Dave’s Gone By #519 (7/25/2015): JUST BE CROS

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Here is the 519th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 25, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Kathryn Crosby. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (surgeon), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Newport `65), Saturday Segues (Juliana/Jagger, Ray Jessel), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, My Sick Mind (Crosby).

Guests: actress Kathryn Crosby, Dave’s wife, Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Cosby/Crosby)
00:20:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:53:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (curling!, Long Johns)
01:03:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Ray Jessel
01:24:00 Sponsors
01:32:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:55:30 Friends
02:05:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Kathryn Crosby
02:54:00 Weather
02:58:00 MY SICK MIND – Cosby
03:02:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Newport `65)
03:25:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #46 (surgeon)
03:27:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Juliana/Jagger)
03:43:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 25, 2015 Playlist: “Walking the Cow” (00:42:00; Daniel Johnston). “Cold Clear World” (01:06:30; Baker Street 1965 Broadway cast). “Whatever Happened to Melody” (01:09:00) & “The Things You Do” (01:16:00; Ray Jessel). “I’m Outta Here” (01:13:00; Maude Maggart & Ray Jessel). “Edelweiss” (01:52:00; The Sound of Music 1959 Broadway cast w/ Theodore Bikel). “(Opening) Our State Fair” (State Fair 1996 Broadway cast w/ John Davidson & Kathryn Crosby). “Dream” (02:20:30; Bing Crosby & Kathryn Crosby). “The Second Time Around” (02:33:30; Kathryn Crosby). “I’ll be Seeing You” “It’s Easy to Remember” (02:49:30) & “I’ll Be Seeing You” (03:46:00; Bing Crosby). “Maggie’s Farm” ({live Newport version}, 03:09:00), “It’s Takes a Man to Laugh, It takes a Train to Cry” ({alternate version}, 03:14:00) & “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” ({live, Rolling Thunder version} 03:18:00). “Not Fade Away” (03:30:30), “Faith in our Friends” (03:32:00) & “Dying Proof” (03:38:30; Juliana Hatfield). “Running Out of Luck” (03:25:30; Mick Jagger).

Kathryn Crosby
Ray Jessel
surgeon
Dylan at Newport, 1965
Mick Jagger
Juliana Hatfield
Cos

Dave’s Gone By #516 (7/4/2015): GO FOURTH

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Here is the 516th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 4, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Dick Van Dyke), My Sick Mind (Churches), Saturday Segues (July 4th, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (July 4th).

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (non-fine dining, Stampede, I don’t love a parade)
00:24:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES, Pt. 1
00:44:00 Miracle of Long Johns Update
01:02:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES, Pt. 2
01:27:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Parker, roundabouts)
01:36:30 Weather
01:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – July 4th
02:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:40:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #43 (Dick Van Dyke)
02:44:00 Sponsors
02:51:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (July 4th)
03:10:30 DAVE GOES EVEN FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (hot dog!)
03:10:00 Friends
03:27:00 MY SICK MIND (Churches)
03:30:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:35:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 4, 2015 Playlist: “Roses on the Fourth of July” (01:41:00). “Fourth of July” ({live}, 01:44:30; Aimee Mann). “Fourth of July” (01:48:00; Galaxie 500). “Fourth of July” (01:53:00; X). Excerpt (Jack Carter & Judy Garland). “Tears of Rage – Take 2” (02:51:30), “Gypsy Lou” (02:57:30) & “All American Boy” (03:01:30) “Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One” (02:54:00; Jah Malla). “Church of the Poisoned Mind” (03:31:30; Culture Club). “Greek Song” (03:35:00; Rufus Wainwright). “Cold Sweat” (03:38:30; James Brown). “Going Down to Cuba” (03:41:30; Jackson Browne). “Kicks” (03:47:00; Paul Revere and the Raiders). “America” (04:00:30; Andre Williams).

Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
David Lefkowitz in “The Miracle of Long Johns” at Studio Theater in Theater Row NYC, October 23, 2015. Photo by Farnaz Taherimotlagh.
churches
July 4th

Dave’s Gone By #513 (6/13/2015): PRYOR ENGAGEMENT

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Here is the 513th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 13, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Solomon chats with actress Rain Pryor. Plus: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Ronnie Gilbert, In the News), Inside Broadway, Wretched Pun of Destiny (Cassidy), Dylan – Sooner & Later (Street Legal).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: actress Rain Pryor, Dave’s wife Joyce .

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (broken glasses, birthdays, Spanish class, Harlem, Richard Pryor, still alive)
00:39:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:05:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (senior games, English class, The Miracle of Long Johns, The Fat Shack)
01:38:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Ronnie Gilbert
01:53:00 Sponsors
01:59:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:25:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Rain Pryor
03:18:00 Friends
03:30:30 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #40 (David Cassidy)
03:31:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Street Legal)
04:04:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:19:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 13, 2015 Playlist: “The Keeper” (01:41:00), “I Know Where I’m Going” (01:44:00), “”Yerakina” (01:45:30), “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You” (01:48:00) & “Gotta Travel On” (04:22:00; (The Weavers w/ Ronnie Gilbert). “Reviewing the Situation” (02:21:30; Oliver! 1960 London cast w/ Ron Moody). “Bagels and Lox” (03:12:30; Rain Pryor). “Baby Stop Crying” (03:38:00) & “No Time to Think” (03:43:30). “The Information” (03:54:30; Beck). “The Great Escape” (03:58:30; Moby). “Congeniality” (04:00:30; Ornette Coleman). “Hot Dusty Roads” (04:05:00; Buffalo Springfield). “When it Rains” (04:08:00; X).

David Cassidy
Ronnie Gilbert
Bob Dylan’s Street Legal
Rocky Mountain Senior Games

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): RICHARD SHORE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews musical director Richard Shore

Topics include: Name That (Show)Tune.

Segment aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 11th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #512 (6/6/2015): THE 11th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 512th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 6, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: A look at the 2014-2015 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway 101, a Wretched Pun, and a theatrical Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon.
Guests: Entertainer Richard Skipper, Musical Director Richard Shore, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, Dave’s wife Joyce, and critics: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), David Finkle (Huffington Post), Isa Goldberg (Go magazine), Jesse Green (New York Magazine), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Brian Scott Lipton (In New York magazine), Andy McGibbon (TheAndyGram.com), Ellis Nassour (Broadwaystars.com), Michael Portantiere (Broadwaystars.com), Richmond Shepard (TotalTheater.com), Elisabeth Vincentelli (New York Post).

00:00:01 Pre-show Warmup (excerpt) w/ Joyce
00:04:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:11:00 BROADWAY STATS
00:13:00 GUEST: Ellis Nassour
00:28:00 TRIVIA 1 w/ Ellis Nassour
00:43:30 Sponsors
00:46:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
01:05:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 1
01:24:00 GUEST: Jesse Green
01:36:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 2
01:42:00 GUEST: David Finkle
01:54:00 TRIVIA 2
01:57:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 3
02:05:30 Sponsors
02:09:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 4
02:16:30 GUEST: Isa Goldberg
02:28:30 TRIVIA 3
02:32:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 5
02:41:30 GUEST: Andy McGibbon
02:55:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #39 – Soprano
02:57:00 GUEST: Richmond Shepard
03:07:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 6
03:20:00 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli
03:29:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 7
03:33:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
03:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #126 – 2015 Tony Nominees
03:54:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
04:06:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce
04:10:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 8
04:22:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
04:34:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 9
04:46:30 GUEST: Richard Skipper
05:05:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 10
05:10:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
05:20:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 11
05:22:30 GUEST: Richard Shore
05:27:30 NAME THAT (SHOW)TUNE w/ Richard Shore
05:46:30 The Miracle of Long Johns
05:56:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
06:08:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 12
06:19:30 OTHER AWARDS
06:23:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 13
06:35:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
06:46:00 TRIVIA 4
06:48:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 14
06:58:00 NEXT SEASON
07:03:00 Sponsors & Thanks w/ Joyce
07:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 6, 2015 Playlist: “Overture” (00:04:00), “When You Say Vegas” (02:38:00) & “You Made the Wait Worthwhile” (07:28:30; Honeymoon in Vegas 2014 Bway cast). “Foolish to Think” (00:59:00; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder 2014 Broadway cast w/ Bryce Pinkham). “Holler if Ya Hear Me” (01:08:00; Holler if Ya Hear Me 2014 Bway cast w/ Saul Williams). “Lucky to Be Me” (01:21:00; On the Town 2014 Bway cast w/ Tony Yazbeck. “Underground River” (01:39:30; The Last Ship 2014 Bway cast w/ Jimmy Nail). “Who Will Love Me as I Am?” (Side Show 2014 Bway cast w/ Erin Davie & Emily Padgett). “Get Ready” (02:15:00; The Temptations). “I’d Do it Again” (02:50:30; Baker Street (1965 Bway cast w/ Inga Swensen). “I’ve Got it All” (03:15:30; On the Twentieth Century 1978 Bway cast w/ Madeline Kahn & John Cullum). Wendy Wasserstein interview clip (03:32:00). “May Your Heart Stay Young” (03:40:30; The Zulu and the Zayda 1965 Bway cast w/ Menasha Skulnick). Hand to God excerpt (2015 Bway cast). “Gigi” (04:32:00; Gigi 2015 Bway cast). “I Got Rhythm” (04:41:30; An American in Paris 2015 Bway cast). It Shoulda Been You excerpts (05:07:30). Finding Neverland excerpt (05:19:00). “Something Wonderful” (06:06:30; The King and I 2015 Bway cast w/ Ruthie Ann Miles). “Ring of Keys” (06:15:30; Fun Home 2015 Bway cast w/ Sydney Lucas). “Lara Says Goodbye to Yuri” (“Dr. Zhivago” 1965 soundtrack by Maurice Jarre). “Welcome to the Renaissance” (06:32:00; Something Rotten! 2015 Bway cast). “Love and Love Alone” (06:52:00; The Visit w/ promo w/ Chita Rivera).

Ellis Nassour
Michall Jeffers
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Jesse Green
David Finkle
Isa Goldberg
Andrew McGibbon
Richmond Shepard
Elisabeth Vincentelli
Charles Gross
Richard Skipper
Richard Shore
Eva Heinemann
Joe Dziemianowicz
Michael Portantiere
Brian Scott Lipton
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #510 (5/23/2015): THE FIRST STRAW

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Here is the 510th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 23, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Syd Straw. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Wang Chow), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Harry Shearer), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Letterman), Saturday Segue (John Fogerty).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: singer-songwriter Syd Straw, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (coupon, The Madding Crowd, Straw, WKRP, kazoo)
00:31:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Fogerty
01:28:00 Sponsors
01:33:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #125 – Harry Shearer
01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:59:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #37 – Wang Chow
02:02:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Syd Straw
03:29:00 Promo – The Miracle of Long Johns
03:38:30 DAVE GOES OFF – David Letterman
03:47:00 MY SICK MIND – David Letterman
03:49:30 Friends
03:59:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later
04:26:00 Thanks
04:29:30 Weather
04:32:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 23, 2015 playlist: “Rain” (00:07:00; Terence Trent D’Arby). “Whole Lotta Love” (01:02:00; Temple City Kazoo Orchestra). “The Fragile Child” (01:15:00; The Golliwogs). “Down on the Corner” ({live}; 01:17:30) & “Who’ll Stop the Rain” (01:23:30; Creedence Clearwater Revival). “Long as I Can See the Light” (01:20:00; Ted Hawkins). “One Jump Ahead” (01:57:00; Aladdin 2014 Bway cast w/ Adam Jacobs). “The Toughest Woman in the World” (02:02:00) & “Angels” (02:14:30; The Golden Palominos w/ Syd Straw). “Kind of True” (02:23:00), “CBGB’s” (02:35:30), “Pink Velour” (02:52:30), “Marry Me” (03:11:30), “My Ship Comes In” (03:23:30) & “Golden Dreams” (04:34:30; Syd Straw). “7 1/2 Cents” (02:48:00; “The Pajama Game” {soundtrack} w/ Jack Straw). “Jokerman” ({live}, 04:04:00), “Like a Rolling Stone” ({live Isle of Wight version}, “Don’t Start Me Talking” (04:15:00) & “The Night We Called it a Day” (04:17:30; Bob Dylan).

Syd Straw
John Fogerty
Harry Shearer & co.
David Letterman
Bob Dylan & David Letterman–the night they called it a day
kazoo

Dave’s Gone By #508 (5/9/2015): WINNING STREAK

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Here is the 508th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 9, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Ray Stevens. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (weightlifter), Saturday Segues (Billy Joel, In the News), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Ray songs).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: singer-songwriter Ray Stevens, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (indoor graduation, streaking, The Miracle of Long Johns)
00:31:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:00:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Etan Patz, rain)
01:06:30 Weather
01:09:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Billy Joel
01:29:00 Sponsors
01:36:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:36:00) & review (The Audience (01:51:00))
02:13:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ray Stevens
03:10:30 Technical Difficulties
03:14:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #35 – Weightlifter
03:16:30 Friends
03:27:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Ray Words
03:55:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:16:00 Thanks
04:18:30 DAVE GOES OUT – Vin Scelsa

May 9, 2015 Playlist: “Don’t Ask Me Why” (01:15:00), “Everybody Loves You Now” (01:18:00), “Surprise” (01:21:00) & “And So it Goes” (01:24:00; Billy Joel). (“Now” 02:08:30; Tami Muti & Kelli Barrett). “Turn Your Radio On” (02:13:00), “Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills (02:24:00), “Misty” (02:30:00), “Gitarzan” (02:36:30), “Everything is Beautiful” (02:42:30), “Taylor Swift is Stalkin’ Me” (02:50:30), “Nashville” (02:59:00) & “The Streak” (03:03:30; Ray Stevens). “Dreamin’ of You” (03:28:30), “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” ({1962 Gaslight version}; 03:34:30) & “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” (03:41:00; Bob Dylan). “This Tornado Loves You” (Neko Case; 03:56:30). “Pass the Football” (Wonderful Town, 1953 Broadway cast; 03:59:30). “The Spy (Version 2)” (The Doors; 04:02:30). “A Well-Respected Man” (The Kinks). “Goodnight Ladies” (04:26:00; Lou Reed).

Ray Stevens
Helen Mirren in The Audience
Billy Joel
weightlifting