May 23, 2015 (show #510) THE FIRST STRAW
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).
Pictured: Syd Straw, John Fogerty, the kazoo, Harry Shearer and friends, David Letterman, Bob Dylan & David Letterman on the night they called it a day.