Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/29/2014): BEN VEREEN

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Dave chats with actor/singer/dancer Ben Vereen

Topics include: theater, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Roots, diabetes, accidents, Bob Fosse.

Segment aired March 29, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #463 (3/22/2014): PUT A GORK IN IT

Here is the 463rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 22, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter John Gorka. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (boxing), Saturday Segues (David Brenner, Stephen Sondheim), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (hearing voices).

Guests: musician John Gorka, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:18:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews John Gorka
01:26:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:58:30 Ticket Giveaway
02:05:30 Dave n’ Joyce (RSVP, Michael Vick, Koonsman)
02:23:30 Friends
02:32:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Stephen Sondheim
03:06:00 Sponsors
03:13:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #97 – Hearing Voices
03:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (boxing)
03:48:00 Weather
03:49:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – David Brenner
04:18:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 22, 2014 Playlist: “Mind to Think” (00:16:30), “Winter Cows” (00:25:00), “Promnight in Pigtown” (00:37:00), “I Think of You” (00:45:00), “I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair” (00:57:00), “Heart Upon Demand” (01:02:00), “If These Walls Could Talk” (01:12:00), “Bright Side of Down” (01:20:00) & “Always Going Home” (04:22:00). “Jackson 21 Advertisement” (01:38:30; Mitch Leigh). “The Quest (The Impossible Dream”) (01:45:30; Man of La Mancha 1965 Broadway cast w/ Richard Kiley). “Someone in a Tree” (02:44:30; Pacific Overtures 2005 Bway cast w/ B.D. Wong). “My Friends” (02:51:00; Sweeney Todd 2005 Bway cast w/ Michael Cerveris). “Free” (02:54:00; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 Bway cast w/ Nathan Lane & Jim Stanek). “Rose’s Turn” (02:57:30; Gypsy 2003 Bway cast w/ Bernadette Peters). “Hurricane” (03:24:30), “The Boxer” (03:33:00), “Who Killed Davey Moore?” (03:36:00) & “Clean-Cut Kid” (03:39:00; Bob Dylan). “Silence & Marriage” (03:57:30), “Mothers & Fathers” (03:58:30), “Observational Comedy” (04:03:30), “Favorite Joke” (04:09:00), “Obit” (04:09:30) & “The Radio Contest” (04:10:30; David Brenner).

John Gorka
Stephen Sondheim
David Brenner
Eboy Wilkerson’s car
a canine Koons

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/22/2014): JOHN GORKA & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter John Gorka

Topics include: music, Bright Side of Down, Dave Van Ronk, Godfrey Daniels.

Segment aired March 22, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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John Gorka

Dave’s Gone By #462 (3/15/2014): BIG CISSY

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Here is the 462nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 15, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews “Family Affair” actress Kathy Garver. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (masks), Saturday Segues (St. Pat’s, Springtime), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Purim jokes)

Guests: actress Kathy Garver, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (strange humming, parades, weather, marmot art, Bernard Marsonek, Amy Herbst, tobacco warning, missing plane, onesies)
01:02:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – St. Pat’s
01:34:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:35:00) & review (Sweeney Todd (01:54:00))
02:14:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Kathy Garver
02:52:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Wesley Warren
02:58:30 Sponsors
03:06:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (masks)
03:29:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #96 – Purim Jokes 2014
03:36:30 Friends & Thanks
03:43:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Springtime
04:01:30 Weather
04:06:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 15, 2014 Playlist: “Hojotoho! Hojotoho!” (00:30:00; “Die Walkure” – Vienna Philharmonic). “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise)” (01:09:00; Rufus Wainwright). “What Makes the Irish Heart Beat” (01:12:30; Van Morrison). “I’m Actually Irish” (01:16:30; Adrift in Macao 2008 off-Broadway cast). “Medley of Irish Fiddle Tunes” (01:19:30; David Bromberg). “Buachaill on Eirne” (1:21:30; Liam Clancy). “You and Me” (01:23:30; The Cranberries). “Is That All” (01:27:00; U2). “Belly Up to the Bar, Boys” (02:12:00; The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1960 Broadway cast). “Family Affair” (02:48:30; Sly & the Family Stone). “Masters of War” ({“Real Live” live version}; 03:06:00), “When He Returns” (03:12:30) & “Up to Me” (03:17:00). “It’s Spring” (03:44:00; A Year with Frog & Toad original cast). “Rite of Spring” (03:47:00; Bill Morrissey). “Spring is Here” (Carly Simon; 03:49:00). “Spring in Manhattan” (03:52:00; Bruz Fletcher). “Spring” (03:55:00; The Roncy Boys). “In the Spring (When I was Young)” (04:09:00; Stephin Merritt & Chen Shi-zheng).

Kathy Garver
Purim masks
Irish yoga
Bernard Marsonek
Tammi Brazee’s “By All Appearances, He Had All His Sneaky Marmots in a Row,” 
Wesley Warren
flowers

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/15/2014): KATHY GARVER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Kathy Garver

Topics include: Family Affair, Cissy, child actors, Horrorween.

Segment scheduled to air March 15, 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 #461 (3/8/2014): MONDO MANDO

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Here is the 461st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 8, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Armando Riesco. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (daylight), Saturday Segues (John Cale, daylight), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on upskirt photography

Guests: actor Armando Riesco, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (HairMax, lost shows, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Daylight Savings Time, the body can heal)
00:47:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Cale
01:25:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:18:00 Sponsors
01:46:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Armando Riesco
02:23:00 More sponsors
02:26:30 Friends
02:39:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (daylight)
03:05:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #095 – Upskirt Photography
03:10:00 Weather
03:11:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Daylight
03:32:30 Thank You, Sam
03:41:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 8, 2014 Playlist: “Working Where the Sun Don’t Shine (The Colorectal Surgeon’s Song)” (00:23:30; Bowser & Blue). “Reading My Mind” (00:50:30), “The Protege” (054:30), “Buffalo Ballet” ({live “Circus” version}; 00:57:30), “Darling, I Love You” ({live “Fragments” version}; 01:01:30), “Pablo Picasso” (01:05:00) & “Mary” (01:08:00; John Cale). “Lucky to Be Me” (01:43:30; On the Town, 1961 studio cast). “Shalom, Santa!” (02:29:00; Carole J. Bufford). “Watching the River Flow” (02:41:00), “Standing in the Doorway” (02:44:30), “Need a Woman” (02:52:30) & “Time Passes Slowly – Alternate Version #1” (02:58:00; Bob Dylan). “Daylight” (03:12:30; The Kinks). “Permanent Daylight” (03:16:00; Radiohead). “Daylight” (03:18:30; Alison Krauss & Union Station). “Daylight Fading” (03:22:30; Counting Crows). “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” (03:42:00; Harry Belafonte).

Armando Riesco
John Cale
daylight

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/8/2014): ARMANDO RIESCO & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Armando Riesco

Topics include: The Happiest Song Plays Last, Adult World, Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Puerto Rico.

Segment aired March 8, 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 #460 (3/1/2014): SHERRY BABY

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Here is the 460th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 1, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews editor and producer Sherry Eaker (Bistro Awards, Backstage). Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (march), Saturday Segues (Robyn Hitchcock, Lou Reed), Rabbi Sol on Kiev.

Guests: producer Sherry Eaker

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (snow again)
00:24:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Robyn Hitchcock
00:53:30 Weather
00:57:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (News 00:57:30) / (Review (Jugged Rabbit Stew) 01:14:30)
01:30:30 GUEST: Sherry Eaker
02:37:30 Sponsors
02:42:00 Friends
02:51:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (march)
03:17:00 Sponsors
03:22:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #94 – Kiev
03:27:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Harold Ramis
03:30:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Lou Reed
03:58:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 1, 2014 Playlist: “Saturday Groovers” (00:28:00), “I Feel Beautiful” (00:30:30), “You and Oblivion” (00:34:30), “I Saw Nick Drake” (00:39:30) & “Old Man Weather” (00:47:30; Robyn Hitchcock). “Human Music” (00:43:00; The Soft Boys). “A Tired Old Cliche” (01:28:00; Jugged Rabbit Stew 2010 Buntport cast). “Abandoned Love” (02:52:30), “Pretty Peggy-O” (02:57:00), “Little Maggie” (03:00:00) & “Caribbean Wind” (03:03:00; Bob Dylan). “The Walls of Red Wing” (03:10:30; Joan Baez). “Stethoscopist” (03:26:30; Second City Television w/ Harold Ramis). “Nowhere at All” (03:34:00), “Burning Embers” (03:37:00), “How Do You Think it Feels” (03:44:00), “Hangin’ Round” (03:47:30) & “Ride Into the Sun” (04:07:30; Lou Reed). “Starlight” (03:40:30; Lou Reed & John Cale). “Guess I’m Falling in Love” (03:51:00; The Velvet Underground).

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(Pictured from top: Sherry Eaker, Backstage logo, Robyn Hitchcock, Lou Reed, Kiev, Jugged Rabbit Stew.)

Sherry Eaker
Backstage
Robyn Hitchcock
Lou Reed
Kiev
Jugged Rabbit Stew

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/1/2014): SHERRY EAKER and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews producer Sherry Eaker

Topics include: Bistro Awards, Backstage, Broadway, theater.

Segment scheduled to air March 1, 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 #459 (2/22/2014): TUNA CASAROLE

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Here is the 459th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 22, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Jack Casady. Plus: Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz, Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Washington), Saturday Segues (George Harrison, Washington), Rabbi Sol on RadioShack.

Guests: musician Jack Casady, Dave’s wife Joyce, & Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz

Note: Apologies for the hiss in the background during parts of the first hour

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (sound machine, local news, movies-to-musicals)
00:53:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – George Harrison
01:23:30 Sponsors
01:27:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:53:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jack Casady
02:57:00 Sponsors
03:01:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Washington)
03:24:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #93 (RadioShack)
03:31:30 Friends
03:44:00 GUEST: Philip Lefkowitz
03:58:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Washington
04:18:00 Weather & Thanks
04:22:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 22, 2014 Playlist: “Don’t Bother Me” (00:54:00) & “The Inner Light” (01:10:30; The Beatles). “Try Some Buy Some” (00:56:30), “Behind That Locked Door” (01:00:30), “Awaiting on You All” ({live Bangladesh version}; 01:03:30) & “Stuck Inside a Cloud” (01:06:30; George Harrison). “Falling Into You” (01:47:00; The Bridges of Madison County (2014 Broadway cast w/ Steven Pasquale & Kelli O’Hara). “White Rabbit” (01:51:00), “Crown of Creation” (02:11:30) & “Somebody to Love” (02:50:30). “Things That Might Have Been” (02:01:00) & “Water Song” (02:41:00; Hot Tuna). “Voodoo Chile” (02:28:00; Jimi Hendrix). “Gypsy Lou” (03:02:30), “Hard Times in New York Town” (03:06:00), “The Ballad of Donald White” (03:08:00) & “Thunder on the Mountain” (03:12:30; Bob Dylan). “Men are Back in Style” (03:41:00; The Gold Brothers). “Washington Street” (03:58:00; Laurie Anderson). Otis & Marlena (04:02:30; Joni Mitchell). “Washington County” (04:06:30; Arlo Guthrie). “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady” (04:08:30; Groucho Marx). “Young Americans” (04:23:00; David Bowie).

Jack Casady
Jack Cassady, circa 1970
George Harrison
George Washington
Dave & Philip Lefkowitz