:28:30) & “She Left Me with the Herpes” (01:34:00; Tiny Tim). “Tommy Can You Hear Me” (02:26:00; The Who). “Nashville Skyline Rag” (03:23:30) & “Bob Dylan’s Dream” (03:26:30; Bob Dylan). “Lay Lady Lay” (03:32:00; Duran Duran). “St. Petersburg” (03:51:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “Nuclear War” (03:53:30; Sun Ra). “A Certain Chemical” (03:57:30; Soda). “Martin Scorsese Tribute” (04:02:30; Don Rickles). “Passover” (04:05:30; Make Me a Song 2008 off-Broadway cast). “Got the Farm Land Blues” (04:09:30; Carolina Tar Heels). “Exodus” (04:44:00; Bob Marley).






(pictured: Michael Merschel, Wendy Highby, Cheese Weasel Day, Tom Lehrer, Tiny Tim, Blind Date in Chennai) 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/8/2017): MICHAEL MERSCHEL and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author Michael Merschel
Topics include: Dallas Morning News, newspapers, Revenge of the Star Survivors.
Segment airs April 8, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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