Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/2/2014): GEORGE BALL & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor-singer George Ball

Topics include: Amanda McBroom, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well…, Robert Goulet, David Letterman.

Segment aired Aug. 2, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #474 (8/2/2014): HAVING ANOTHER BALL

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Here is the 474th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 2, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-singer George Ball. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Joseph Spence, Tony Bennett), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Going Great Guns in Gaza) and the Wretched Pun of Destiny (Football).

Guests: songwriter George Ball, Dave’s wife Joyce 

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:30:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Joseph Spence
00:44:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
00:53:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Football
00:55:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews George Ball
02:03:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #104 (Going Great Guns in Gaza)
02:10:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Another Side Knocked Out Again
02:34:00 Friends
02:41:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tony Bennett
03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 2, 2014 Playlist: “Good Morning Mr. Walker” (00:30:30), “Yellow Bird” (00:33:00), “Rock Daniel” (00:35:30), “Goodnight Irene” (00:37:30; Joseph Spence). “A New Sun in the Sky” (“The Band Wagon” 1959 film soundtrack; 00:51:30). “Some Enchanted Evening” (00:55:00), “If I Were You” (01:05:00), “The Moon is Still Over her Shoulder” (01:14:00), “Fanette” (01:27:30), “Highway Patrolman” (01:44:30) & “Save the Last Dance for Me” (01:58:00; George Ball). “Ballad in Plain D” (02:40:30) & “Brownsville Girl” (02:23:00; Bob Dylan). “Until I Met You” (02:44:30) “Shakin’ the Blues Away” (02:47:30), “Lost in the Stars” (02:49:00), “For Once in My Life” (02:53:30) & “The Best is Yet to Come” (02:57:00; Tony Bennett). “August Winds” (03:03:00; Sting).

George Ball
Joseph Spence
Tony Bennett

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/19/2014): JOHN BUCCHINO & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews songwriter John Bucchino

Topics include: A Catered Affair, Urban Myths, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz.

Segment scheduled to air July 19, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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

Dave’s Gone By #473 (7/19/2014): BUCCHS COUNTY

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Here is the 473rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 19, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with songwriter John Bucchino. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Elaine Stritch, Nikki Sudden, octopuses), Dave’s Rolf Harris song and the Wretched Pun of Destiny (Oprah).

Guests: songwriter John Bucchino, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:43:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Elaine Stritch
00:57:00 Sponsors
00:59:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Octopuses
01:20:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:42:30 Tribute of Sorts: Rolf Harris
01:47:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with John Bucchino
02:59:30 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Oprah Winfrey’s Teas
03:02:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (July Releases)
03:19:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Nikki Sudden
03:43:00 Friends & Thanks
03:51:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 19, 2014 Playlist: “The Beast in You” (00:45:00; Goldlilocks 1958 Bway cast w/ Elaine Stritch). “Why Do the Wrong People Travel?” (00:48:00; Sail Away, 1961 Bway cast w/ Elaine Stritch). “Here’s to the Ladies Who Lunch” (00:51:30; Company 1970 Bway cast w/ Elaine Stritch). “Octopus’s Garden” (01:01:30) & “Octopus’s Garden/Sun King” (01:15:00; The Beatles). “Octopus” (01:03:30; Handsome Family). “Octopus Woman Please Let Me Go” (01:07:00; Dick Kent). “Octopus” (01:09:30; Syd Barrett). “The Octopus Song” (01:13:30; Kenny King). “Oswald Closing Theme” (01:14:30; Oswald). “Sugar Daddy” (01:38:00; Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2014 Bway cast w/ Neil Patrick Harris & Lena Hall). “Take Your Underoos Down” (01:44:30; Dave). “Something Spontaneous” (01:47:00), “Better Than I” (02:07:00), “Unexpressed” (02:42:00) & “Learn How to Say Goodbye” (02:56:00; David Campbell). “Ralph and Me” (02:12:00; A Catered Affair 2008 Bway cast w/ Leslie Kritzer & Faith Prince). “Sweet Dreams” (02:37:00; Judy Collins). “Blowin’ in the Wind” (03:05:00), “Bunkhouse Theme” (03:08:00), “Lady Lady Lay” (03:10:00), “Billy 7” (03:13:30) & “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (03:15:30; Bob Dylan). “Back to the Coast” (03:22:30), “100 Miles from Here” (03:25:30), “Evangeline” (03:30:00), “Captain Kennedy” (03:34:00) & “Tell Me” (03:38:00; Nikki Sudden). “Grateful” (03:52:30; Michael Feinstein).

George Ball
Elaine Stritch
Oprah’s Chai Tea
Rolf Harris
Nikki Sudden
Paul the Octopus

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/5/2014): ERIC ANDERSEN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter Eric Andersen

Topics include: Janis Joplin, Beat poets, Naked Lunch, music, Norway, Townes Van Zandt.

Segment aired July 5, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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

Dave’s Gone By #472 (7/5/2014): TO DAVE IS THE HIGHWAY

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Here is the 472nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 5, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer songwriter Eric Andersen and with Gene Kelly archivist Patricia Ward Kelly. Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on the murdered Israeli teenagers, a birthday salute to Beck and Bob Dylan: Sooner & Later (Like a Rolling Stone).

Guests: musician Eric Andersen, biographer Patricia Ward Kelly, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:36:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Beck
00:59:00 Sponsors
01:04:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eric Andersen
01:55:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #103 (Brothers’ Keepers)
02:01:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Like a Rolling Stone)
02:27:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Patricia Ward Kelly
03:35:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 5, 2014 Playlist: “Girl” (00:36:00), “Heart is a Drum” (00:39:30), “Movie Theme” (00:44:00), “The New Pollution” (00:48:00) & “The Golden Age” (00:51:30; Beck). “Violets of Dawn” (01:04:30), “Beat Avenue” ({excerpt} 01:21:30), “Sheila” (01:38:00), “Dance of Love and Death” (01:47:00), “Hello Sun” (01:52:30) & “Rollin’ Home” (03:42:00; Eric Andersen). “You Can’t Relive the Past” (01:13:30; Eric Andersen & Lou Reed). “Thirsty Boots” (01:32:00), “Like a Rolling Stone” (02:02:30), “Like a Rolling Stone” ({early version}; 02:09:00) & “Like a Rolling Stone” ({live Manchester version}; 02:13:00; Bob Dylan). “Like a Rolling Stone” (02:10:30; Sebastian Cabot). “Good Morning” (02:24:00) & “Singin’ in the Rain” (02:51:30); “Singin’ in the Rain” 1952 soundtrack w/ Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor & Gene Kelly). “The Worry Song” (03:05:30) & “You Wonderful You” (03:32:00; Gene Kelly).

Eric Andersen
Patricia Ward Kelly
Gene Kelly
Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar & Naftali Frenkel
Beck
Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/5/2014): PATRICIA WARD KELLY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Gene Kelly’s widow and biographer, Patricia Ward Kelly

Topics include: Singin’ in the Rain, dance, choreography.

The segment was recorded in late June and aired July 5, 2014 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
More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2014): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews NY Daily News theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz

Topics include: Tony Awards, Lead Actor in a Play, Bryan Cranston, All the Way, Tony Shalhoub, Act One.

Segment scheduled to air June 7, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 10th Anniversary TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2014): DAVID FINKLE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic David Finkle

Topics include: Tony Awards, Best Musical Revival, Violet, Les Miz, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Segment scheduled to air June 7, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 10th Anniversary TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2014): DAVID SHEWARD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic David Sheward

Topics include: Tony Awards, Featured Actor in a Musical, James Monroe Iglehart, Nick Cordero, Danny Burstein, Sardi’s.

Segment aired June 7, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 10th Anniversary TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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