The Midnight Special, July 4, 2020

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Lead Belly: The Midnight Special

Last Sessions

Smithsonian Folkways 40068/71

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Michael Smith & Anne Hills: Spoon River

Paradise Lost and Found

Redwing 5406

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*Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn & Hal Lynch: Spoon River

(song) (Hirshhorn-Aidman)

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*Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn: He’s Gone Away

(song) (trad)

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*Charles Aidman: The Hill

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Gathering Sparks: Spirits in the Graveyard

Sparks

:Spirits in the Graveyard (June Lewis)

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*Charles Aidman: Tom Beatty

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Geoff Bartley: Play the Cards the Way They Lie

Blackbirds in the Pie

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*Charles Aidman: Benjamin Pantier

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Craig Werth: Good Old Dog

The Spokes Man

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*Joyce Van Patten: Mrs. Benjamin Pantier

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The Once: My Husband’s Got No Courage

Row Upon Row of the People They Know

Borealis 212

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*Joyce Van Patten: Margaret Fuller Slack

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Working (orig.cast – David P. Kelly-Lynn Thigpen): If I Could’ve Been

Working

(Micki Grant) Fynsworth Alley 302062114-2

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Joel Mabus: Soldier’s Joy (trad)

Flatpick & Clawhammer

Fossil 793

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*Charles Aidman: Knowlt Hoheimer

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Bob Gibson & Bob (Hamilton) Camp: Civil War Trilogy – First Batalion

At the Gate of Horn

Collectors’ Choice 227-2

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*Betty Garrett: Lydia Pucket

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*Robert Elston & Charles Aidman: Harry Williams

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Phil Ochs: The War Is Over

Farewells & Fantasies

Elektra-Rhino 73518

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*Robert Elston: Fiddler Jones

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Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott: Fiddler Jones

Memories and Moments

Full Skies 94504-79904

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*Betty Garrett: Ollie McGee

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*Charles Aidman: Fletcher McGee

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Mort Shuman: Song for Old Lovers

My Death

Reprise 6358

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*Robert Elston: Lucius Atherton

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*Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn: Times Are Getting Hard

(song) (trad-Hirshhorn-Aidman)

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*Charles Aidman: Eugene Carman

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Leo Kottke: From the Cradle to the Grave

Greenhouse

One Way 21-18457

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*Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn & Hal Lynch: The Water Is Wide

(song) (trad)

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*Robert Elston & Joyce Van Patten: William and Emily

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Aoife & Bobby Clancy: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

Silvery Moon

Appleseed 1065

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*Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn & Hal Lynch: Paper of Pins

(song)

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*Charles Aidman: Roscoe Purkapile

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*Betty Garrett: Mrs. Purkapile

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Connie Kaldor: Choppy Water (Rocky Marriage Breakdown)

Small Cafe

Philo 1205

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Kim & Reggie Harris: Let Me Fly

Steal Away

Appleseed 1022

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*Charles Aidman: Shack Dye

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*Hal Lynch: Freedom

(trad-Hirschhorn-Aidman)

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Leyla McCalla w/ Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell: I Knew I Could Fly

Songs of Our Native Daughters

Smithsonian Folkways 40232

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*Betty Garrett: Hannah Armstrong

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Phil Ochs: That Was the President

I Ain’t Marching Anymore

Hannibal 4422

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*Joyce Van Patten: Faith Metheny

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Iris DeMent: Let the Mystery Be

Infamous Angel

Philo 1138

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John Hasbrouck: Down to the River to Pray

Some These Days

Ruthless Rabbit 1964

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Tom Paxton: About the Children

The Things I Notice Now

Collectables 6972

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*Joyce Van Patten: Mrs. Charles Bliss

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*Betty Garrett: Pauline Barrett

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Priscilla Herdman: Lies

Seasons of Change

Flying Fish 309

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*Robert Elston: The Village Atheist

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Kirtana: Why the Sufis Whirl

This Embrace

Wild Dove 104

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*Joyce Van Patten: Mabel Osborne

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The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby

1

Capitol 724352932528

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*Charles Aidman: Franklin Jones

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*Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn: In the Night

(song)

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*Charles Aidman & Company: Dippold the Optician

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Tom Russell w/ Iris DeMent: Box of Visions

The Long Way Around

Hightone 8081

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*Charles Aidman: Alexander Throckmorton

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Michael Smith: Last Days of Pompeii

Love Stories

Flying Fish 70404

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*Betty Garrett: Amanda Barker

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*Robert Elston: Willard Fluke

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A.L. Lloyd: The Unfortunate Rake

Smithsonian Folkways 3805

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*Joyce Van Patten: Lois Spears

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Misty River: Life Is Good

Stories

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Robert Elston: Abel Melveny

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David Stoddard: Stuff

Get Off My Lawn

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*Charles Aidman: Hod Put

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*Robert Elston: Indignation Jones

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*Joyce Van Patten: Minerva Jones

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*Charles Aidman: Doctor Myers

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*Betty Garrett: Mrs. Myers

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*Charles Aidman: Willie Metcalf

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*Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn: I Am, I Am

(song) (Hirshhorn-Aidman)

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Pete Seeger: My Old Brown Earth

Pete

Seeger: My Old Brown Earth

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*Charles Aidman: Barney Hainsfeather

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Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Donald Jacobs, clarinet: Undzer Toyrele (Our Beloved Torah)

Old Roots New World

Shanachie 67008

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*Betty Garrett: Lucinda Matlock

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Fred Holstein: Hymn Song (I Believe If I Lived My Life Again)

(Utah Phillips) Holstein 01

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*Robert Elston: Petit, the Poet

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Gordon Lightfoot: The Leaves of Grass

Sunday Concert

Bear Family

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*Joyce Van Patten: Anne Rutledge

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*Naomi Caryl Hirschhorn & Hal Lynch: Spoon River

(song) (reprise)

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Iris DeMent: Our Town