Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/7/2011): BENJAMIN WELCH

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews University of Northern Colorado’s The Mirror newspaper editor, Benjamin Welch

Topics include: journalism, University of Northern Colorado.

Segment originally aired May 7, 2011 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #353 (5/7/2011): RACK AND RUANE

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Here is the 353rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 7, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: editor Benjamin Welch (UNC Mirror) and author John Ruane, radio host Bob Cudmore

Featuring: Dave chats with college newspaper editor Benjamin Welch and political pundit John Ruane (“The Wizards of Spin”). Plus: Inside Broadway (news, nominations & reviews), Saturday Segue (mother songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (mothers), Dave’s appearance on WVTL’s “Coffee with Bob Cudmore,” and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the death of Osama bin Laden.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Osama
00:22:30 GUEST: Benjamin Welch
00:45:30 DAVE on “Coffee with Cudmore” w/ Bob Cudmore (WVTL-AM 1570, taped 5/3/11)
00:58:00 INSIDE BROADWAY, pt. 1 – Tony Nominations
01:14:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (mothers)
01:40:00 GUEST: John Ruane
02:30:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Dead! Dead! Dead!
02:40:00 INSIDE BROADWAY, pt. 2 – Obits (02:40:00) & Reviews (Potato Needs a Bath (02:52:00) & War Horse (02:55:30)
03:04:30 SATURDAY SEGUE: Mothers
03:17:30 Friends & Thank Yous
03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 7, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Gimme Some Truth” (00:18:00; John Lennon); “Ain’t That News” (00:43:30; Tom Paxton); “Tell Me, Momma” (01:14:30), “Mama, You Been on My Mind” (w/ Joan Baez; 01:19:30), “Shake Shake Mama” (01:22:30), “Tough Mama” (01:26:00); “Call Letter Blues” (01:30:00) & “Clothes Line Saga” (01:34:30; Bob Dylan); “Turn on the News” (02:26:00; Husker Du); “Small World” (02:37:00; Gypsy 1959 Bway cast w/ Ethel Merman); “A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing” (02:48:00; Promises, Promises, 1968 Bway cast w/ Jerry Orbach & Marian Mercer); “Your Mother Should Know” (03:04:30; rehearsal version); “Your Mother’s Here to Stay” (03:07:30; Allan Sherman); “Mother” (03:10:00; Tiny Tim); “Mother Dear” (03:12:30; The Divine Comedy); “What Would My Mama Say” (Roger Miller; 03:24:30).


 Pictured from top: John Ruane, UNC Mirror newspaper, Osama bin Laden, 2011 staff of the UNC Mirror (Dave – front row, second from left; Benjamin Welch – back row, third from right), Bob Cudmore, Tony Award, John Ruane’s “The Wizards of Spin,”  War Horse, Shona Reppe in Potato Needs a Bath.

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/30/2011): SHECKY GREENE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Shecky Greene

Topics include: comedy, show business.

Segment originally aired April 30, 2011 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #352 (4/30/2011): SHECK & JIVE

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Here is the 352nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, April 30, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: comedian Shecky Greene

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with legendary comedian Shecky Greene. Plus: Inside Broadway (NY musical reviews), Saturday Segue (green songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (green), Dave Says Bye to Phoebe Snow, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the royal wedding.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – green
00:31:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – Broadway news & reviews (Anything Goes (00:50:00) & How to Succeed in Business… (00:56:00))
01:02:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: green
01:30:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Shecky Greene
02:19:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Phoebe Snow
02:33:30 DAVE – Sponsors
02:42:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – royal wedding
02:57:30 DAVE GOES OUT

April 30, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Green Onions” (14:30:30; Booker T. & the MG’s), “Green Shirt” (00:17:30; Elvis Costello); “The Leaves that are Green” (00:19:30; Simon & Garfunkel); “Little Green” (00:22:00; Joni Mitchell); “Green Rocky Road” (00:25:30; Tim Hardin), “It’s De-Lovely” (00:47:00; “Anything Goes” 1962 off-Bway cast); “Wiggle Wiggle” (01:03:00), “House Carpenter” (01:05:00) “Let Me Die in My Footsteps” (01:09:00), “Baby, Where are You Tonight?” (01:12:30) & “Three Angels” (01:18:30) & “Copper Kettle” (01:21:00; Bob Dylan); “Shecky Greene at Italian Earthquake Benefit” (01:27:30; youtube excerpt), “Somewhere That’s Green” (02:14:00; Little Shop of Horrors, off-Bway cast), “Poetry Man” (02:20:30), “Every Night” (02:25:00) & “Majesty of Life” (02:28:30; Phoebe Snow), “Wedding Bells” (02:46:30; Benny Bell); “Bein’ Green” (02:57:30; Van Morrison).

Shecky Greene
Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business . . .
Phoebe Snow
green
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/23/2011): ARI GOLD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actor and director Ari Gold

Topics include: The Adventures of Power, filmmaking.

Segment originally aired April 23, 2011 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #351 (4/23/2011): ARI FLEX

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Here is the 351st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 23, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: filmmaker Ari Gold
Featuring: Dave chats with filmmaker Ari Gold (“The Adventures of Power”). Plus: Inside Broadway (NY reviews), Saturday Segue (NY songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Bard on Bard) and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Easter.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – New York City
00:34:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Back in NY
00:59:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: “Bard on Bard”
01:32:00 GUEST: Ari Gold
02:24:30 DAVE – Sponsors & weather
02:37:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Easter
02:46:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (Arcadia (02:46:30), Jerusalem (02:49:00), Good People (02:52:30))
02:56:00 DAVE – Friends
02:59:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Ross Higuchi
03:04:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 23, 2011 Playlist: “Dirty Boulevard” (12:30:30; Lou Reed), “Spring in New York” (00:16:00; Tony Bennett); “New York City” (00:18:30; Suzzy & Terre Roche); “New York, New York” (00:22:00; Tiny Tim); “Manhattan” (00:25:30; Jim Caruso); “The Only Living Boy in New York” (00:30:30; Simon & Garfunkel); “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (live; 00:59:30), “Lone Pilgrim” (01:05:30), “Desolation Row” (alternate take; 01:08:00), “Floater” (01:19:30) & “Po’ Boy” (01:24:30; Bob Dylan); “New Jersey Nights” (01:28:30) & “We Are Power” (02:23:00; Ethan Gold).

Frances McDormand in Good People
Mark Rylance in Jerusalem
Bard on Blonde
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/9/2011): PAT COOPER

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews comedian Pat Cooper

Topics include: comedy, families, growing up Italian.

Segment originally aired April 9, 2011 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Pat Cooper, who passed June 6, 2023 at age 93.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/9/2011): GABRIELLE LOUISE

Dave Lefkowitz interviews singer Gabrielle Louise

Topics include: folk music.

Segment originally aired April 9, 2011 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #350 (4/9/2011): STANDING PAT

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Here is the 350th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 9, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: comedian Pat Cooper & singer-songwriter Gabrielle Louise.

Featuring: Dave chats with legendary comedian Pat Cooper and ecology-minded singer-songwriter Gabrielle Louise. Plus: Inside Broadway (naughty words), Dave Says Bye to Sidney Lumet, Saturday Segue birthday tribute to Tom Lehrer, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on killer whales.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:09:30 GUEST: Gabrielle Louise
00:53:00 DAVE – Sponors & Weather
01:01:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Naughty Words
01:24:30 GUEST: Pat Cooper
01:58:30 DAVE – Coming Up
02:02:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Sidney Lumet
02:09:30 DAVE – More Sponsors
02:18:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Master pieces
02:48:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Killer Whale
02:53:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Lehrer 83rd birthday tribute
03:02:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 9, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Save the Arkansas” (00:09:30), “Make You Remember” (00:13:00) & “Journey” (00:49:00; Gabrielle Louise); Many Ways (01:21:30; Baxter Holvoe); “Friar’s Roast for Drew Carey” (excerpt, 01:23:00) & “On Italians” (youtube clip, 01:55:30, Pat Cooper); “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (02:19:00), “Lone Pilgrim” (02:22:00), “Masters of War” (demo version; 01:02:00), “Positively 4th Street” (02:29:00), “Slow Train” (live w/ Grateful Dead, 02:33:00) & “Every Grain of Sand” (02:38:00; Bob Dylan); “Bright College Days” (live; 02:53:30), “Who’s Next” (02:58:30) & “We Will All Go Together When We Go” (03:07:00; Tom Lehrer).

Pat Cooper
Gabrielle Louise
Gabrielle Louise
Sidney Lumet
Tom Lehrer
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/2/2011): MELANIE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews singer-songwriter Melanie

Topics include: Woodstock, music, mourning.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Melanie, who passed Jan. 23, 2024 at age 76.

Segment originally aired April 2, 2011 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com